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PALAU TOURIST SPOT: Palau Aquarium-"Alii" from Palau Hotel (Koror, Palau)
Palau is well known for its dive sites as tourist spots which are nonetheless the best ones in the world. Most of Palau travelers who flock to this small island country have diving prioritized on their minds. But, there are also a couple of travelers who settle for a more subtle experience like visiting Palau land based tourist spots, but all the same a memorable experience as diving.If you came to Palau without an idea of where to go, you can always ask for a copy of an Alii Palau (Alii in Palau means "hello") from the airport upon your arrival or at the front desk of the hotel you checked in. Alii Palau is a booklet with information about tourist spots, dive shops, hotels, restaurants in Palau and more.
In this case if you decided to stay in a budget hotel, Palau Hotel F&B Palau Hotel in Koror, Palau(send Palau Hotel an email today for your hotel reservations at fnbpalauhotel@yahoo.com so you can have more to spend on exploring Palau) keeps a few copies of the Alii Palau at the front desk. The Palau Hotel Manager and staffs would be very glad to help you in looking for places to go to.
Not far from Palau Hotel (F&B Palau Hotel) located at the center of Koror, Palau, a Palau traveler may opt to visit the Palau Aquarium (a Palau tourist spot) at the M-Dock. A Palau traveler may request a pick and drop service from the front desk of Palau Hotel (F&B Palau Hotel) or call for a local taxi.
It is not that far actually, from Palau Hotel (facing WCTC shopping center) take the straight road to your left until you see the Palau Supreme Court building. After that, turn left straight to Palau Coral Reef Center. There, i've told you the way to go there. You can also rent a car or a bicycle if you feel up to it. But whether by car, biking or walking (whatever is your kind of thing) you will see a lot of shops from Palau Hotel down to the Supreme Court. I'll tell you about the different shops in my future blog.
First, Palau Aquarium (Koror, Palau) is now one of the best land based tourist spot in Palau, so you'd want to visit this place and see the magnificent marine life of Palau, in an aquarium, without getting yourself wet.
The Palau Aquarium is a division of a non-profit organization, the Palau International Coral Reef Center. It has sub-themed aquariums representing the different habitats and ecosystem of Palau. Each aquarium features the variety of marine life in a specific habitat. Now imagine witnessing the beauty of Palau marine life in land without getting yourself wet and the burning heat of the sun. The last time we visited Palau Aquarium I couldn’t take my hands off my camera, trying to get a good shot at the fishes. I also saw a few giant clams there and branching mangroves that provides for the growth of more marine life.
Palau Aquarium is open from 9:00am-5:00pm Monday-Sunday (you can check their schedules for changes) and the entrance fees are affordable, that is $7.00 for the adults and $2.50 for kids from aged 3 to 11 (again you can check their rates in case there are chages). They do have some open house schedules where a Palau traveler may visit Palau Aquarium for FREE, like what I enjoyed when we visited there, but then, I was just lucky. You may give them a call for more information at 680-488-6950.
The pictures are all taken from the visit we made to Palau Aquarium. I was overwhelmed to see the different aquariums and just to take a picture of each.
At first glance you'll probably ask what's with the picture? Well if you look closer that is actually a fish comouflaged as a rock. I waited a couple of minutes waiting for this one to move, but alas to my dismay, it did not. But i'm sure it was alive... before and after our visit.
A picture taken with the mangrooves and the variety of fishes that feeds through it.
This 4 legged animal can also be found in Palau Coral Reef Center to your left just after you enter the gates.
Palau Aquarium also has a gift shop called the Giant Clam Gift Shop where a Palau traveler may purchase a few souveniers or presents to friends and family when they go back home.
There are more pictures to post, because i do believe that pictures are proofs that things really happened, that I've been to this place and it was not all in a dream. But then again, if you visit Palau don't forget to stay in a budget hotel, Palau Hotel (F&B Palau Hotel) right at the center of Koror, Palau. Your adventure of discovering Palau starts there.
Send an email to Palau Hotel now for your room reservations at fnbpalauhotel@yahoo.com or call at (680) 488-1703/1704 or send a fax at (680) 488-4883.
Labels: budget hotel, koror palau, Palau, Palau Aquarium, Palau Coral Reef Center, palau hotel, palau traveler, tourist spot
posted by Selin @ 9:37 PM,
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