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Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary, Barcaldine
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Oban Barcaldine Argyll and Bute Scotland PA37 1SE |
| Telephone: | 01631 720386 |
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Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary overview
The Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary is very well established and has been in operation for 31 years, The Centre has a dual function as an aquarium and a rescue and rehabilitation facility for seal pups. ...
Loch Crerar is the ideal setting as it is home to 30 natural marine habitats, with everything from octopus to sharks, as well as being breaktakingly beautiful. Visitors to the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary can enjoy seeing rays close up, or stand in the middle of a huge shoal of salmon in a shoaling ring. There's a range of talks and feeding demonstrations and a visit to the SOS seal rescue facility. Outside there are extensive forest grounds, a children's play area. nature trails and a new forest walk. Facilities include a coffee shop, gift shop, car parking and toilets with baby changing facilities.
Poor value
15 Aug 2011
Visited with: Infant
We visited in August 2011 with our two girls, one is only ten weeks and in a pram. There were various steps inside which were very difficult to get the pram up and down. Things are a bit run-down, seems like little site maintenance or investment in recent years. We had seen everything including the otter feeding and related talk in one hour fifteen minutes, we kept looking around the site thinking we'd missed part of the facility, the only thing we didn't visit was the venture trails in the woods, but this would have been impossible with our pram. We didn't visit the cafe, as tickets are already £11 each and we didn't want to waste any more of our money.
As we got back into the car, we saw a Dutch couple with a disabled van, the husband was operating the electric rear door and lift. We thought about warning them about all the steps and the poor value for money, being British I was even feeling a bit embarassed about the place, with the grand title of Scottish Sea Life Centre and £11 entry fee, one would expect so much more. The car park was busy each time we drove past, where is all the money going?
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A short but fun day out
15 Mar 2010
Visited with: Child
We went here in the October half term using Tesco vouchers. If you don't have these then book online to get a reduction. The boys loved this centre but overall it wasn't that big. It may be because the weather wasn't great so it wasn't possible to play in the park in amongst the woods which looked like it could be a lot of fun on a better day. This also made a lot of the outside decking quite slippery. The talks from the staff were very informative and managed to keep even my 4 year old quiet (just!) They particularly enjoyed the otters and the seals. I thought there wasn't as much to see as other sea life centres we've been too. There was a cafe with the usual refreshments and high chairs were available. The staff were very welcoming and very knowledgeable. Worth a visit if you are in the area.
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