Like many tourists, we have planned to visit many places in Dubai. One of them was the aquarium located in the Dubai Mall.
Like everything in Dubai, it is very expensive and pretentious. But half of it doesn't work.
It seems to be electronic turnstiles, but they are broken, and one girl accepts tickets. As a result, the queue.
The aquarium begins with a red carpet. There is a crowd of people standing and looking at the fish. It's completely free and very effective. The big wall is transparent, and there is a shark swimming behind it. I'd like to see it too. So, you paid 400 tugriks and you are being led between these people and this wall... To see how the same shark swims, but from the other side. And if you are four together, then this is not 400 tugriks, but 400 Bachinskis already...
Then you walk through the corridors and look at the aquariums. Minimum interactivity, maximum boredom.
Everyone goes and asks each other where the exit is))))
Cool inside:
1. There are penguins at the very top, that's really cool. The aquarium is half filled with water and you can see not only how they stand or wander funny, but also how they dive and swim like your torpedoes.
2. The alligator family. I've seen a lot of big ones, but this daddy is just a champion.
3. Otters are cool on the principle of a dolphin-made aviary....
Bottom line: Dress up nicely and stock up on a compass))
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Оксана Шевелева
Level 8 Local Expert
January 12
It's a wonderful place. A huge shopping center with a variety of shops, a large aquarium where, if desired, you can feed the fish, of course for a fee. There is a very beautiful waterfall inside the shopping center, and in the evening there are extremely beautiful dancing fountains. The prices certainly bite a little, but it's worth a visit. In general, if there are supermarkets in Dubai where you can buy cheap food, but you need to go to them by metro and bus, since they are located in residential areas, which of course are inferior in their cleanliness to tourist areas. But it is important that you stick a card in the bus when you enter the bus and do not forget to attach it when you get off the bus. Unless, of course, you like very intense heat, then it's better for you to fly there in winter
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Елена М.
Level 10 Local Expert
April 9
We liked the aquarium itself. A large, huge variety of fish, interesting design. The only thing that let us down was the guide who bought the tickets from. She promised us penguins, but it turned out on the spot that to see penguins you need to buy a ticket for a different price (which included penguins). As a result, we were not allowed to see the penguins, and in order to see them, we need to go out to the ticket office again and buy tickets for the aquarium + penguins. Tickets are not sold separately for penguins.Moreover, we were not the only ones who flew by, people on the spot asked how much to pay to be allowed to the penguins, they were also sent to the ticket office for new tickets. At that moment, he upset us. It would be great to have a separate ticket for them at the penguin hall.
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Татьяна Пирожкова
Level 15 Local Expert
March 24
How can you visit the Dubai Mall and not pay attention to the Aquarium, which is considered the largest?! No way!
I'll write something that I didn't like:
-the cost of the excursion for 3 was 600 dirhams (16,300 rubles). This is an insanely expensive pleasure for the family!
- The aquarium is divided into 2 floors, first you go through the tunnel, and then you go up to the 3rd floor and continue the tour. That is, between the 2 parts you need to walk around the mall
- the number of fish and mammals is MUCH smaller than in the Moskvarium.
-the systemless arrangement of the sections of the exposition (where to go, go to something and look, find the name)
In general, summing up, I will say the following... It's not worth the money, you can watch and be impressed in the Moskvarium along with the killer whale show. There are a lot of people and the viewing room is very small and narrow. It is not worth visiting and wasting time and money!
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Alina Vinitskaya
Level 16 Local Expert
May 1
The aquarium itself is no better than the Moscow ones. but! When buying an additional ticket, you can go behind the scenes: see how sharks, jellyfish and other animals are raised, as well as buy an encounter where they will tell you (all in English!) about penguins, otters or other animals. We took the penguins with us, gave them a pat (at the checkout they said several times that we couldn't touch them, we were already upset in advance, but the guide allowed it). They also give you to pet river sharks without additional payment.
Tickets are cheaper in the kidzapp app
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7 7
Level 20 Local Expert
July 14
I really liked the visit, we took a package ticket with a visit to the aquarium of the terrarium and a boat trip.
There is another aquarium on the island of palma, it is certainly smaller, but there are few people there and you can get high from the silence and watching the fish, plus there is a coolest water park, you can also take a ticket in a complex
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Vano З.
