Aquarium of Boise - Boise, Idaho

Chris Curtin

Great little Aquarium. My two kids absolutely loved it. They have plenty of touch ponds for the kids and some of the fish clean your fingers. They have a handful of different reptiles and birds as well. It's a little combination of animals. It's pretty amazing and it's clean and well taken care of. They have a decent gift shop as well to take goodies home. Plenty of wash stations to wash your hands. There's always an employee in each section to help out or inform you of the animals. They just got a little shark when we were there too. Definitely worth checking it out! Would take the kids back again!

Willow

Cute, little aquarium. Better suited for kids than adults, but I still enjoyed it. Most of the display tanks are on the smaller side but I didn't mind because there were lots of different animals and you can easily view the animals, even in the smaller enclosures. There were a lot of touch tanks throughout. In addition to aquatic life, there are lots of reptiles and amphibians. The staff were all really friendly and knowledgeable about the animals. I spent about 45 minutes here.

brian edwards

A nice hidden gem. Though it is small it was still enjoyable. I would have like to seen a larger variety of fish there was aloy of the same types of fish in multiple tanks.

Craig Wilson

Very basic but perfect for a 4 yr old. The interactive aquariums were really neat for my grandson. He loved the ray exhibit and the fact that you can touch them was terrific. We were there for about an hour. The exhibits were clean and well taken care of. Nice little field trip on a cold wet day. We will be back.

Mes

I thought this would be a great visit to educate my kids. While the amphibian enclosures were appropriate sizes, the fish were in too small of tanks based on their size. I've included a picture of these robust freshwater fish in a tank with other large fish. Given their size, they needed bigger. It seemed highly inhumane. More importantly, their petting tanks remove the slime coat of the fish and stress them, ultimately decreasing Lifespan. Finally, their aviary enclosure had a bird that was clearly in distress on the ground and they were still selling access to go in and touch them. The grounded bird was laying on its side and looked panicked someone might come in.

Chelsea Hopewell

We come here frequently because we have an annual pass. We love this perfect little aquarium. My 3 year old is autistic and this is his happy place. He actually touched the water in the touch tank at our last visit. The staff is always super friendly and knowledgeable.

Taiton Atkinson

Beautiful and fun place to go do something if you are bored. Staff were very friendly and pushed guest to touch any life in the touch tanks gently, had so many different varieties of fish starfish hermit crabs lizards birds snakes stringrays sharks you name it!

10-10 will be coming back and recommend to my pals. Thank you Aquarium of Boise for the Awesome visit!

Gwendolyn Anderson

What the aquarium lacks in size, it makes up for in experience. Almost every section has a “touch pool,” allowing an immersive and interactive experience. Guests can feed and pet a variety of fish as well as interact with several amphibians.

My only deduction is really for the lack of information on a lot of fish.