Thailand’s second largest island, the Koh Samui Island, located off the east coast of the mainland offers a multitude of holiday attractions for you to explore. Among the top attractions is the famous Samui Aquarium & Tiger Show. Consider spending your dream vacation at Samui Island at the Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort & Spa, a premier Samui beach resort, as the resort is conveniently located approximately 10 minutes away from the one-of-a-kind zoo.
At the Samui Aquarium, set up around 20 years ago, you can see a spectacular range of marine life that is sourced from the Gulf of Thailand, especially Koh Samui which has a vibrant biodiversity of fish and undersea creatures. The aquarium features tropical marine life such as the snake-like Moray Eel, the dazzling Lion Fish with its elegantly striped plumes, the whimsical pig-nosed turtle and sharks. There is also a wide range of bird species you can see at the zoo, like colorful parrots and macaws, owls and eagles.
One of the main features of the zoo is its famous performing tigers. Watch in awe as the majestic Bengal tigers fly through burning hoops and gasp in fear when the experienced trainers feed one of nature’s most feared predators with their bare hands! If you’re feeling a bit adventurous you can even pose for a photograph with these regal beast or even hold, pet and feed a cute little tiger cub!
The Samui Aquarium & Tiger Show has become a popular tourist attraction not only because of its spectacular aquarium and tigers but also for its remarkable acrobatic sea lions, who balance beach balls on their narrow snouts and jump up across a chain of hoops. One of the best things about this sea lion show is that viewers can also get down to the pool and interact with the sea lions that, as part of their performance, will even jump over your head!
Thanuja Silva is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Auburn Silver. She has a passion for fashion and a deep interest in admiring new and exotic attractions around the world. Google+
