During my trip to New Brunswick, I had the chance to visit the Fundy National Aquarium. I have already visited aquariums before but the Fundy one stood out. It stood out because kids were really involved in the experience. They touched some of the aquatic animals, watched seahorses being fed and really got to interact with everything. I even saw one of the largest lobsters. Don’t worry, I did not eat it!
Interactive Fun at the Fundy Aquarium in New Brunswick
Seahorses
The seahorses are fed at 10.15 and 2.30 pm. The kids (and the adults) were impressed by this experience and I learned that these aqua animals doubled their size in few weeks! Imagine if our own kids grew that fast?
Largest Lobsters
This 27 pound lobster is impressive. It was caught on July 1962. We also got the chance to see live lobster in the aquariums.
Salmons
The aquarium features salmons from the Bay Of Fundy. We cannot fish these in the Bay as they are a preserved species. The guide mentioned that these salmons got in fights on a regular basis and they had to clean their aquariums often.
An interactive playground
While we were learning about the salmons from our guide, little ones were having fun playing in the kids area. They could touch some aqua creatures such as star fish and sea cucumber. I have never seen a sea cucumber before, nor touched it. Apparently some cultures eat it. It had the same shape as the regular cucumber but stickier.
The Touch Pool
It was my daughter’s favourite experience. The Fundy Discovery Aquarium has a pool on the first floor featuring all kinds of sea creatures. Everyone gets the chance to touch them. We touched star fish, a ray, and all kinds. My daughter was impressed by the ray and we we caught it talking to us. I don’t know what she was saying but it was adorable.
The rays were friendly and let the kids pet them. It was hard to get the kids out from the touch pool area. We even got to see a sting ray talking!
Have you ever seen a Ray talking? Here is your chance. I captured this at Huntsman Fundy Discovery Aquarium few weeks ago. My daughter cannot stop watching it.
Posted by Our Family World on Monday, August 3, 2015
Seals of Bay of Fundy: feeding time
Seal feedings time are at 11 am and 4 pm. Although my daughter saw a seal before, she never got the chance to watch a seal being fed. The aquarium was featuring the Harbour Seals: the most common species locally. Did you know that males can reach 3.3 m!! Impressive.
Some information about the Fundy Discovery Aquarium
Address: 1 Lower Campus Road, St.Andrews, (506) 529-1200
Website: http://www.huntsmanmarine.ca/aquarium/index
Hours: Daily from 10 AM to 5 PM
Admission:
Senior – $11.50
Children under 4yrs – FREE
The aquarium was one of my favourite activity during my New Brunswick visit. I learned about the marine life in the Bay Of Fundy. Most of all, kids learned about it and got the hands-on experience of touching the creatures. My daughter did not want to leave the aquarium.
Have you ever been to the Fundy Aquarium? What sea creature would you love to see?
This post is brought to you by SJ Consulting on behalf of Tourism New Brunswick. All opinions are mine.
My kids love to go to the aquarium. I think their favorites are the interactive exhibits where they can pet live animals.
I wanted to take my kids to an aquarium this summer, but it didn’t happen due to being so sick with my pregnancy. Man, we seriously are missing out! This aquarium looks absolutely amazing!
My family and I love to visit aquariums! My favorites are the sea horses while the kids love the jellyfish.
Oh my daughter will love this place. She wants to see a sea horse in person. I hope we get to visit it someday.
I live in NB and have never been to the Huntsman Aquarium! Was actually in St. Andrews on Monday, wish I had dropped into the aquarium, it looks fabulous. I am putting the Fundy Aquarium on my “must do” list! Those seahorses are so cute and the sea cucumber is very unusual.
It looks like you had a blast. Those seahorses are so cool! They are really amazing creatures.
My kids love the aquarium! Just watching fish swim around can entertain them for hours!
I am such a sucker for a good aquarium! We will totally check this out if we are in town, it looks awesome!
Aquariums are some of my favorite places to visit. Those seahorses are so cute!
I have taken my kids to a few aquariums. They think they are fun. Your family looked like they had a good time.
What a great family outing! I know my kids would get a kick out of seeing it all in person, especially the lobster.
What a great place to learn! The hands-on experiences would be great for the kids.
My kids love going to the Aquarium and the Zoo. It is always a great way to spend the day and the kids always learn so much.
My kids would love to go to the Fundy Discovery Aquarium. We have a huge fish tank and the kids love to watch it.
I would love to spend the day at the Fundy Discovery Aquarium. The Seahorses are my favorite. I could watch them for hours.
You know, there is nothing like watching kids as they walk through an aquarium. The things we know and take for granted, they look at with such awe… LOVE it
I love interactive aquariums and museums. I think it really helps the kids learn and retain what they are learning (and have fun)!
I think my kids would love this aquarium! The touch tank would be their favorite part, there is so much to see and do there!
This looks like such an awesome aquarium. My son loves seeing the sea life and would think that lobster was so cool! Will have to go there if we’re ever in that area.
This looks really fun! I know my kids would love to check this out too!
My kids always loved the touch pools at the aquarium. In fact it is still their favorite part of the aquarium.
Looks fun! Love the seahorses. :)
I keep reading about New Brunswick. I had no idea there was so much to see and do there. I’d love to visit.
We try to go to an aquarium once a year at least. I love how there is so much hands on. It brings stuff to life for kids to do. That lobster is HUGE!!
I loved this aquarium when I went! The touch pool was super neat to to be able to touch everything in it.
This looks fabulous! I wanted to be a marine biologist as a kid and enjoyed sea camp each year. Wish we had an aquarium close by. The touch pool would be a favorite for us, my boys would love that!
I love aquariums and this one looks really fun!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a real seahorses before , how cool!!!