Today we will take a virtual tour inVladivostok aquarium "Primorsky". Once again, it hospitably opened its doors to visitors after a lengthy renovation in December 2016. What can be seen in the updated aquarium? How much are the tickets and what are the opening hours of this institution? All this will tell our article. Recreation and entertainment have their own nuances. We want you to have only positive impressions from visiting the aquarium. What you need to know before going to this interesting museum of the sea? How to get to the dolphin show? Find out if you read the article.
How to get there
The aquarium is located on the Russian island(Vladivostok). His exact address is Academician Kasyanov Street, 25. There is no need to get on a boat. On the island go on the dam city buses №№ 15, 63, 74-77. The stop “Oceanarium” is the final one. From the center, according to reviews, go to the museum for about twenty minutes. Parking in front of the aquarium is available, but it is not guarded. And because the machines are often victims of hacking. Reviews strongly recommend not to go to the museum on a private car. On the territory of the aquarium car visitors are not allowed.
Entrance and ticket offices are located two kilometers away.from friend. If the weather is good, then in a review it is highly recommended to walk for about twenty minutes. In theory, a free bus runs from the entrance to the ticket office. But he is alone, he walks as it is filled, and it is problematic to squeeze into it because of the large number of applicants. Bus visitors stormed the bus, but this already refers to the cultural level of the visitors themselves. As a recommendation to the museum: wishes are transmitted in the comments so that the administration will launch another vehicle.
Price list
Vladivostok Oceanarium (Russian Island) workson Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. On Monday, the museum has a day off. And on Wednesdays, the Primorsky Aquarium operates only with organized groups of schoolchildren, conducting free lessons on the Life of the Seas program. An ordinary ticket is very expensive - 950 rubles. According to reviews, this is the highest fee for visiting a museum in Russia. Children up to seven years old, people with disabilities until adulthood and war participants enter the aquarium for free. A half-price ticket (475 rubles) is required for children from 8 to 15 years old (you need to present a birth certificate), people with disabilities in the first and second groups (if you have a certificate) and pensioners. The last category of citizens has a privilege only on weekdays.
How to buy a ticket
Это можно сделать как непосредственно в кассах, and via the Internet. The site of the Vladivostok Oceanarium announces that you can buy tickets already five days before the visit. Reviews do not recommend making a purchase online. Often there were cases of the fact that money was debited from the card, but the ticket was not received by e-mail. To get through to the museum services is problematic, and so will the money back. But buying a ticket at the box office requires a considerable dexterity from a potential visitor. All bus passengers run to the only ticket window. The queue is moving very slowly. There are no benches and shelters from the sun and rain before the room. A dolphin show is held twice a day at 11.00 and three in the afternoon. The hall is small and can accommodate 800 spectators. Accordingly, the tickets for the presentation are bought up by the first people in the queue.
Exposition of the Vladivostok Oceanarium on the Russian Island
She's just great!This is evidenced by all, even those who leave negative reviews. The exposition consists of several halls, which tell about the life of different seas, both polar and tropical. There are aquariums dedicated to the fauna of Baikal, Honky. All reviews report that the Vladivostok aquarium is an interactive museum. This means that you can not only admire the exhibits sailing past, but also learn about them a maximum of information from documentaries that are constantly broadcast on the screens.
There are touch panels with which you canto bring closer the image of the inhabitant of the seas, to read about it. Immediately at the entrance, a video is broadcast telling about the origin of life on Earth, from the simplest organisms to mammals. Reviews warn winter visitors: there are also rooms with tropical jungle, the so-called exotarium. It is really hot there and it is worth donating outerwear to the wardrobe.
Dolphin show and stingray feeding
Those lucky enough to buy tickets toperformance of marine mammals, express the true delight of artists and their trainers. Smart bottlenose dolphins and sociable seals show the real wonders of acrobatics. Walrus Misha and Steller Iike are considered as “stars” in an artistic troupe. In addition to them, the tricks are performed by seals, white-sided dolphins and white whales. But if you could not buy a ticket for the show, you can see how the skates are fed.
Their lunch starts at exactly 1:30.And feeding this, as they say reviews, also reminds the show. The trainer descends to the dangerous fish in the aquarium, and they take the pieces from his hands and give to stroke their "wings". It is especially interesting to watch this action from the tunnel of the Vladivostok oceanarium. There feeding is carried out on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
