Aquariums have been a form of fantastic family fun ever since they were first installed for public display, and the array of marine life exhibiting a slice of marine habitats never cease to amaze visitors. Following is the list of must-visit aquariums that one would enjoy in India.
Taraporewala Aquarium - Marine Drive, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Taraporewala Aquarium is India's oldest aquarium which hosts marine and freshwater fishes. There are special pools in the aquarium where over 400 species of fishes and the marine kingdom is in display. Click on the below link to read more
Nandankanan Zoo Aquarium – Barang, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
The name Nandankanan means God’s Garden of Heaven, this zoological park consists of a beautiful aquarium and zoo. It is extremely famous for the white tigers, while the aquarium has an impressive variety of aquatic plants and marine fishes.
Digha Marine Aquarium - Digha, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
This state-of-the-art Aquarium is equipped with an advanced seawater circulation system and filtration unit. The species in the aquarium are categorized into three divisions – species that are important in terms of conservation, freshwater species, and the local marine species.
Sea World Aquarium - Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram, India
Catch a glimpse of an extensive variety of underwater creatures in their near natural habitat, filled with varied marine life including exotic species such as Octopus, Parrotfish, Snake fish, Sea lizard, Sea squid, Lionfish, Cowfish, Firefish, Rabbitfish, Butterfish, Clownfish, Beach Tamet, Sea Horses and Sharks. This is quite an eye-opener for young tourists & kids and marine life lovers.
The Aquarium – Portblair, India
This aquarium was established to create an awareness program about the marine creatures. houses various collections of fishes, corals, shells, and different species of marine life. The aquarium exhibits more than 350 marine species along with rare varieties of coral and those marine species that are peculiar to the islands found in the Indo-Pacific and Bay of Bengal.
Bagh-E-Bahu Aquarium – Gorkha Nagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Bagh-e-Bahu Aquarium is India’s second-largest underground aquarium. Consisting of 24 aquarium caves, which includes 13 small caves housing freshwater species, 2 large caves housing marine water fishes and 9 medium size aquariums for both marine and freshwater fishes that exhibits 400 varieties of fishes.
Bangalore Government Aquarium – Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Bangalore Aquarium is the second largest aquarium in India that has 83 large fish tanks with species on display include eels, angelfish Catla, mahseer, and exotic varieties like Striped Loach, Kissing Gouramy, Buenos-Aires Tetra, Serpent Treta and many more that are brought here south America and Japan.
Ratnagiri Marine Aquarium And Museum – Sadanand Wadi, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Established as the Marine Biological Research Station in 1985, has some rare and unique specimens of Sea horse, Sea cucumbers, Starfish, and sea snakes. There are both freshwater and marine water species.
Ratnagiri Marine Aquarium And Museum
Datda Sea World - Mount Abu, India
Recognized as the largest Aquarium in India, is a lone hill resort of Rajasthan that amazes its visitors with a wide collection of fishes and seashells. Datda Sea World comprises more than 100 small aquariums with a wide variety of fishes imported from the Netherlands, Singapore, the US, Kenya, Pakistan, and many other countries.
Marine Aquarium – Chennai, India
The Marine Aquarium is housed at the Marine Biological Station within the grounds of the Zoological Survey of India. Laid-out in a Singapore-style, the aquarium is fully air-conditioned with 18 glass fronted tanks with a myriad collection of marine animals.
Bhagwan Birsa Aquarium Park – Ormanjhi, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park of Ranchi recently added a large freshwater aquarium named Birsa Munda Aquarium. This is home to exotic varieties of fishes along with amphibians and invertebrates, aquatic reptiles, and water-dwelling plants.
Fisheries Department Neyyar Dam Aquarium – Vazhichal, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Neyyar Dam Aquarium is set at one of the popular Wildlife Sanctuaries in Kerala (Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary). The aquarium which houses a long list of colorful fishes in around 75 glass tanks. The walls are adorned with paintings and there are miniature waterfalls and models of various marine species like Miss Kerala, considered Kerala's ornamental fish, etc,.
Fisheries Department Neyyar Dam Aquarium
Jagdishchandra Bose Aquarium – Adajan, Surat, Gujarat, India
Jagdishchandra Bose Municipal Aquarium is the first multidisciplinary underwater aquarium in India. The aquarium is home to more than 100 species of aquatic creatures including turtles, stingrays, cichlid, lionfish, alligator gar, American lobster, snowflake eel, man-eater piranhas, ghost fish, and so on in an ecosystem of their own.
Varkala Aquarium – Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
The main attraction of the Varkala Aquarium is a walkway that spirals upwards. This is where you can view large-sized fishes of exotic species like scorpionfish, angelfish, koi, and much more.
Matsyadarshini Aquarium – Pandurangapuram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Get magnificent glimpses of an array of freshwater and saltwater fish and tortoises at the Matsyadarshini Aquarium. It is an array of exotic animals that are displayed at the aquarium, ranging from LongHorn Cow Fish, Peacock Wrasse, Electric Ray, Porcupine Fish, Red Squirrel Fish among various others, that have become its main attraction.
Vizhinjam Marine Aquarium – Trivandrum, India
Also known as the Sagarika Marine Research Aquarium, apart from getting a glimpse of the regular marine life, you can also see exotic species like Angelfish, clownfish, seahorses, boxfish, cowfish, eels and wrasses.
Under the Sun Aquarium – Ateh Sagar Lake, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Under The Sun Aquarium is the biggest Public Aquarium Gallery in India. This 125-meter long aquarium plays host to around 150 different species of fishes. Other than fish, there are sea creatures like Albino Frogs, Indonesian Crabs, Fire Belly Newts, and Fresh Water Scampi, etc.
