We love going to Kelly Tarlton’s. But the old girl has been around 27 years and is no spring water chicken. This month, it has undergone a $5.5 million upgrade and has re-launched as Kelly Tarlton’s SEA LIFE Aquarium…
We love going to Kelly Tarlton’s. But the old girl has been around 27 years and is no spring water chicken.
This month, it has undergone a $5.5 million upgrade from Merlin Entertainments and has re-launched as Kelly Tarlton’s SEA LIFE Aquarium.
The main difference is the penguin train ride is gone, replaced with a new walk-through penguin encounter.
Now you can get face to face with a Gentoo and King penguin, although the night we went the Kings were being a bit royally snobby, but this little Gentoo guy below was completely charming everybody.
The Shark Tunnel – which was the first in the world – now has and is now Maori Pacifica concrete statues as though off a shipwreck.
There’s also New Zealand’s first-ever live jellyfish display (actually incredibly beautiful up close), the world’s only display of Spiny Sea Dragons and the world’s biggest species of stingray.
For more information about Kelly Tarlton’s SEA LIFE Aquarium, visit www.kellytarltonssealife.co.nz
Megan Robinson 30 September
Photos Kevin Robinson
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