Phuket Aquarium — Attraction in Wichit

2 stars for our entire experience including the lack of up keep for the wild life.

It was 300.- per adult which is decently priced compared to Aquaria located in Central mall, BUT the experience is just tasteless.

Most of the aquariums, in particular the salt water fish towards the back of the exhibits needed maintenance and cleaning desperately. Fish seemed healthy looking overall but is it considered humane if their habitats are in ruins and not to mention too small? The blacktip shark exhibit was way too small for the amount they had confined.

Now….the “breeding” and research reservoir in the back is a complete disaster. The poor lonely sea turtle in the front of the building was floating upright and staring at the pool floor for the full 15 minutes we were there-just hopeless and waiting to die.

It seemed as if there was no one to tend to them during the day and It was especially hard to see the conditions of these animals considering these animals are endangered and this is supposed to be a “sanctuary”.

My suggestion for improvement is to use the $ earned from visitors and towards PROPER maintenance and providing the animals a healthy and clean environment to live in.

3/10 experience. Would not recommend even for small families, PLEASE take your children somewhere that advocates for marine life and promotes taking care...

Exhibits are very well maintained and labeled, plus there's a lot of diversity. The fish on display started out small, then progressed in size as I walked around the loop, culminating in two large tanks, one with a walk-through tunnel. Colorful aquarium fish and oddities such as the transparent glass sheatfish swam in tanks of the first gallery. Farther along I met larger fresh-water species such as the Asian arowana, occelate river stingray from South America, and the upside down catfish of the Salween River in Myanmar—yes, they really do swim upside down! Then I came to the many tanks of reef fish and other creatures of the Andaman Sea. Anemones or corals lived in some of the tanks, but dead corals—some painted—predominated. Trevally and other sleek silvery fish swam swiftly around the biggest tank—the one with the tunnel—along with a small sea turtle. The other large tank held the big boys, giant groupers that hang nearly motionless while waiting for a meal to swim in front of massive jaws and get vacuumed inside. Outside the exit you can walk a short nature trail past mangrove trees. Research and other government vessels moor at the end of a pier. Foreigner admission is 180 baht adult, 100 baht children...

Canadian Tourist 🇨🇦 Enjoyed 😊 Phuket Aquarium!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for family but I went solo.

💲300baht makes this a great budget friendly option.

🕒 There was no wait to get in. It's about a 15-45 min experience depending on whether you speed through or take pictures and explore the educational materials.

🫂 It's great to support places like zoos and aquariums because that money helps their efforts to protect wildlife and oceans which are at risk.

🛣️ Pretty far drive from Phuket old town. I took a grab bike taxi (grab app) for 150baht. But it would probably be cheaper if you rented a moped for the day and made this one of your stops. Because there are also other attractions in the area.

🍦🧸 The have a toys and concession area at the end of the exhibit, which has some great toys for kids. So save a few bucks to grab them a plushies and a snack at the end 🔚.

🔮 Hopefully they expand the facility and exhibit. It doesn't really compare in size to exhibits In the USA...but for the price it's definitely worth...