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Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo Skip-the-Ticket-Line Entry

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About This Activity

Available Everyday
Open daily, can be accessed everyday
Walk-in Access
Direct entry with pass ID or instant e-ticket QR code

Highlights

  • Discover the amazing creatures in these sections such as Rocky Shores, Tunnel Aquarium, Dreamers Island, Forests, Rivers and Falls, Penguin Island, Th
  • Enjoy the digital interactive play area and watch dinosaurs and many different great creatures!
  • Be amazed at crocodiles and thousands of sea creatures with unique themes!
  • Discover enjoy unique themes and feel the underwater world!
  • Take perfect photos in the photo area

Includes

  • Entrance to Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo

A new aquarium experience is awaiting visitors at Emaar Aquarium & Underwater Zoo

The aquarium and underwater zoo, composed of different thematic sections, namely the Main Tank that includes the Tunnel Aquarium as well as Rocky Shores, Forests, Rivers and Falls, Penguin Island, Crocodile Kingdom, and the interactive play area Dreamers Island, is home to more than 20,000 marine animals and amphibians of 200 species.

Emaar Aquarium & Underwater Zoo is home to 200 thousand aquatic creatures and amphibians from more than 200 species with its 1.2 million liter water capacity.

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 the Emaar 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.

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Times & Duration

Suggested Visiting Duration: 1.5 hrs

Emaar Akvaryum welcomes visitors on the following days and times:

  • Every day
  • 10:00 - 21:15

Where You'll Be

Emaar Akvaryum
Ünalan, Libadiye Cd. No:88, 34700 Üsküdar/İstanbul, Türkiye
İstanbul 34700

How to Get There?

Getting to the Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo Skip-the-Ticket-Line Entry is convenient and accessible from various parts of Istanbul. Here’s a guide to help you reach this iconic landmark:

Emaar Aquarium & Underwater Zoo is located on the 2nd basement floor of Emaar Square Mall.

Minibus: You can get on the Dolmus (Minibuses) passing through Emaar Square Mall from the bus stop in the Goztepe–Bulgurlu direction on the Göztepe Bridge. The Dolmus (Minibus) passes through the back door of Emaar Square.

Marmaray: You can reach Goztepe Station by Marmaray and reach Emaar Square Mall with a short taxi ride from this station, or after a short walk to the Minibus street, you can take the buses going in the direction of Libadiye Caddesi—Mobilyacılar Carsisi from the bus stop in the direction of Maltepe on Fahrettin Kerim Gokay Street.

Metrobus: Get off the Metrobus at Uzunçayır Bus Stop and go to the M4 - Kadıkoy - Kartal Metro line. Get off the Metro at Goztepe Station. On Goztepe Bridge, go to the bus stop in the direction of Goztepe Bridge - Libadiye. You have to get off the bus at the Mobilyacilar Carsisi bus stop and cross the street.

Alternatively, you can get off the Metrobus at Uzuncayır stop, go to the bus stops in the Kartal direction and take the buses going in the Bulgurlu - Libadiye direction.

All About Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo

Emaar Square Mall Istanbul, which houses the Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, is not yet-another-mall. The Mall is a new-generation tourist attraction designed for foreign and domestic visitors from all over the world to shop, have fun, and experience flavor discoveries all in the same venue. Emaar Entertainment Center offers quite popular entertainment services such as the Museum of Illusions, Bowling, VR Room, especially for children Kaydırax, Hoopzone, The Jump; and a special attraction for explorers of all ages: Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo.
Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, which houses thousands of sea creatures, gives visitors the pleasure of diving underwater besides land nature. If you define yourself as a nature-lover, a traveler, or an adventurer, you should be sure to add Emaar Aquarium & Underwater Zoo Istanbul to your Istanbul travel itinerary. As you may have noticed already, metropolitan life makes people draw away from nature each day. Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo Istanbul will connect adults and children to all kinds of animals that live in or near water.  Emaar Aquarium Istanbul, Emaar Aquarium price, Emaar aquarium istanbul price

Don’t forget that you can visit this impressive underwater zoo with Istanbul Tourist Pass® which presents exceptional opportunities such as no extra fees at the entrance. If you like exploring the unusual and are looking for other underwater tourist attractions in Istanbul, you can also stop by the Sea Life Aquarium Istanbul!

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 brought from aroun 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!

Know Before You Go

  • Present your digital pass at the ticketing counter to get access to the aquarium.
  • Any additional activities (e.g., diving, feeding the sea creatures, etc.) are not included.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Should I Experience the Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo?
It is a great experience to meet extraordinary creatures of our beautiful world. While observing them in the Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, you will also feel like you are taking a real dive under the water 3.5 meters below the groun
How Long Does the Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo Trip Take?
Although the excursion hours are not limited, you can complete your trip in different thematic sections in about an hour. If you have time, spend more hours and enjoy the magical world of sea creatures for as long as you like!
Can I Take Photos and Videos?
You are free to take photographs and videos in a way that does not cause problems for the health of our animal friends. That means please refrain from using flashlights and scaring animals. Smartphones and cameras are allowed to enter the attraction.
Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo Opening Hours
Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo accepts visitors every day from 10:00 to 22:00. Last admission is at 21:15
What is in the Aquarium?
In Emaar Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, you will find many thematic parks! It is not only a basic aquarium, but a whole zoo actually. There are almost 10 thematic sections in this zoo.
How to Get to Emaar Aquarium?
You can navigate to Emaar Square Mall, since the aquarium is inside the mall. You can use the Kadikoy-Kartal metro line and drop off at the Goztepe station.

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