TOP Boutique Aquarium

TOP Boutique Aquarium, The TOP, Komtar (6 November 2018)


TOP Boutique Aquarium is the aquarium at The TOP, Komtar. Located on level 4, accessible from The TOP's grand staircase, it has a wide variety tropical fish and other marine life, including horseshoe crabs and moray eels.

Admission Fees

The admission fees for TOP Boutique Aquarium is RM38 (adult) and RM33 (child). MyKad holders pay RM28 (adult) and RM20 (child).

TOP Boutique Aquarium is entered from The TOP's grand staircase, at Komtar, Penang. (6 November 2018)

Visit to TOP Boutique Aquarium

6 November, 2018
My wife and I enjoyed a fun outing at the TOP Boutique Aquarium. We were there at the invitation of The TOP. We have heard of the aquarium and have looked forward to visiting it. When we visited The TOP for the first time, the aquarium was not opened yet, so this was the first time we get to enjoy it.

TOP Boutique Aquarium was opened by then Chief Minister of Penang, the Right Honourable Lim Guan Eng, on 11 February, 2018. It is divided into various sections. The first section has a Penang pre-war house theme, showing various tropical fish in tanks that mimic scenes from a Straits prehouse townhouse. This is followed by tanks of luminous tropical fish. There is also a gallery showing the fish of mangrove swamp, and two section where you can crawl under the tank to emerge in a glass hemisphere surrounded by the fish.

I am quite surprised that the aquarium is bigger than I had expected. There are so many galleries packed in this aquarium. Moreover, it is very well kept, with the glass tanks well maintained, without any smudges. Let me take you on a photo tour now.

Official Opening by The Honourable Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng (6 November 2018)


Lemon belly barb (Hypsibarbus wetmorei) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


My wife in the walk-in fish tank at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Red giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Tiger barb (Puntius tetrazona) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Red finned cigar shark (Leptobarbus rubripinna) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Tanks for luminous tropical fish at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Gallery of fish from rainforest streams at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Gallery with open fish pond at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Empurau (Dacryodes rostrata) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


African Lungfish (Protopterus annectens) at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Fish habitat at wrecks and ruins, at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Mangrove fish habitat at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Mangrove ecology at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Moray Eel and Undulated Moray at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Crayfish at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Giant arowana at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Stingrays at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Clownfish at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Tank with large seawater fish such as the grouper at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


Horseshoe crabs at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)


My wife and I at TOP Boutique Aquarium (6 November 2018)

Private Guided Tours of Penang

If you are seeking private guided tours of Penang, message Penang Tour Guides at penangtourguides@gmail.com and enquire with them.

 Buy, rent or sell properties in Penang

Do you have a property for sale or to rent out? Are you looking to buy or rent a property? Get in touch with me. WhatsApp me (Timothy Tye) at 012 429 9844, and I will assign one of my property agents to serve you. I will choose the agent for you, according to your property needs. So when you message me, provide me some details of what you need, whether to sell, to buy, to rent or to rent out, and what type of property, is it condo, apartment, house, shop, office or land.

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

Map of Roads in Penang

Looking for information on Penang? Use this Map of Roads in Penang to zoom in on information about Penang, brought to you road by road.

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.