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Added by Jopie, at 23 August 2016
Opening Hours
- Monday 11:00 AM – 1:31 PM
- Tuesday 11:00 AM – 1:31 PM
- Wednesday 11:00 AM – 1:31 PM
- Thursday 11:00 AM – 1:31 PM
- Friday 11:00 AM – 1:31 PM
- Saturday 11:00 AM – 1:31 PM
- Sunday 11:00 AM – 1:31 PM
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15 Reviews
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12 April 2018
awesome trip by boat to this location, can even eat some seafood from the floating restaurant.. ^.^ super cute dolphin show and nice presentation of this oceanarium..
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26 March 2018
In general, these islands are very nice places to go to relax and have a break from the routine. The waters are crystal clear, with different tones of blue, the sand is white and there are beautiful colorful fish and corals beneath the water.
There are different activities you can do, like going to the aquarium, snorkeling and boat trips around the islands.
I personally prefer to do snorkeling because you can interact with the fish, feed them and see them in their habitat.
But if you are not a fan of snorkelling, then I would highly recommend going to the
The oceanarium because it is a very nice place, there are many fish as well that you can see without having to get into the water. And you can also take a picture with a dolphin.
The food in the island is very exotic and most of it includes seafood. You can also get coconut rice and a typical drink called "agua de panela" which is made out of sugar cane and is sweet and very refreshing.
I live this place! The oceanarium, the beaches, the weather, it is just a paradise. Definitely worth visiting.response / report this review -
04 March 2018
1,5 hours to go and 1,5 hours to come back in a boat in extremely uncomfortable conditions but most importantly EXTREMELY DANGEROUS conditions: huge waves getting into the boat soaking everyone and everything for the whole duration of the trip. Our 1,5 year old suffered for all this time covered under towels and whatever else was available in the boat to protect him. Horrified elders around were praying silently for their lives! Captain and crew played it cool like this was normal (???)! All this to get to Isla del Rosario where if you don't want to spend money for 30' snorkelling or 40' of the so-called "oceanarium" you will be trapped for an hour in a minuscule port-like construction where you will pay very expensive for anything from a visit to the toilet until a bottle of water. Then the horrible boat picks you up for half more hour of terror ride until the Playa Blanca. In Playa Blanca you will experience a full 2-3 hours of non-stop touristic "harassment" from insisting vendors of all types, from the abuse of the natural environment by the so-called "touristic development", from no space on the beach to place your towel and sit on it, and from the below-average minuscule lunch that you paid for with your ticket. Then you ride on the horror boat once again for the final hour of horror ride.
I have lived all my life by the sea in various places around the world, touristic and not. I am an experienced by-the-sea traveler and I can responsibly declare this boat trip EXTREMELY DANGEROUS and a one TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS !!! The whole touristic experience is one of the worst I've ever experienced.
Trip was made on February 28th 2018. The previous day was on the local news that 4 tourists fell off one of those boats into the ocean during the wild bumps!!! Unfortunately we found out too lateresponse / report this review -
27 January 2018
Great place for families. As a side note and advice I will suggest that if possible you take a private boat as the ones that come with crowds from Cartagena rushed everyone and that takes out of the experience. Our family went with a boat we had hired and it was a much more pleasant experience.
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25 January 2018
Great place to visit even though companies that provide transportation are awfull. Eco-friendly and important research center for marine biology. Definitely worth seeing and you can swim with dolphins for only 20usd.
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16 September 2017
Great place to learn about the sea life
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28 July 2017
Expensive, crowded tourist trap with a lot of caged animals that they make do tricks for the visitors. They breed the animals specifically to be caged at this facility. Beware that many of the boat trips leaving from Cartagena take people here instead of Isla Grande as advertised.
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23 July 2017
Better than expected. Good explanations and nice setting.
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22 July 2017
Nice place to see some marine animals. Nice dolphin show.
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02 July 2017
One of the best place that I ever been to
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27 April 2017
Nothing special. But it is a little expensive
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02 April 2017
Lovely place great people
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11 March 2017
Beautiful place but it's extremely touristy.
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25 December 2016
Is a island and very natural environment. The shows are short and very instructive .
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30 August 2016
I haven't been inside but the view from outside is magnificent!
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