Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo - Dive into the deep blues and vibrant greens of nature - Istanbul

Emaar Akvaryum ve Sualtı Hayvanat Bahçesi
Are you ready to dive into the deep blues and vibrant greens of nature?
The Emaar Square Mall is a cutting-edge tourism destination that brings together foreign and domestic visitors from all over the world to shop, have fun, and sample new delicacies in one convenient place. Museum of Illusions, Bowling, VR Room, and a special attraction for explorers of all ages: Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo are all available at Emaar Entertainment Center.
The Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, which houses thousands of sea creatures, allows visitors to explore underwater as well as enjoy the scenery on land. With the Istanbul Tourist Pass, the world of underwater creatures is just within your reach.
What Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo Includes
Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is a place with tropical fish and other underwater species that will attract tourists Its modern design, magical atmosphere, and various sea animals make it an exciting and fun tourist attraction to enjoy your time in Istanbul. Marvelous aquatic creatures found in the seas, rivers, and oceans are brought from around the world to continue their lives in Emraar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Their new home, a tunnel-shaped huge aquarium, is located 3.5 meters below the ground and is filled with azure blue waters. This impressive aquarium has a capacity of 1.2 million liters of water that accommodates more than 20.000 aquatic creatures and amphibians of 200 species. The creatures that the aquarium contains vary, including reptiles, tarantulas, crocodiles, penguins, scorpions, shellfish, iguanas, chameleons, and tropical fish.
Thematic Sections
Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo's main tank includes various venues that host different aquatic creatures and contain different themes. Each section is designed for visitors to feel themselves like in nature by emulating the actual habitats of the animals:
Rocky Shores
Rocky Shores section contains perhaps the most attractive and dangerous-looking underwater creatures coming from shallow oceans. Sharks, stingrays, shrimps, and other crustaceans are brought from around the world to meet visitors in an aquarium environment.
Tunnel Aquarium
Tunnel Aquarium is one of the most interesting buildings located in Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. This glass tunnel is quite powerful, safe and allows you to monitor unusual aquatic creatures while walking under the water. This part of the aquarium is a trendy tourist attraction since you can feel like diving underwater in the middle of the diversity of sea life.
Dreamers Island
Dreamers Island is an ideal service for visitors who want to continue the experience of underwater in digital reality. With this unusual theme that will especially interest children of ages 7-15, you can draw fish and dinosaur species on tablets and animate them digitally.
Forests
Forests take you to a green environment, allowing you to take a break from the blue atmosphere of Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. In this environment, you can encounter snakes, spiders, piranhas, crocodiles, and other fascinating animals found in inland zoos.
Rivers and Falls
Rivers and Falls stands out as another exciting and fun theme of Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Red-eared water turtles, playful otters, herbivorous piranhas, and stingrays that live in large glass spaces welcome the visitors in this area.
Penguin Island
Penguin Island connects tourists with Humboldt Penguins of South America in the center of Istanbul. You will have a chance to see these cute friends very closely without barriers here.
The Crocodile Kingdom
The Crocodile Kingdom consists of giant crocodiles that are both dangerous and fascinating, and you will want to get closer for a few minutes of adrenaline rush. Here you can observe one of the most enormous reptiles of the world, the King Croc, with a whopping 750 kg and measuring over 5 meters. Let’s not forget his female partner, which is a 3-meters Queen Croc!