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National Aquarium of New Zealand: Ocean Wonders
4.1
16 Ratings
Napier
Explore New Zealand’s aquatic wonders at the National Aquarium in Napier. Discover native species, witness stingray feedings, and immerse yourself in ocean beauty.
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.
- 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
- 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.
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.1
(16 Ratings)
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Sampaul21
Jan 17, 2025
Great place - We had a really interesting time with the family. This place is perfect for someone with young family. The coffee is also good. Besides the beautiful beach, the aquarium was our highlight. Make sure you time your visit so you don’t miss the penguin feeding and big aquarium feeding. We did the 9.30 penguin and 10am aquarium which was entertaining
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Lynnlw9197cd
Jan 8, 2025
Encounter - Penguin encounter is worth the extra - enjoy
A lot of information is extended. More time spent feeding the penguins than I have seen in other tours
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Fanjing_z
Dec 24, 2024
a wonderful undersea tour - KIWI bird, for the first time we saw it. The underseas world, wow. It is worthy of time and money. I will recommend it to my friends.
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Anjanaiyer
Oct 28, 2024
Worth every dollar for the penguin encounter - We did the Penguin Encounter tour along with the general admission. Highly recommend this tour regardless of age. The museum has plenty of different sea life on display. And as part of the penguin encounter, you get up close and feed the fairy penguins rehabilitated at the center. This was such a happy and joyful learning experience.
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Stephen
Oct 20, 2024
Well worth visiting. - Well done collection of interesting fish displayed in a walk through class aquarium. Feeding time was great fun for kids. Interesting information with regards to conservation and the need to consider one’s own behaviour on everything else, with the oceans playing a crucial part in maintaining our global sustainability and equilibrium. Penguins also good fun and cute. Sad to read how done of them came to be there. Gift shop is very good too and the cafe caters for gluten free customers.
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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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Passport62689101245
Jan 5, 2025
Not quite what I expected - It's a nice little aquarium, quite a bit to see. The penguin exhibit was very nice. However, I had expected something quite different regarding the experience.
I anticipated the National Aquarium of New Zealand to focus on ecosystems and species from..........New Zealand. Instead, the vast majority of the aquarium focused on animals from other parts of the world, especially South America, which is why I suppose half the displays were also in Spanish....?
I was wanting to learn more about NZs marine life after having been here, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. Its a nice place to see marine life, but not necessarily New Zealand marine life.
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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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Ojw89
Jan 14, 2025
Very poor - I was surprised of the state of this place. A lot of enclosures are just plastic imitation boulders and/or plastic plants. There is zero to none natural behaviour cause it's simply not possible in the tanks. Some of the tanks are overstocked and some are way too small. The pacu's are in a tiny tank and the worst thing is Terry the Turtle of which you can find tons of messages and news articles online. In stead of having him in one of the big tanks he's in a tank where he can barely move. When I was there he had some red on his nose (maybe an injury).
The stingrays going over your head are amazing but all and all this aquarium left a sour taste in our mouths and isn't worth the money. Enclosures and/or inhabitants need a big update or this place shouldn't exist and is, the way it is right now, definitely not worth the title of national aquarium.
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