SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium Tours and Activities

Sydney Aquarium featuring marine life and a city as well as a couple
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Sea Life Sydney is a world-class aquarium that places you in the best place to see Australia's marine life – right at the bottom of the tank.

The sea may be only on Sydney's doorstep but the wildlife of Sydney Harbour are just a drop in the ocean compared to all of Australia's diverse and fascinating marine life. Make your way to the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, however, and an enthralling mix of crocodiles and corals, sharks and dugongs, can be experienced in just one day – and under one roof. Sea Life have gathered the whole extraordinary range of Australia's watery universe here – just off of Darling Harbour – presenting visitors with a geographical romp around its rivers, coasts and swamps. And to show off, naturally, all their wacky, wild and wonderful inhabitants. You'll find the platypuses swimming in the Southern Rivers section, the giant salt-water crocodiles basking in the Northern Rivers exhibit, and the sharks patrolling the depths of the Open Ocean Oceanarium. And what makes this aquarium one of the most popular in the world is its careful and imaginative reconstruction of each habitat. That, and the numerous tank-bottom, see-through tunnels, which allow you the utmost intimacy with their water-borne occupants. So you get to ogle the octopuses skulking around a South Sea's ship-wreck. Or to take your heart in your hands, as you walk down Shark Valley, with the largest shark collection in Australia. The looming menace of Grey Nurse sharks, accelerating out of the gloom, isn't a sight you'll forget quickly. The Sea Life aquarium does cute as well as killer, too. A well-loved recent addition is Dugong Island, which has two dugongs, mermaid-like mammals, paying you a curious-but-friendly once-over, as you walk beneath them. And if you want an inkling of the majestic beauty of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the last exhibit won't disappoint. This is the largest aquarium tank in the world, with 2 million litres of pristine tropical sea-water. It is a mesmerising display of multi-coloured reef fish, darting around a living, breathing coral, wafting in the gentle currents. The rocks are alive with anemones, sea stars and sea cucumbers, while the reef sharks circle over all. You may just be tempted to don that scuba gear, next time your near one of Sydney's beaches.

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Reviews of SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium

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4 - Good
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5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveller
29 Dec 2019

Definitely go online and book your tickets before you visit. I’m so grateful we did after turning up to a massive line of people waiting to buy tickets. We also saved $40 by buying online!

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveller
1 Dec 2019

You must try Shark dive. Wonderful experience.

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveller
7 Nov 2019

Don't skip the penguin ride, it's great!

4/5 - Good

Verified traveller
11 Oct 2019

Tourists please note - there no great white sharks in any Aquariam. this is a great aquarium, get the multi-ticket for better value. (Tower, Madam Tusou, Aquarium, or wildlife park)..

4/5 - Good

Anon
6 Oct 2019

Is crowded and noisy but kids loved it.

3/5 - Okay

Verified traveller
26 Sep 2019

Try not to go when school groups do as it gets pretty loud in there.

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YEHS Hotel Sydney Harbour Suites
YEHS Hotel Sydney Harbour Suites
4 out of 5
252 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW
YEHS Hotel Sydney Harbour Suites
Hyatt Regency Sydney
Hyatt Regency Sydney
5 out of 5
161 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW
Hyatt Regency Sydney
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney
5 out of 5
1 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney
Shangri-La Sydney
Shangri-La Sydney
5 out of 5
176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks, NSW
Shangri-La Sydney
Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
5 out of 5
199 George St., Sydney, NSW
Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
Little National Hotel Sydney
Little National Hotel Sydney
4 out of 5
26 Clarence St, Sydney, NSW
Little National Hotel Sydney
The Grace Hotel
The Grace Hotel
4.5 out of 5
77 York Street, Sydney, NSW
The Grace Hotel
PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney
PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney
4.5 out of 5
150 Day St, Sydney, NSW
PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney
The Tank Stream Hotel Sydney
The Tank Stream Hotel Sydney
4 out of 5
97-99 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW
The Tank Stream Hotel Sydney
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