The Worlds Biggest Aquarium in Singapore Part 1 - The Sharks

On our first day in Singapore we decided to check out the S.E.A. Aquarium, which is said to be the largest Aquarium in the world. Well I just LOVE Aquariums so we had to go! (Warning: I took a lot of photos ... A LOT so this post is split in 3 parts and is a bit photo heavy).

Getting There

The Aquarium is located on Sentosa Island which is like a resort Island with all kinds of attractions on it.

There are three ways to get there:

• Taxi
• Monorail
• Cable Car

We opted for the Monorail. It was the cheapest and for our purposes the Monorail station was closest to the Aquarium. A taxi is pricey as you have to pay a fee to go onto Sentosa Island (on top of the fare). The cable car station was a further walk away.

To get to the Monorail we took the Metro to HarbourFront station which sits under a shopping mall called VivoCity. In VivoCity you climb the escalators to the top floor where you can buy your tickets and board the Monorail. It takes about 5 minutes to get to the first station on Sentosa which is also closes to the Aquarium. If I remember correctly it was about $6 per ticket.

You can see here there is also a footpath and you can walk over.. though given the heat and our delicate European sensibilities we decided not to sweat a gallon getting there.. also we weren't sure how to find it.

You can see the aquarium from the Monorail, its that long building with the copper arches going over it.

Tips

Here are some handy tips to help enhance your experience should you go:

• Buy your tickets online. We saved about 25% on the ticket price per person by buying tickets from a discount site called Govoyagin.com. They cover most of the major Singapore attractions including other cities. Be warned though, they are based in Tokyo and because of that my credit card got blocked by the bank. The Hotel was very good in letting me make free international calls to sort that out though.
• Go Early, like.. opening time early. Its popular and busy. Mostly with Chinese tourists.. and the travel in large groups, tend to push their way through you to get the best view, and most importantly, they like to take a lot of selfies with flash, which startles the fish after a while. Go early and get ahead of them.
• Singapore Tourist Pass: Get yourself a tourist pass. Its $20 with a $10 deposit (which you get back when you return it) for 3 days of unlimited travel by bus and metro. It is so easy and convenient and if you plane to go around the city alot, it is very much worth it! More info available on their website.

The Aquarium

Alright! Now the good stuff. Once you spent a short while waiting in line to enter the building the first area you come across is the shark tank. Now, as I said earlier I took a lot of pictures.. so I will keep the commentary to a minimum to allow you to enjoy the pictures.

If you decide to take some photos at an aquarium yourself remember a few things:

• Dont use flash! It reflects off the glass and you get a terrible photo of nothing!
• Adjust your whitebalance or you will end up with very blue photos! (the larger the tank the harder it gets to compensate for this)
• A polarised filter can help reduce the glare of the aquarium glass but in low light conditions can make it very difficult to get a decent exposure.

On to the sharks!

Ok, yes, sorry. No sharks in this picture, but this is part of the shark tank. I wanted to include it for a sense of scale.. the shark tank is so big the were able to fit the better part of a sunken ship in it! Crazy.

I like this last shot, it looks like the sharks are about to gobble up the diver.. but don't worry, they didn't ;) After all, the sharks know those guys are there to clean the tank and feed them..

That's it for part 1. Tune in for part 2 tomorrow!

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