Level 9 Local Expert
April 13
If you are interested in the aquarium, you can see it for free from the corridor of the shopping center, many tourists limit themselves to this. After buying a ticket, you can walk through the tunnel, take pictures of the bellies of sharks and rays at close range, in addition, you can go to another floor with a bunch of small aquariums and terrariums, and watch otters, crocodiles, penguins. In the process, you will be offered to buy a printed photo montage with your participation for the price of a ticket, at the exit you will be given a discount on souvenirs.
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Marina Grebenyuk
Level 13 Local Expert
April 22
A very interesting place to visit with children and not only. Everything is thought out to the smallest detail. Clean , helpful staff! A lot of educational things ! I recommend
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Анастасия Егорова
Level 7 Local Expert
July 9, 2023
A place that will definitely impress not only children, but also adults. Huge aquariums, thought out to the smallest detail, a variety of marine, and not only, inhabitants.
You don't want to go out of the tunnel - you can admire the underwater world forever!
Crocodiles, sharks, penguins, bats, parrot - all this you can see right here.
It was also interesting to see a jellyfish farm. Aquariums for them are made with changing lighting - I stood for 15 minutes, couldn't look away.
The Aquarium has all the amenities: a toilet, a small cafe, a souvenir shop.
Yes, the price bites, but it's worth it. There are also special VIP tickets in the aquarium, which provide a quick passage. The thing is cool, but you can do without it, saving 100 dirhams.
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Даша
Level 11 Local Expert
July 26
The aquarium in Crocus City is cooler, the most interesting aquarium is free from the entrance, the largest and most attractive, which all people pass by walking along the Dubai Mall
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Елена К.
Level 5 Local Expert
March 3
We haven't been inside, but it's very beautiful and interesting outside. There are a lot of fish, stingrays of different colors. Even sharks swim. The aquarium is high, the view is good, you can watch from the first floor and from the second.
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Evgeniia Smirnova
Level 3 Local Expert
May 2
A complete disappointment! For the money that we paid for the entrance for the family, we expected a great experience, but in fact, the view in the tunnel is several times worse than the one that you watch for free outside. On boats that are rolled with a transparent bottom, it is very difficult to see and boring, not like adults, even children. The zoo is inside: there are a lot of people, and there are fewer animals and fish than in Moscow - in the Moskvarium or the Crocus Aquarium. The only thing that is more or less interesting is feeding piranhas, but again, it's not worth the money.
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Инкогнито 9730
Level 11 Local Expert
March 12
Overall: good. But if it wasn't for the baby, I wouldn't have gone and wouldn't have lost anything. The child liked penguins the most. For some reason, the passage through the tunnel was not impressed, we have already seen something like this somewhere, it looks more impressive from the outside (by the way, for free, this was enough for my husband and me for the first time - we just looked outside). In general, the scale is of course incredible. You can watch a man with an aqualung float over you.
I liked the crocodile - you can watch it very closely.
The price tag for one person is about $ 100, a child over two years old is already paid.
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Дима Макаров
Level 14 Local Expert
February 7
A very beautiful place where you get to the bottom of the ocean, this aquarium is just colossally huge, it is located in the center of the shopping center and stretches as far as 3 floors. Different marine life will surprise you and your loved ones. I advise you to take a look 🔥🇦🇪
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Левон Тараян
Level 18 Local Expert
April 8
It was something with something, I did not expect this, I liked everything from the moment of entry where small to large sharks swim overhead, ending with stages and there were as many as 6 of them. So I liked everything
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TIMUR KHANN
Level 11 Local Expert
November 7, 2023
A very large and beautiful aquarium. A huge number of different fish. There is an opportunity to scuba dive. You can also feed some types of fish. Of the disadvantages: I did not like the tone, nothing is really visible. And in general, it is better to look outside and not pay 418 dirhams. Because the view from the outside is much more beautiful.
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Екатерина
Level 12 Local Expert
October 31, 2023
With a ticket, you can visit the tunnel and the zoo above the floors (follow the tracks). The zoo has aquariums, fish, large crocodiles, jellyfish, bats, etc. compact.
And the tunnel is not so big , 40 m . in Barcelona we saw 80. The price is space. Not impressed. There are sharks, rays, fish. All this can be seen for free in the form of an aquarium.
It's more spectacular to visit the Dubai safari park with the kids. The children had more emotions from him than from the fish .
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Сергей Вдовиченко
Level 19 Local Expert
November 6, 2023
There is a lot of advertising around, in general, quite an ordinary aquarium-aquarium. Maybe the aquarium is the largest in the world, but it's somehow not particularly noticeable, otherwise Moscow is not a little worse. And there is nothing to discuss about prices. It's about comparison, and so yes, it's quite beautiful, interesting, informative. It was a pity there was not enough time, so we would have taken the most expensive tickets and visited all possible options, including sitting with penguins in the refrigerator.
