Atlanta Georgia

The Georgia Aquarium is new (2006). It is billed as the worlds largest aquarium. This is a must see for anyone visiting Atlanta. You will have to make reservations as they only let a set number of people in per hour to keep the crowding down. We got an early morning reservation and there was hardly any crowd at all until we were getting ready to leave.

The aquarium is home to the only whale shark in captivity and they have four now. The whale sharks can be viewed from the tunnel path or a large viewing window at the end of the tunnel. There are also 5 beluga whales in their own tank. The beluga whale tank does not have a tunnel but does have a huge 2 story viewing area.

Unlike other aquriums that only have fish, this aquarium also has seals, and otters with abovewater and below water viewing areas. There is also an african penguin exhibit that has a tunnel way off to the side that people can crawl, and we do mean CRAWL through to pop up into the exhibit. It kind of makes a people aquarium inside the penguin aqurium. This tunnel is how Gambler got into the penguin pictures below.