Marine park offers sea life interaction

Sounds like something offered at Chankanaab minus the sharks, but the Ko Olina facility will begin construction this year in Oahu, Hawaii. Once the park is complete (estimated opening date for sometime in 2007)The park's biggest attractions will include swimming with dolphins, large pelagic rays, small black tip reef sharks and juvenile hammerhead sharks. Visitors will also be able to walk along the "shark encounter" tank, where they will walk through a dome with sharks swimming under, over and around them.

Another attraction will be a manmade reef in an enclosed lagoon, where snorkelers will be able to see a variety of fish. The area will also feature a shallow beach for children, along with waterfalls and small water slides from upper to lower pools.

Visitors wishing to swim and interact with dolphins, rays, and sharks will be trained on how to encounter the marine life.

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