
San Francisco Steinhart Aquarium Tour - A Vacation Never to Be Forgotten
The Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco is a giant aquarium containing over a hundred and sixty individual water tanks. These tanks exhibit various underwater environments and houses over 6000 diverse creatures. All in all, the aquarium has over 600 species of fishes, amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates.
Official Website of the Steinhart Aquarium
http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/aquarium/
The various aquariums are so built that they reflect an individual natural habitat of some or the other creature. The various habitats that can be seen at the Steinhart Aquarium include the insides of the Amazons, the great coral reefs of Australia and Hawaii, mud covered floors of the Mississippi river, Himalayan steam and so on.
Pics from the Steinhart Aquarium
http://fish.mongabay.com/steinhart_fish_photos.htm
The biggest tourist attraction at the Steinhart Aquarium is the Fish Roundabout, where the tourists are surrounded by a circular water tank containing at least a hundred thousand gallons of water. The beauty of this place is such that the visitors get a feeling that the fast swimming fishes of various fishes would come to them through the transparent glass shielding.
There is also a shark tank, where the visitors can get a view of the most dangerous and sleek sharks in a coral environment. Also, the dazzling sight of a mini coral reef amazes the visitors as they notice the artificial eco-system built with a number of fishes, sea stars, crabs and urchins.
Tripadvisor Reviews for the Steinhart Aquarium
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60713-d142466-Reviews-Steinhart_Aquarium-San_Francisco_California.html
The aquarium is open from 11am to 4pm on weekdays for the visitors. The visitors are also allowed to feed the young African penguins at the aquarium. Although, the entry is free for the native people from San Francisco, California, it is charged a little for the tourists from other parts of the country and the world.
Steinhart Aquarium at Yahoo Travel
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-10395007-steinhart_aquarium_san_francisco-i

