uShaka Marine world aquarium

The fourth day was also plauged by rain, so we decided to go to uShaka Marine world.

Ushaka marine world is situated in Durban on the coast line next to the harbour

This was really a trip to remember.
The whole acuarium is built inside an old ship, and around the ship they build a water park.

When you first get down into the ship, you are welcomed by a sign that sets the prefect mood for the rest of the experience.





Looking out of one of the portholes you feel like you are a ghost walking through a sunken ship wreck.



As we went through the rest of the aquarium, we saw many strange looking fish.











One tank contained several large lobsters.





And then it was feeding time for all the bottom feeding and deep water fish.

Some fish would be fed by dumping pulverised sardines into the tank, while others (Especially the sand sharks and stingray's) get fed by hand by two divers.





Here are some pictures of the sand sharks and stingrays in the tank









There was also a large stingray called marilyn monroe (She likes showing people what below her "skirt")






The stingray had parasites griwing on it that the diver had to remove.



Afterwards marilyn glided away very gracefully.



The artificial reef tank was one of my personal favorites





We saw many other sea creatures including:

Some crabs



Some Eels



A few clown fish



A starfish



And an octapus



The open water tank was absolutely mesmerizing to look at!!





All in all, this was an exellent experience that I will most definately repeat next time I'm in durban.