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 CNY40 for Dolphin Performance Hall CNY85 for the through ticket for both halls Note: 1. Children below 3.9 feet (1.2 meters) in height can visit for free. 2. Children between 3.9 feet (1.2 meters) and 4.6 feet (1.4 meter) in height get 50% discount of the fare. 3. There is no fare discount policy for the seniors.
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: From June to end of August: 08:00 – 17:30 From September to end of September: 08:30 – 17:00 From October 1st to October 7th: 08:00 – 17:30 From October 8th to October 25th: 09:00 – 16:30
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.