Britain's Best Day Out?

Blue Reef Aquarium

MoneySupermarket.com – Britain’s Best Days Out

We always try to go out on FamilyDays Out as much as we can, although as we both work full time it can sometimes be hard to fit it in.

We were lucky enough to receive some Days Out vouchers from MoneySupermarket.com so decided we would organise a family day out just before Christmas.   

We visited Blue ReefAquarium, Portsmouth, situated not too far from the M27/A27 it took us about an hour to drive there and there it was easy to park.

The Aquarium is open from 10am and closes at 5pm from April-October and 4pm from November-March.  The only day it is closed is Christmas Day, this in itself is fantastic.  How many times on a rainy winter’s day do you sit at home wondering how to entertain the kids?

Blue Reef, Portsmouth is home to over 40 naturally themed habitats, you can see poisonous frogs, others, lots of rays as well as puffer fish.

My 8 year olds favourite feature was the giant ocean tank in the middle of the aquarium; this includes an underwater tunnel where you can see a huge array of beautiful coloured fish plus a coral reef that has been recreated.

The twins loved watching the otters being fed, I guess for 1 year olds otters are slightly cuter than fish!

Blue Reef Aquarium runs a daily schedule of talks and hands on encounters.  These include a talk on tropical sharks, ray, otters and jellyfish.  There is certainly enough to fill most of the day.

It wasn’t hugely busy when we visited, but then it was in the run up to Christmas so most people were probably still hitting the shops!

We didn’t visit the Café although they had a good menu of drinks, snacks and meals, plus I noticed a fair number of highchairs – always a plus when you have twins!

As on every family day out we bought each of the children a small gift from the onsite Gift Shop to help them remember their day.

Our family verdict: A great family day out, educational for the eldest but fun and interestingB for the youngest.    The only downside, we left our camera at home so no pics to upload to the blog!  Definitely worth a return visit with the camera!

If you are looking for Days out Vouchers or MoneySupermarket Days OutDiscounts make sure you visit MoneySupermarket.com, the have tons of vouchers and discounts for really fun days out with your family and we would certainly recommend a visit again.

With thanks to Tots100 and Moneysupermarket.com’s Britains Best Days out for providing a free family ticket for this review.