City: Durban
Country: South Africa
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Opend 30.04.2004
Species 350
This place is an amusement park with a big wilde side, having 32 aquariums - of wich one is Africas largest (and the worlds 5th biggest). You meet a lot of fish but also the fun dolphins and Sea Lions. uShaka Sea World is the 5th largest aquarium in the world, with 32 tanks totaling 17,500 cubic meters of water. The underground aquarium is designed around 5 shipwrecks, with its entrance through the above ground "Phantom Ship", which contains several restaurants including the "Cargo Hold," with a wall sized shark aquarium visible from most of the dining areas, and the "Upper Deck," with views of the open sea exhibits that surround the "ship". The dolphin stadium can seat 1,200 visitors, and the seal stadium can seat about 450. The aquarium is home to shark species such as ragged-tooth sharks, spinner sharks, hammerhead sharks, and local catsharks, large rays including eagle rays, local moray species including honeycomb morays and geometric morays, local gamefish, and large fish species including giant groupers, potato bass, kingfish, and cobia. The Dangerous Creatures exhibit includes various reptiles, amphibians and arachnids, some of which are venomous in their newly set-up Dangerous Creatures section, which is apart from the main aquarium. This sub-section contains both local and exotic animals, from rock pythons to Burmese pythons, Nile crocodiles, black mambas, tarantulas, scorpions, and gila monsters to name a few.
Service given
Open : minimum 9am-5pm
Entrace fee: Yes
For kids: Playgrounds and pettingarea
Food: The Marine World has a places where you can get a snack
Taking photos: Is allowed, if publiciesed, please mention the zoo on your homepage
Contact
Phone number 031-328-8000
Fax number 031-328-8090
Address: uShaka Marine World, P.O. Box 38416, 1 King Shaka Avenue, Point, Durban, South Africa
E-mail: mkt@ushakamarinewold.co.za
Website: www.ushakamarineworld.co.za
Where to finde the Park:
I don't have any guides of this Marine World. Does any body know if they made any guides? And where I can get those?