Since I am already staying in the Province, normally we scheduled additional plans whenever we are going to Manila so that we can maximize our stay there especially when we will be running some errands that will just consume a little time, we find time to either meet our friends or schedule an activity.
Last week, we went to Manila Ocean Park and luckily we get to explore it with one of our good friend, Jayson.
The three of us are beach lovers and of course marine living things, however due to some busy schedule we couldn't schedule an out of town trip so we decided to visit Manila Ocean Park.
How to go to Manila Ocean Park?
How to go to Manila Ocean Park?
Manila Ocean Park is located behind Quirino Grandstand along Manila Bay.
If you are familiar with the place, you would know that going to Quirino Grandstand requires a walk along Rizal Park. You can also take the LRT (Light Rail Transit). Get down at the (UN) United Nations Station and take a walk through Rizal Park and Quirino Grandstand. However, if you don't want to walk, you can ride the taxi to get inside the theme park.
My friend took the LRT while since me and my husband stayed in the nearby area, we just walk and meet my friend at the theme park entrance.
What ticket did we buy?
Marine Voyage 15 includes the following:
Oceanarium
Trails to Antarctica:Penguin exhibit and Christmas Village
Sea Lion Show
Super Toy Collection
Birds of Prey Kingdom
Penguin Talkshow
World of Creepy Crawlies
Dancing Jelly Fish
Sea Lion Show
Super Toy Collection
Birds of Prey Kingdom
Penguin Talkshow
World of Creepy Crawlies
Dancing Jelly Fish
Symphony Evening Show
Neon Rides
Fish Spa
All Star Bird Show
Neon Rides
Fish Spa
All Star Bird Show
Back of the house
The Barnyard
The Birdhouse
Starting out our fun day at Manila Ocean Park!
Oceanarium
Oceanarium is one of the most sought after by visitors. You get to feel that you are underwater while walking at this twety five-meter long tunnel with a two-twenty degree walkway.
Living Ocean
The most picture perfect spot I got since there are so many visitors.
You will get to see the stunning displays of marine life in the ocean depths through Asia’s largest underwater viewing tunnel. Be surrounded with over 14,000 sea creatures coming from the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
It has more than five thousand fishes in the tank that are mostly found in the Philippines water.
Trails to Antarctica: The Penguin Exhibit and Christmas Village
Trails to Antarctica features cool zones including a walk-through exhibit where you can learn more about the distant, frozen wilderness and see Humboldt penguins live.
It's my very first time to see real penguins!
Birds of Prey Kingdom
Birds of Prey Kingdom also makes our day a memorable one. Close encounter it is!
The Birds of Prey features one of the most stunning coastal raptors in the Philippines, the Brahminy Kites (Haliastur Indus) which is locally known as Lawin in Tagalog.
We learned their characteristics and experience a close encounter with these winged wonders. They are really amazing!!!
Make sure to have the theme park Berds of Prey coordinator introduce the birds to you and also he would let you have a great experience with the fifity lawins living there.
Sea Lion Show
Get to see the sea lions show their talents as they entertain you during the show.
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| Sea Lion show |
We only stayed in the side since it's still too hot during the show, this is the best shot I have. Haha!
Penguin Talk Show
This one is an animated talking penguin. You get to experience a real time digital puppetry in a theatre setting.
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| Selfie with taking Penguin after the show. |
Super Toy Collection
Check out the largest toy collection of your childhood superheroes in the Philippines. Kids and the kids at heart will surely enjoy the Supertoy Collection!
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| Hubby is so serious looking at the collections. Haha! |
Jelly Dancing Sea Fairies
Got to see the jelly fishes in a colorful setting. Also music is being played here that makes it more beautiful to watch the jelly fishes in the dark room.
Learning about jelly fishes by looking at this.
See how beautiful these jelly fishes with interchanging colorful lights.
Symphony Evening Show
We end our Manila Ocean Park with it's Symphony Evening show. You will get to see a combination of lights, water screen projections and pyrotechnics while watching it.
Plus awesome fireworks display to surprise their guests.
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| Fireworks Display at Manila Ocean Park |
Neon Rides
We got to see this when we are already out. Cool rides, right?
Maybe next time, will try this out.
We were not able to see all the attractions as we quiet enjoy the Ocenarium a lot. Haha! But another well spent day! Indeed we had an amazing day!
Please take note also of the Attraction Schedules by checking it out on their website or facebook page.
I love visiting ocean themed parks and looking at all the different fish. I also enjoy watching the penguins and I would love to visit Manila Ocean Park. What a fun day this would be!
ReplyDeleteTalk about an AMAZING aquarium!!!!!!! I went to one in San Diego and it was TERRIBLE! I need to go to a GOOD ONE like this one because hot damn, it looks like quite an adventure!
ReplyDeleteI think you could spend a week in that aquarium. I love the penguins and the sea lion show also looks like a can't miss show.
ReplyDeleteMy kids always love seeing wildlife and marine animals up close. We always visit our local aquarium at least a few times per year. This ocean park sounds awesome!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lot of fun. I always like seeing penguins, they are just so cute.
ReplyDeleteWow this looks like such an amazing place to visit. My eldest is penguin obsessed so would love that part so much.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great way to spend the day! I love aquariums, and I seriously could spend all day in that one.
ReplyDeleteThis does look like a great place to hang out! I'll have to go here one day. I just love those neon rides. So cool.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a bunch of fun. We always enjoy going to parks like that here in the United States as well.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such a great place to go and explore. I love how up close it gets you with the sea creatures. That tunnel looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat Oceanarioum is gorgeous! I would love to visit there one day!!
ReplyDeleteThis will definitely make it on the bucket list. This looks like so much fun. What an awesome place.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like an amazing experience. I would love to visit on day with my family.
ReplyDeleteThat owl! They look so innocent but they are calculating animals. Good for the environment. I love the aquariums!
ReplyDeleteThat does look like a lot of fun! These photos are so beautiful. That's awesome that you got to hold that bird. That is always something I've wanted to do.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! I LOVE Oceanarium. There is a restaurant that has an huge aquarium like that in the Maldives. I'm visiting the Maldives in April and would love to be able to eat under the sharks and rays!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like such an awesome place to visit. Love the pictures you shared.
ReplyDeleteI don't usually visit spots like this while I'm travelling but Manila's Ocean Park looks really interesting with lots of fascinating things to see.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I haven't been to our Ocean Park. Maybe one of these days.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time! I haven't been to an aquarium in so long. I'd love to visit someday.
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to visit Philippines and this post is a very good introduction as a reason to visit Manila.
ReplyDeleteThe smile on your face showed how much you had enjoyed there. I would love to visit place.
ReplyDeleteManilla Phillipines has been in my wishlist since a long time. And this pictures are just so wow!
ReplyDeleteDang, at first I was like Manila Ocean Park is a cool looking aquarium but then I saw that amazing retro toy store, and finally you hit me with the amusement rides that looked cool too! Although the Brahminy Kite you got to hold looked awesome, I think the Dancing Jellyfish exhibit would be my absolute favorite to sit and watch!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, wish we could travel. Going to put this on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWe would have so much fun here. This looks amazing. I am saving this for later.
ReplyDeleteI heard a lot about Brunei and they have this gold in everything. Love your article. I will keep this as a reference for Brunei in the future.
ReplyDeleteJellyfish with changing light looks so beautiful! This is a great place to visit with my daughter...she’ll definitely love it!
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing!!! My kids love sea life and this would be perfect for them!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so fun! The penguins are adorable!!
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