The National Aquarium of New Zealand
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A solid aquarium stop in Napier, and genuinely one of the better places in NZ to see a kiwi up close. They tend to be active here, running around and making noise, which isn't always the case at other spots. The mix of native and international species keeps it interesting beyond just the fish tank circuit. Alligators, tuatara, blue penguins, reef sharks, sea turtles. There's more variety than the modest exterior suggests.
The feeding sessions are worth timing your visit around. Sharks and penguins being fed draws the crowd for good reason, and the staff put on a decent show. It's compact enough to do in an hour or two, which suits families well, especially with the beachfront playground right next door on Marine Parade. The swim with sharks experience gets strong reviews if you're after something a bit more hands-on.
Use promo code RANKERS at checkout for 10% off your entry. Helps keep us going too, so cheers for that.
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North Island ▷ Hawkes Bay ▷ Napier |
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Open daily from 9:00am - 5:00pm, with last entry at 4:30pm. Closed on Christmas Day. |
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Use discount code RANKERS with The National Aquarium of New Zealand and 10% off. |
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Swim with the sharks is an amazing experience.
Johann Maier -
Napier Aquarium is the best place to see Kiwi!
Claudia Hobbs -
Cool stuff and animals to see but quite small.
Brennan Jungling -
Pretty cool!!
Christin -
Best to go at feeding time.
Bob & Lynda Miller
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Napier Aquarium is the best place to see Kiwi!
They were running around, squawking! Well priced and the perfect size with a brilliant combination of information to read and animals to watch.
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We had a good family fun morning here.
Watching the sharks and penguins being fed. Staff put on a good show. Loved seeing the Kiwi birds too. Next door to a great playpark on the beachfront.
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The staff are really friendly.
But too expensive for what you get. $82 for 30 minutes of snorkelling with really, really small sharks. Not enough space for the fish and other animals.
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Even though it does not look to be very special from the outside, this place offers a lot of knowledge and interesting traits about the deep ocean, especially the consequences of environmental pollution
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I really enjoyed our visit to the aquarium.
They had a great variety of aquatic animals - my favourites were the fire bellied newts!
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We spent almost two hours there primarily because of watching the penguins and marine turtle.
There are quite a lot of things to discover for kids, but if you are still kids at heart, you will enjoy it here.
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Cool stuff and animals to see but quite small.
Price was reasonable, only big highlight was that we got to see some real life Kiwi.
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Interesting, fun to see some native fish.
Can swim with sharks which is cool. Got to see Kiwi.
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Good if you want to see New Zealand's Underwater World.
Some animals had a bit small living spaces but mostly okay. Also really cool to see the kiwi bird.
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Fantastic aquarium, under the water viewing tunnel, very hands on for kids, informative.
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The staff are really friendly.
But too expensive for what you get. $82 for 30 minutes of snorkelling with really, really small sharks. Not enough space for the fish and other animals.
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Napier Aquarium is the best place to see Kiwi!
They were running around, squawking! Well priced and the perfect size with a brilliant combination of information to read and animals to watch.
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We had a good family fun morning here.
Watching the sharks and penguins being fed. Staff put on a good show. Loved seeing the Kiwi birds too. Next door to a great playpark on the beachfront.
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Even though it does not look to be very special from the outside, this place offers a lot of knowledge and interesting traits about the deep ocean, especially the consequences of environmental pollution
. Thumbs up!
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We spent almost two hours there primarily because of watching the penguins and marine turtle.
There are quite a lot of things to discover for kids, but if you are still kids at heart, you will enjoy it here.
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I really enjoyed our visit to the aquarium.
They had a great variety of aquatic animals - my favourites were the fire bellied newts!
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Interesting, fun to see some native fish.
Can swim with sharks which is cool. Got to see Kiwi.
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Cool stuff and animals to see but quite small.
Price was reasonable, only big highlight was that we got to see some real life Kiwi.
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Fantastic aquarium, under the water viewing tunnel, very hands on for kids, informative.
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Good if you want to see New Zealand's Underwater World.
Some animals had a bit small living spaces but mostly okay. Also really cool to see the kiwi bird.
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We go inside to see the kiwi's at the nighthouse - very cute.
But the fishes looked not very good and happy - not enough space for all the animals (sharks, penguins etc), price and info's good.
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Had a good time with two kids here.
A tank of real coral was an unexpected treat as was the blue penguins.
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Really nice and interesting exposition with salt and freshwater aquariums, undersea tunnel with sharks and mantos, reptiles.
Unfortunately second exposition with ocean mammals was closed.