National Aquarium of New Zealand: Ocean Wonders

Explore New Zealand’s aquatic wonders at the National Aquarium in Napier. Discover native species, witness stingray feedings, and immerse yourself in ocean beauty.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • National Aquarium of New Zealand - Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, explore a variety of exhibits from mountains to the sea at your own pace. Encounter introduced species, native eels (tuna), the brown kiwi, and the tuatara of Aotearoa, culminating in our largest exhibit under the sea. Marvel at the ocean’s wonders as stingrays glide by and sea life displays its grace and beauty. Feeding times are at 10 am and 2 pm every day.
What's Included
  • National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier - General Admission
Additional Information

Open 7 days a week from 9am - 5pm, self guide your way through a range of exhibits from Mountains to sea. You will see introduced species, native tuna (eels), our brown kiwi and tuatara of Aotearoa before finishing under the sea, our largest exhibit. Experience the wonders of the ocean as you witness the stingrays gliding through the water and the grace and beauty of the sea life. Feeding times 10am and 2pm daily.

Location
National Aquarium of New Zealand
Marine Parade,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Cruiser03835717086
Jun 1, 2024
We will be back! - Such a small price to pay for a well thought out experience, we paid for the sensory bag also which was a great investment for Master Seven who has ASD/SPD. The environment has lots of areas to relax and reset, staff were helpful and being there during the first feeding times of the day, was a great way to gain the extra knowledge without the overstimulation. Will definitely return and recommend to others!
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Avril_l
Apr 16, 2024
Need to visit - Watching the 2 divers feed the fish in the tank from the viewing platform and seeing the little penguins being fed. The whole experience was more than we had expected.
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Eds931
Mar 24, 2024
Penguins - enough said! - If you are staying in Napier this is definitely worth a couple of hours of your time. Its only a short walk along the beach from the centre. Its small but perfectly formed. Make sure you see the penguins being fed but all the exhibits were good
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Wrescombe2
Jun 12, 2024
Nice small aquarium - Nice little aquarium. We were a bit surprised that many of the exhibits were from other parts of the world. Aquarium is well laid out and easily accessible off Marine Drive on the sea front.
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Lesley
Apr 6, 2024
Great place to take children - A nicely laid out aquarium, plenty of fish and the likes as you would expect, less expected the section on local fossils, the Kiwi’s and Tuatara. Great for children with interactive spaces.
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Waggy21
Apr 2, 2024
Great example of sea life. - We found the aquarium very well set out with a huge amount of exhibits. We walked through the tunnel a number of times to get a good look at all the fish. It was very well set out. There was also a dark room with a kiwi behind glass sadly it was impossible to see and we didn’t get a photograph. All we could make out was make out was a faint shape moving about.
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Josiehanley
Aug 4, 2024
Not impressed - Disappointed:- Exhibits empty. Lighting too dark. Shop inaccessible as the cafe had stacked the tables & chairs in there, Just not impressed. Kelly Taltons is a much better set up.
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Majnz
Jul 20, 2024
fishy fun - not a cheap thing to do if you're a family of 5, but on a wet and windy day in napier it's a very pleasnt way of spending 2 hrs. There's a penguin feeding session to watch which was fun, and divers in the huge tank. sadly the massive turtle isn't in the huge tank, it's in a tank that seems way too small for its size. You'd imaigne that an aquarium would know about size of animal to tank, but there was no-one to ask about it.
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