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Ксения Рычкова
Level 19 Local Expert
January 12
It's a cool place. I especially liked the penguins.
At the exit there is a shop where you can buy all sorts of souvenir trifles with a good discount on the ticket
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Виктория Локошко
Level 9 Local Expert
December 10, 2023
Complete disappointment and wasted money. The aquarium that you can see for free is huge and cool. I decided to take the Burj Khalifa + aquarium and zoo combo ticket. It cost 6000rubles or 250 rubles. To say that I'm in shock is to say nothing. I thought there would be something wow like everything in Dubai, in fact, there is a small arch inside this aquarium and that's it, then you go to the zoo on the second floor, and everything is artificial, scarred, there are very few fish and animals. Of course, those who have not seen their zoo in the province are cooler, for those it will probably be wow. I, who have been to many places, was stunned by such disappointment. Definitely not worth the money.
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Марина Ефимова
Level 13 Local Expert
July 11
It must be seen and visited
It's just that the scale is unique
So much work of the people has been invested in making this place attract people!
Of course, the Mall itself is a whole city!!!!
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инга баджо
Level 9 Local Expert
May 31
I've always dreamed of getting there, but when I visited, I decided for myself that the view from the outside is much cooler than inside🙈🤪
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Katja M.
Level 5 Local Expert
May 13
A good aquarium, but the impression was not wow. It's expensive, I think it's not worth that much money. The aquarium at VDNH in Moscow is much better.
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Sonya
Level 10 Local Expert
May 4, 2023
I've read a lot of negative reviews here.
In fact, it all depends on the ticket you bought 🎟️
Mine included a Boat Experience (we got into a small boat with a transparent bottom and rode on top of the aquarium), there was also a small movie inside a small room made for a submarine, there were diving effects, shaking and a video journey along the ocean floor was shown on the screen) + feeding fish and a voucher for a souvenir and a cafe at The aquarium.
There were penguins, a dark room with spiders, bats and other interesting reptiles. Otters, a free-flying parrot, a huge live crocodile, turtles, jellyfish and a great many different marine life 🐠
I really liked the Aquarium 😍👍🏻
Being there, it's hard to realize that this whole world is in the shopping center! 😱
I advise you to visit and spend money on an interesting ticket, and not just a passage into a boring tunnel about which most of the reviews are here.
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Сергей Тарасов
Level 11 Local Expert
May 14
Impressive every time. The aquarium is great. Funny penguins, funny otters. Crocodiles are amazing. Walk on the glass floor above them, then take a selfie with them
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Юрий Шилов
Level 8 Local Expert
July 20
A great place, it's worth taking a FULL package!
If you take only 1 level, then not only is it not profitable, but you will also miss a lot of interesting things!
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Антон
Level 10 Local Expert
June 12
To be honest, in my opinion it is much more interesting in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The only thing is that this is the largest aquarium behind glass, not an aquarium
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Павел Барбарич
Level 6 Local Expert
January 25
We took a ticket to the Burj Khalifa complex and the aquarium, much cheaper than separately. It took them a while to figure out that how to get to the zoo after the aquarium corridor, at first they thought that the corridor under the aquarium was everything that could be seen, they consulted their relatives and realized that the entrance to the zoo was from the top floor and of course it was cool there and penguins and dives and fish could be fed and in general there were a lot of underwater animals.
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Инкогнито 4669
Level 9 Local Expert
February 16
Well done, a large area, there is a place to walk, there are not enough interesting attractions. And very expensive
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Юлия Рыжан
Level 12 Local Expert
October 11, 2023
The aquarium is large, but not impressive
Crocus in Moscow is no worse
A lot of interesting material, but all in English
We took a ride on a boat with a transparent bottom over an aquarium with sharks
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Дмитрий А
Level 11 Local Expert
October 17, 2023
A normal aquarium, for a strong three. Moscow at VDNH is both more interesting and more spacious.
The cost is inadequately expensive, even considering that everything is much more expensive in the Emirates than in Russia. A full ticket even for a two-year-old child. I definitely won't come here a second time.
