Dive under Auckland's waterfront and you'll discover spectacular secrets of the Southern Ocean and see the magic of an Antarctic fantasyland, complete with penguins strutting in fresh snow and ice! You'll get up close to the majestic King and playful Gentoo penguins, see jellyfish displays and the world's biggest species of stingray. Experience over 30 live animal exhibits and see over 80 different
species in the eight new themed zones.
Highlights
- Explore the underwater world at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
- Get up close to the majestic King and playful Gentoo penguins
- Travel through the shark tunnel as the sharks swim over-head
- See the largest jelly fish display in New Zealand
Useful Information
Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World Entry Ticket
Head for the Antarctic Encounter, where you'll be taken back in time to the life-sized replica hut of intrepid South Pole explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Come out of the hut and into an Antarctic snowcat, where you're transported to a magical world of snow and ice. Frolicking in the white wilderness is a colony of sub-Antarctic Penguins. From your snowcat, you'll get a fantastic fish eye view of the birds as they swim underwater.
After your Antarctic encounter; head to the Amazon tank to view the deadly Piranha. Now step onto the moving walkway in the Underwater World, you'll come face-to-face with a Broadnosed Sevengill Shark, proudly displaying some of the most powerful jaws on the planet.
The famous Kelly Tarlton's Shark Tunnel is home to New Zealand's largest collection of sharks and now Maori Pacifica themed and full of original shipwreck artifacts. Travel in a clear tunnel, surrounded by two million litres of ocean water and the hundreds of awesome sea creatures within it - you're just centimetres away from a Bronze Whaler and a two-metre wide stingray!
There's so many sea creatures for you to enjoy at Kelly Tarlton's, including the moray eels, magical seahorses, huge crayfish and some of the worlds most poisonous fish.
Reviewed by Desmond B, February 2012
Love those penguins, they are just so impressive. Didn't see any from happy feet but they did look good. The aquarium has a lot in it, very impressed. Go there early in the day, very popular can get crowded
Reviewed by TABLE TALK DINING, Australia, January 2011
