Beluga Encounters Get up close and personal with our beluga whales! Join us for a Beluga Encounter and come face-to-face with a Beluga whale in a hands-on, interactive and sometimes splashy training session! Beluga Encounters offer visitors an insider's glimpse at the amazing ways that Belugas communicate with each other in the harsh Arctic environment and with us here at the Aquarium. In this amazing adventure, you will get the unique opportunity to visit Imaq and Kavna in the behind-the-scenes marine mammal habitat and participate in an interactive training session alongside an Aquarium trainer. It is an amazing experience you will never forget!

Each year 80,000 school children learn about aquatic life through our school programs. 980 people volunteer at the Aquarium, logging 58,000 hours of service in 2008. More than 35,000,000 people have visited the Aquarium since 1956. The Aquarium's 20,000 member-households represent a total of 55,000 people who support the Aquarium. Located in Stanley Park, the Aquarium is open to visitors from around the world 365 days a year. Admissions, programs, groups, membership, retail operations, and food services account for 81% of the Aquarium's operating budget while charitable contributions, donations and restricted grants comprise the remainder. The Aquarium formed the Vancouver Aquarium Conservation Foundation in 1997 to manage endowment funds to support the Aquarium's education, marine science, animal care and conservation programs for years to come. The Aquarium has non-profit, charitable status in both Canada Dates of operation: Daily 9:30 am - 5 pm July & August 9:30 am -7:00 pm Direction :
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