Does Bueng Boraphet Aquarium refer to the whole lake?
No. It is an aquarium building inside the lake tourism complex. The lake and visitor centre are separate spaces, and the aquarium building has a 24-metre freshwater tunnel and multiple tanks.
Bueng Boraphet Aquariumอาคารแสดงพันธุ์สัตว์น้ำบึงบอระเพ็ด
Nakhon Sawan · Aquarium in the Nakhon Sawan lake visitor complex
Bueng Boraphet Aquarium is a separate aquarium building inside the Nakhon Sawan lake tourism complex. Its 24-metre freshwater tunnel and more than 33 tanks feature freshwater fish, marine life and species from outside the area.
You can add the aquarium tanks to a visit to see the lake and visitor centre, but these are three separate spaces. If the tunnel is your destination, look for the aquarium building rather than the tourism complex as a whole.
Location and getting there
Area
Bueng Boraphet, Khwae Yai, Mueang Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Sawan 60000
Essential visitor information
- Operator
- Nakhon Sawan Provincial Administrative Organization
What can you see?
From the lakeside into a freshwater tunnel
Bueng Boraphet Aquarium is inside the lake tourism complex in Nakhon Sawan. Inside the building, you can explore multiple tanks and a 24-metre freshwater tunnel. It suits visitors who want to look across the lake, then see aquatic life up close.
From inside the 24-metre freshwater tunnel, you can see fish above and to either side. Unlike viewing the water from the lakeshore, this is an exhibit through an underwater passage. The visitor centre is a separate building.
Marine and non-local fish tanks beyond the freshwater tunnel
The aquarium has more than 33 tanks in addition to the tunnel. They include marine life and species from outside the area, so not every fish on display lives in Bueng Boraphet Lake. After the freshwater tunnel, take a look at the other tanks too.
Individual tanks also show marine and non-local species. The 24-metre tunnel focuses on freshwater fish, so you need not assume that all of the more than 33 tanks in the building show fish from the lake.
The lake complex and aquarium building have separate hours
The name Bueng Boraphet is used for the lake and tourism complex as a whole. Visitor-centre opening hours are listed separately; treating those as aquarium admission hours may not match the hours for the aquarium building itself.
Although Bueng Boraphet refers to the whole lake tourism complex, the 24-metre freshwater tunnel is inside the aquarium building. Hours listed for the visitor centre are not the aquarium’s entry hours, so check the information for each building separately.
Frequently asked questions
What tanks are there besides the tunnel?
More than 33 tanks are listed. They include marine life and species from outside the area as well as freshwater fish, so not every fish on display is native to Bueng Boraphet Lake.
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