A wet solution for a warm happy day out

In Chicago on a cold and windy day and don’t know where to go or what to do? Then call Bus Company Chicago up and ride with us to some of the coolest places you could visit in the windy city on a damp afternoon.

Shedd Aquarium, an indoor public aquarium containing over 25,000 fish. It was for some time, the largest indoor aquarium in the world with 5,000,000 US gallons (19,000,000 l; 4,200,000 imp gal) of water is just one of those places.

Visitors can explore over 80 different habitats, featuring some 1,500 species .

The Amazon Rising exhibit features a 8,600-square-foot (800 m2) walkthrough of a flooded forest recreation of the Amazon river and the surrounding jungle and contains 250 different species including anacondas, piranhas, spiders, rays and crocodiles.

The Caribbean Reef exhibit features a diver in a 90,000-US-gallon (340,000 l) circular tank that allows for maximum walk-around viewing interacting with the animals while talking with the people.

The Waters of the World exhibit allows visitors to explore several different exhibits on Oceans, Rivers, Islands and Lakes, and Chicago's own Local Waters. Look out mantella frogs, a giant octopus, Nile knifefish, Grand Cayman blue iguanas, sea stars, seahorses, Alligator snapping turtle, and River otter here.

Granddad is an Australian lungfish that arrived at the Shedd in 1933, along with his mate, from Sydney during the Century of Progress world exposition. Granddad is still alive today although his mate died in 1980, and is claimed by the aquarium to be the oldest fish in any aquarium in the world.

The Wild Reef exhibit holds 400,000 gallons and is home to several different species of sharks, live corals, a mangrove forest and a re-created Filipino Fishing village.

The Abbott Oceanarium is split into two levels - Above the waterline there are bleachers where guests can watch the aquatic show. – Below the waterline, visitors can gasp in awe at Beluga Whales, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Sea Otters and Sea Lions.

So the next time someone complains about it being damp and cold, visit this special water-filled place with Bus Company Chicago and you’ll forget all about the weather as you go visit this watery wonderland.