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Coral Wonderland

Coral Wonderland is located on the 4th Floor of Dataran Pahlawan Megamall (N2.19007 E102.25276), on top of the Carrefour Melaka Hypermart in the Mall. And it’s and the end of the mall which close to the Equatorial Hotel of Malacca. The Aquarium is situated right in the heart of the historical city of Melaka, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Malaysia.

A journey into the unseen wonders of the deep will allow you to discover many fascinating underwater animals from various depths and ocean regions around the world.
Prepare to be surprised and amazed by the brightly colored live coral garden waving in the ocean current at the Coral Wonderland.
Venture the longest touch pool in Asia where you can feel the skin of star fish, sea cucumber, sea urchin and even the bamboo shark, before continuing to the enchantment of the walking frogfish exhibit.
Source from the official website.

It’s also the First and the Only Coral Park in Malaysia for the moment.

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The ticket prices are :-
RM30 (Adult with MyKad), RM40 (Adult w/o MyKad)
RM20 (Child with MyKid 3-12 years old), RM30 (Child w/o MyKid)
RM20 (Senior citizen – above 60 years old)
Credit card is accepted.

We were given a piece of paper where we have to find the rubber stamp hidden at every corner in the aquarium to stamp the correct answer. It’s a good education way for the visitors to know more information about the coral, fish…etc. After complete all the stamps, you can receive a souvenir from the Coral Wonderland. Great encouragement!

Once we stepped into the aquarium, there were many baby sharks appeared in front of us…

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Then follow by a long touch pool where we can ‘feel’ the skin of every fishes and others live creatures…

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After the ‘Touch Pool’, the journey started…

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I couldn’t provide all the name of the sea creatures here…apologies.
While I keep snapping, my daughter also followed and snap together! Nice!

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She (my daughter) was quietly taken all the photos in the Aquarium…:)

Next, the Eel session…

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Coral session!

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Sea turtles feeding time…

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All kind of Frogs…

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And some of the weird looking fishes…

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The beautiful Lion Fish (Top) but it’s Poison! Jelly Fish (left bottom), and do you know what is that on the right bottom photo?

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Nautilus (from Greek ????????, ‘sailor’) is the common name of pelagic marine mollusks of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and of its smaller but near equal suborder, Nautilina. It comprises six living species in two genera, the type of which is the genus Nautilus. Though it more specifically refers to species Nautilus pompilius, the name chambered nautilus is also used for any species of the Nautilidae. Source from Wikipedia.

I’m surprised that I can see the Nautilus in this Aquarium!

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As usual, to the end of the journey in the Aquarium, we came to the Souvenirs area…but we didn’t buy anything from there.

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Even the Aquarium is not very big, but we can witness and admiring the rare species in it, especially the Nautilus. It’s worth for the ticket!
If you like sea creatures, you Can’t miss this Coral Wonderland in Malacca!

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www.tourism-melaka.com invited by TYT Gabvenor of Melaka

We have been invited to attend an official dinner to be hosted by the Governor of Melaka on this Friday night.

On Saturday morning, we will be visiting some new tourist products for Melaka viz.Taman Seribu Bunga, Macau Gallery, the Jonker Bird house, Coral Wonderland etc. which should be interesting for visitors to Melaka.

Certainly Tourism Melaka is looking forward to this dinner and exciting new tourism products for Melaka. We will feature them after our visit.