Xiamen Underwater World

Xiamen Underwater World is a fantastic aquarium, which houses varieties of marine creatures coming from every corner of the world. It looks like a blue crystal palace. It is well-equipped with advanced facilities. The most eye-catching one is the 80-meter-long, 1.5-meter-wide underwater tunnel. Walking through the tunnel with fishes swimming beside or above you, with fierce sharks showing their sharp teeth at you, you can certainly enjoy yourself by having a close touch with the lovely marine creatures. If you are lucky enough, you can watch some divers feeding fishes underwater and the fishes fighting for the food, which can be quite an interesting performance. Another important facility is a 7-meters-high cylindrical fish pool. It mainly displays the colorful coral reef fishes living in South China Sea.

Xiamen Underwater World is divided into several secondary zones including Ocean Zone, Penguin & Fresh-water Fish Zone, Sperm Whale Specimen Zone, and Dolphin Zone. The Ocean Zone is the home for special creatures living in the tropics or the semi-tropics. There are giant sharks, giant grouper fish, beautiful coral reef fishes, hippocampus, syngnathus, and man-eating crabs, etc. The Penguin & Fresh-water Fish Zone displays fresh-water fishes, such as sturgeons, and two kinds of penguins: Spheniscus humboldti and Sphenisus demersus. The Sperm Whale Specimen Zone displays the specimen of a dead sperm. In the zone, you can watch the videos and pictures about the making process of the specimen and the detailed information of sperms. The Dolphin Zone consists of Watching Pool, Performing Pool, Resting Pool and Dolphin’s Living Area. It has watching windows, though which you can watch the dolphins closely.