Thailand Guide
The north
Chiang Mai Aquarium
Opening time: Daily 9am–8pm, last tickets 7pm
Price: B450, children B350; joint entry to Chiang Mai Zoo B520, children B390
Address: Thanon Huai Kaeo, towards the western side of Chiang Mai Zoo
Website: www.chiangmaizoo.com
Chiang Mai Aquarium is the biggest in Southeast Asia, with what's said – at 130m – to be the longest underwater viewing tunnel in the world. In the freshwater section, you can see not only the Mekong giant catfish, but also the Chao Phraya giant catfish; while the salty half displays rare white-tip reef sharks, a double-headed Maori wrasse and a giant guitarfish, which is somewhere between a ray and a shark, and a precursor of the latter. There's a saltwater touch pool, and two feeding times daily in each section.