The National Aquarium of New Zealand...

The National Aquarium of New Zealand

38 Rankers Reviews

35 Face-to-Face

15 Zoos and Aquariums

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Organisation

The National Aquarium of New Zealand

Commercial organisation

Location

North IslandHawkes BayNapier

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Reviews

    • Unfortunately, the cafe was closed.
    • Swim with the sharks is an amazing experience.
    • Cool stuff and animals to see but quite small.
    • We had a good family fun morning here.
    • Great aquarium with many different animals.
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 4
    11%
    9/10 8
    21%
    8/10 9
    24%
    7/10 5
    13%
    6/10 4
    11%
    5/10 4
    11%
    4/10 2
    5%
    3/10 2
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  • 4.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in January 2017

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Claudia Hobbs's avatar

    Claudia Hobbs

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in December 2016

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Suzannah Hill's avatar

    Suzannah Hill

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Unfortunately, the cafe was closed.

    More than only fish to see such as alligators.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in December 2016

    GERMANY
    Michael's avatar

    Michael

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Great aquarium with many different animals.

    Nice to watch the penguins at feeding time.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in November 2016

    Selma Franke's avatar

    Selma Franke

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    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!

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    GERMANY
    Thomas Michel's avatar

    Thomas Michel

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    I really enjoyed our visit to the aquarium.

    They had a great variety of aquatic animals - my favourites were the fire bellied newts!

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in February 2016

    NEW ZEALAND
    Tim Ronke's avatar

    Tim Ronke

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    Hana Rachfalik's avatar

    Hana Rachfalik

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Interesting, fun to see some native fish.

    Can swim with sharks which is cool. Got to see Kiwi.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2016

    CANADA
    Anita Wallace's avatar

    Anita Wallace

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in January 2017

    GERMANY
    Michael Bley's avatar

    Michael Bley

    Customer

  • 2.0/5

    Disappointed, very small for a National Aquarium.

    Reviewed almost 8 years ago and experienced in April 2016

    FRANCE
    Benjamin Schyler's avatar

    Benjamin Schyler

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in January 2017

    GERMANY
    Michael Bley's avatar

    Michael Bley

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in January 2017

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Claudia Hobbs's avatar

    Claudia Hobbs

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in December 2016

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Suzannah Hill's avatar

    Suzannah Hill

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Unfortunately, the cafe was closed.

    More than only fish to see such as alligators.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in December 2016

    GERMANY
    Michael's avatar

    Michael

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Great aquarium with many different animals.

    Nice to watch the penguins at feeding time.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in November 2016

    Selma Franke's avatar

    Selma Franke

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    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!

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    GERMANY
    Thomas Michel's avatar

    Thomas Michel

    Customer

  • 2.0/5

    Disappointed, very small for a National Aquarium.

    Reviewed almost 8 years ago and experienced in April 2016

    FRANCE
    Benjamin Schyler's avatar

    Benjamin Schyler

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    Hana Rachfalik's avatar

    Hana Rachfalik

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    Expensive, we saw our first Kiwi bird.

    Interesting.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2016

    GERMANY
    Flora Kiessling's avatar

    Flora Kiessling

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    I really enjoyed our visit to the aquarium.

    They had a great variety of aquatic animals - my favourites were the fire bellied newts!

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in February 2016

    NEW ZEALAND
    Tim Ronke's avatar

    Tim Ronke

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Interesting, fun to see some native fish.

    Can swim with sharks which is cool. Got to see Kiwi.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2016

    CANADA
    Anita Wallace's avatar

    Anita Wallace

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2016

    CANADA
    Brennan Jungling's avatar

    Brennan Jungling

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    Very expensive, not just only fish, we saw our first kiwi.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in February 2016

    GERMANY
    Maxim Motheus's avatar

    Maxim Motheus

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Fantastic aquarium, under the water viewing tunnel, very hands on for kids, informative.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014

  • 4.0/5

    Nice aquarium, met with the kiwi bird.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

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    Pavel Macek

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    SWEDEN
    Mattias's avatar

    Mattias

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    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.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago

  • 1.5/5

    Old! But we have seen kiwi for the first time!

    Reviewed over 11 years ago

    FRANCE
    Maxime's avatar

    Maxime

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Had a good time with two kids here.

    A tank of real coral was an unexpected treat as was the blue penguins.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago

    DENMARK
    Lis Bon's avatar

    Lis Bon

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    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.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

  • 5.0/5

    Swim with the sharks is an amazing experience.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

    GERMANY
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    Johann Maier

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Swimming with the sharks - best thing we ever saw.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in November 2011

    NETHERLANDS
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    Remco te Lintum

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Best to go at feeding time.

    Amazing experience to have sharks and stingrays swim above and around you.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

  • 4.5/5

    Very nice our experience.Fine rooms, fine fish and a good show from the fish feeding diver.

    Reviewed about 14 years ago and experienced in February 2010

    DENMARK
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    Wender Jakoleseu

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    Small but informative, and lots of different animals.

    Giant squid was cool - so was the big Sea Turtle. The kiwi exhibit is the main draw.

    Reviewed over 14 years ago and experienced in November 2009

    UNITED STATES
    Anna's avatar

    Anna

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Small but interesting aquarium.

    Reviewed about 15 years ago and experienced in March 2009

  • 2.0/5

    Not value for money.

    Been to much better aquariums.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    Tanya's avatar

    Tanya

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Great feeding of sharks with an amazing underwater view.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago

    POLAND
    Marlena's avatar

    Marlena

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Great if you have kids.

    my nephew aged 3 loved it!

    Reviewed over 16 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
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    Kellie Teichmann

    Customer

  • 1.5/5

    Small.

    Quite boring. Sushi train was good. Good for families.

    Reviewed almost 17 years ago

    SWEDEN
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    Linda

    Customer