Few would expect an entire world of aquatic creatures to be hidden within a Conference Centre amidst the commercial outlets and franchises found all over. That is precisely what the Aquaria KLCC does as its visitors enter the bowels of the beast, venturing forward the mood lighted walkways beyond the concourse of the KLCC. From Brazil and South America to Malaysia, the aquarium has a total of 5,000 exhibits on four key habitats that displays 150 marine species.

Pulled forward by the rolling runway through a 90m tube tunneling through a tank, gape at the toothed slits at the bottom of the seas angels as the blue rays fly past your head. Calm and depthless black pits fix upon you as the king of the sea drifts out of a bed of sand by a shipwreck, faint stripes identifying him as a Tiger Shark. Narrow jaw jutting forward, the arapaima is unmistakable against the river banks recreated in the aquarium. It is a docile behemoth of a fish lazily drifting past, countless scales glimmering crimson and grey beneath the light. Down a maze of pathways and winding ramps, don’t leave out the DNA Gene Pool towards the entrance where you can dip your hands into the water to rub against the slimy or ridged skin of sea cucumbers, the unexpected cousin of their five armed neighbors. Stiff branches of coral complete the petting zone where the textures of the marine creatures are bound to catch you by surprise. An endless depth of knowledge and views of aquatic life on earth as never seen before await you at the Aquaria KLCC.