Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

For Christmas this year we gave the kids “tickets” for some of the outings we had planned for our time here. One of the tickets was for the Two Oceans Aquarium so we came good on our promise and headed to see some fish today. We visited the aquarium the last time we were here and the children remembered their visit, or at least remember the pictures from the family photo album of the last trip so they were doubly excited to go.

The aquarium is at the V&A waterfront which is like Peakes Quay with money from more than two investors. It has a couple of marinas, several shopping centres, all kinds of restaurants and a number of family focused attractions. The first thing we came across when we walked into the pedestrian area was a Thomas the Train ride. Jacob climbed aboard with the two kids and they headed out of the station for a fifteen minute tour of the area.

Jacob and I enjoyed our coffees while the kids played on the huge play structure and Nora napped in the stroller and then we set off for the aquarium. Inside we got to revisit the Nemo tunnel, the penguin exhibit, the shark tunnel, the touch tank and the kids play area. We ended up spending about five hours with the sea creatures before heading back to the cottage.