It's entered via the walk-through Reef Tunnel, with see-through Plexiglas offering views of tropical fish and some small sharks and rays. The Temple has an Indiana Jones adventure theme-walkways lined with exotic foliage and faux stone walls. Jungle highlights include a tank of piranhas (usually encircled by camera-toting tourists waiting for an elusive baring of razor-sharp teeth), a Komodo dragon residing in a glass-walled pen and four fresh-water Johnston's crocodiles. Fearsome creatures of the deep-and no, we don't mean the bleary-eyed souls hunched over the craps table-reign at this aquarium, which has three major exhibit areas: Jungle, Temple and Shipwreck.
Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay is at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (3950 Las Vegas Blvd.
