Xin'ao Marine World
Located between Shanhaiguan Pass and Beidaihe Scenic Spot, Qinhuangdao Xin'ao Marine World is built by China, Singapore and Australia joint-venture. It is a perfect place to view various marine lives and learn more knowledge about the sea.
Mainly composed of Submarine Tunnel, Dolphin Performance Hall, Touching Pool, Penguin Hall, Seal Hall, Gigantic Insect Garden, and the Sea Knowledge Exhibition Hall, Xin'ao Marine World can hold 2,000 tourists at one time. Various sea lives feast your eyes and lovely dolphins and seals present you wonderful performances.
Submarine Tunnel with the length of 328 feet (100 meters) offers visitors a chance to admire various marine plants and animals as if staying in the sea. You will marvel that colored coral reef fishes, crucian, silver arowana and Chinese mullet just cruise around you.
The Dolphin Performance Hall is situated in the east part of the marine world and can hold over 2,000 visitors at one time. Here, the clever dolphins together with the antic seals are waiting to present you marvelous performances.
In Touching Pool, you are allowed to touch the sea lives like starfish, sea cucumber, sea urchin and horseshoe crab. Gigantic Insect Garden exhibits insects that are enlarged with special materials. Thus their biological structures can be learned vividly. The sea life biological specimen can be found in Sea Knowledge Exhibition Hall.
Among all the lives living in Xin'ao Marine World, the turtle can be a star. This century year’s turtle attracts numerous visitors every day. The penguins in swallow-tailed coat coming from Peru and Chile also are the favorite by visitors. In addition, Xin’ao Marine Word prepares colorful performances that add more fun to your trip. Every day, there are feeding fish performance that present you the frightening scene of shark, turtle, sea sturgeon and coral seas scrabbling for food.
Location | No. 81, Hebin Road, Haigang District, Qinhuangdao City |
Admission Fees | CNY 60 for the main hall of Marine World |
Best Visiting Time | August to October |
Opening Hours | Low season: From October 26th to the mid April in the next year: 09:00 – 16:00 From mid April to end of April: 08:30 – 16:30 From May 1st to May 3rd: 08:00 – 17:00 From May 4th to end of May: 08:30 – 16:30 High season: |
Bus Route | 1. At Qinhuangdao Railway Station, take bus no. 6 to Tanghe Park, transfer to bus no. 19 to Yacht Club Station (Youting Julebu Station). Then you can walk to your destination. 2. Local bus no.19 Summer Vacation line, only running from 05:50 to 19:10 during July 1st and August 31st, can take you to Marine World directly. |
Performance Schedule in Xin'ao Marine World
Marine World Performance Schedule | ||
Dates | Performances | Performance Time |
April 29th – June 30th and September 1st – October 7th | Mermaid Performance | 09:30-09:40; 11:30-11:40; 14:30-14:40; 15:45-15:55 |
Equipment Performance | 09:50-09:55; 14:50-14:55 | |
Seal Performance | 10:00-10:05; 15:30-15:35 | |
Feeding Fish Performance | 10:30-10:35; 13:30-13:35 (only during national holidays, like May Day and National Day holidays); 15:00-15:05 | |
July 1st – August 31st | Mermaid Performance | 08:45-08:55; 10:10-10:20; 14:30-14:40; 15:45-15:55 |
Equipment Performance | 09:00-09:05; 14:50-14:55 | |
Seal Performance | 10:00-10:05; 15:30-15:35 | |
Feeding Fish Performance | 10:30-10:35; 13:30-13:35; 15:00-15:05 | |
October 8th – April 30th in the next year | Equipment Performance | 09:50-09:55; 14:50-14:55 |
Seal Performance | 10:30-10:35; 15:30-15:35 | |
Feeding Fish Performance | 11:00-11:05; 15:00-15:05 |
Dolphin Performance Hall Performance Schedule | |
Dates | Time |
April 29th – May 1st; July 1st – July 14th; August 16th – August 31st; October 1st – October 7th | 09:30-10:00; 11:00-11:30 14:00-14:30; 16:00-16:30 |
April 27th – April 28th; May 2nd – June 30th; September 1st – September 30th | 11:00-11:30; 14:00-14:30; 16:00-16:30 |
July 15th – August 15th | 08:50-09:20; 10:10-10:40; 11:40-12:10; 14:00-14:30 16:00-16:30 |
Note: The schedule may change during the weekends and national holidays. |