Team ECCO Aquarium & Shark Lab is the only existing public aquarium within western North Carolina. Housing more than twenty different displays, the aquarium showcases dozens of various tropical fish, sting rays, eels, turtles, and seahorses. The Team ECCO Aquarium and Shark Lab is also home to a shark study tank featuring bamboo sharks and measuring two thousand gallons in size, as well as a touch tank where visitors can get up close and personal with an array of sea creatures. Other highlights of the aquarium include reptile feedings, sting ray feedings, and shark feedings that take place every day.

511 N Main St, Hendersonville, NC 28792, Phone: 828-692-8386

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