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Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World is a world-class visitor attraction based in Auckland, New Zealand. It combines two fascinating environments – the ocean and the Antarctic – offering a myriad of opportunities to get up close and personal with the wonderful creatures that inhabit these largely unexplored areas of our planet.

Head for the Antarctic Encounter, where you’ll be taken back in time to the life-sized replica hut of intrepid South Pole explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Come out of the hut and into an Antarctic snowcat, where you’re transported to a magical world of snow and ice. Frolicking in the white wilderness is a colony of sub-Antarctic Penguins. From your snowcat, you’ll get a fantastic fish eye view of the birds as they swim underwater.

After your Antarctic encounter; head to the Amazon tank to view the deadly Piranha. Now step onto the moving walkway in the Underwater World, you’ll come face-to-face with a Broadnosed Sevengill Shark, proudly displaying some of the most powerful jaws on the planet.

Stingray Bay is the most recent large development added to Kelly Tarlton’s and has provided a separate habitat for the attraction’s growing family of stingrays.

Kelly Tarlton’s is just 10 minutes’ drive from downtown Auckland. Free carparking is available in the Kelly Tarlton's carpark and on Tamaki Drive.

Kelly Tarlton’s is open 365 days a year from 9am to 6pm. Last entry is at 5pm.
Touring Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and the Underwater World takes approximately 1-2 hours.

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  chchGIRL posted on March 17th, 2007
  Overall Rating: 6.0 / 10

  I hadn't been to Kelly Tarlton's in years so went back last year (2006). It was strange because the Underwater World was a lot smaller than I remember it! If you have been to the Sydney Aquarium (or another large scale aquarium overseas) it is actually very disappointing, however the Antarctic Encounter, with the penguins is really great and worth the visit!