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Undersea Gardens

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #61 of 82 attractions in Victoria
Traveler Description: The Garden's most popular resident, Armstrong the Octopus, puts on daily shows for delighted tourists.
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Attraction type: Aquarium

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Reviews of Undersea Gardens

( 1-5 of 5 )
2 of 5 stars
Maryland
Oct 17, 2008

Just got back from the undersea Garden. I told my husband that it looks crappy, but he wanted to check it out. So, we paid $19 dollars and see a live show. It was a guy who is diving to the tank and show us some deep water sea animals. It is okay, but I personally feel it does not... more

4 of 5 stars
Boise, Idaho
Jul 19, 2008

I had an afternoon free in Victoria but I needed to stay pretty close to the inner harbor, so I decided to give the Undersea Gardens a try. After you pay your $9.50 entrance fee, you decend down a long, narrow, dimly lit staircase under the "boat" you entered from the dock. When you reach the end you find yourself... more

3 of 5 stars
Toronto Ontario
Jul 11, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

The price to see the Undersea Gardens is $9.50 per adult (though kids under five are free). If you need to kill some time, you can easily spend an hour at this attraction, but when I compare it to something like the Vancouver Aquarium it falls way short. Basically you are viewing fish and sea coral through windows that look... more

1 of 5 stars
Lethbridge, Canada
Aug 31, 2007
3/4 found this review helpful

What can I say, dark and murky. Not sure this attraction is worth visiting if it were free. Provides a very low level of excitement. Sorry I went. more

1 of 5 stars
Northern California
Aug 28, 2006
4/5 found this review helpful

The undersea gardens advertises that they have a 30+ foot octopus and a "wolf eel larger than a sofa." They were both about 2 feet at most! Also their ads feature very colorful sea creatures; when the tanks were dirty and mostly empty. It was a very sad and disgusting display of abuse of marine life. Don't waste your money... more

Reviews of Undersea Gardens

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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada