🏛️ Museum
Parque Marino del Pacífico
Compact aquarium with crocodiles, sea turtles, sharks and tide pools.
Typical duration
90 min
Price
$10 adult; $5 child
From port
1.6 km / 1 mi
Transfer time
20 min
Indoor / Outdoor
indoor
Queue risk
low
👨👩👧 Family friendly♿ Wheelchair accessible
🕐 Best time to visit
Mid-morning before bus tours arrive.
A research-aquarium hybrid run by the Universidad Nacional with tanks for sharks, sea turtles and Pacific reef fish, plus crocodile and stingray pools. Small but well-curated, with bilingual signs — a good rainy-hour stop with kids and a useful primer before a Manuel Antonio or Tortuga trip.
Getting there from the port
Taxi from the pier ($3-5) or 20-min walk along the Paseo; on the north shore of the peninsula.
🚌 Best transport: taxi💶 Cost: $3-5 taxi