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Ekaterina P
Level 9 Local Expert
July 1
If you want to see only fish, then watch for free, the internal review is not worth the money, the lighting is worse, it glows from the trade pavilions, there are a lot of unnecessary glare, all the same fish are swimming outside and we even liked the review more - !!but, to be honest, we were disappointed in the money thrown away, I will say that in Barcelona, St. Petersburg and Moscow we were delighted with aquariums.
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Мари
Level 16 Local Expert
March 11
Delight! I really liked it, it's clean, they are attentive to visitors, it's a little cool, but it doesn't stop you from enjoying the beautiful views, we will definitely come back, thank you!
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Станислав Макаров
Level 20 Local Expert
May 16
The largest aquarium in the shopping center as far as I understood, but you won't see much for free, and to go inside you have to pay a decent price
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Марина Вл
Level 11 Local Expert
August 15, 2023
Just about the Burj Khalifa: of course, the sight from above is amazing. But when ordering the tour, they were told not as it really was. What they told me cost three times more in the end, namely dinner on the 154th floor, as a result, they offered a selfie on 124. At the same time, they moved in line to the elevator for more than an hour. The resulting photos and impressions blocked the inconvenience. When going down, he lays his ears. The elevator operators are very polite, even trying to speak Russian
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Татьяна
Level 13 Local Expert
February 20, 2023
Amazing! The first time I was very lucky to get to the fountains dancing to the song Adel Skyfall! Powerful, the second time there was simpler music - the effect is not the same. But it's still very beautiful and worth seeing at least once. A separate thrill is floating boats during the show. It looks very romantic from the shore, next time I think I'll try to watch the show from the boat)
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Константин Круглов
Level 9 Local Expert
May 15
This is the largest aquarium in the world with more than 3,000 species of fish. This is an unknown miracle you need to see with your own eyes.
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Николай Сергеев
Level 11 Local Expert
March 12
The UAE does not need any comments. Everything is at a high level. It is better, of course, to come with a decent amount, quality does not happen cheap.
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Городилов Виталий
Level 19 Local Expert
September 15, 2023
To be honest, I expected some unrealistic scale. But! I put a three because I just watched one and was not impressed. But it's worth watching with children, I think up to 12 years old will impress and they will be delighted. Older children, and especially teenagers, I'm not sure anymore. The place is rather worth visiting for the sake of a tick. It's not expensive, check the box. But you should not bother separately. A good option is to combine both an aquarium and a skyscraper. Then in total it's worth it.
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Михаил
Level 19 Local Expert
May 13
You can not pay for the entrance, but consider 1.5 meters further. The only thing is that you won't get into the tunnel, but I didn't really need it.
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Алексей 61
Level 16 Local Expert
September 24, 2023
A huge aquarium on the wall of the Dubai Mall. A large number of fish, rays and sharks live there. Sometimes there you can see scuba divers serving the pool and fish. You can buy a ticket and walk under a glass vault, with fish above your head.
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Игорь Трегубов
Level 20 Local Expert
August 24, 2023
I liked it, a lot of fish is a huge crocodile. There is an excursion with immersion in it, you can ride on a transparent boat. There is a pavilion with animals
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Наталия Хабибулина
Level 7 Local Expert
February 3
A very busy place, shops, attractions, cafes, entertainment, really a MEGAMALL
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Константин Хлызов
Level 26 Local Expert
January 21
A very cool place in Dubai, where it is interesting and useful to spend comfortable time with a child.
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Helga Queen
Level 12 Local Expert
March 13
I was in Dubai for a transfer, decided to visit the aquarium, and did not lose. We spent about 3 hours there. Impressions are a car. I was very surprised by the crocodile: it is so huge. More guitar fish. In general, there are a lot of species of animals, there are even birds. I finally looked at the axolotls.
Tickets can be purchased online in advance on the aquarium's official website, and just scan the ticket code at the entrance.
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Александр Гнездилов
Level 7 Local Expert
May 19
I was not impressed. Expectations differ from reality. Although it is possible for this region to be something grandiose .
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Мария Романова
Level 6 Local Expert
January 11
A year ago, the whole family visited the aquarium, a great place to spend time together!
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Pavel Ivani
Level 24 Local Expert
November 18, 2023
Very cool, especially I advise a boat trip with a transparent bottom, everything is so close to see all the sharks and rays, worth the money
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оксана зайнуллина
Level 21 Local Expert
February 22, 2023
Nice and clean inside and out.You can find out the feeding schedule of penguins, then the impressions are even cooler.Through the clock website, I bought tickets last year, so much cheaper than at the entrance.
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Nick
Level 13 Local Expert
March 29
A beautiful and large aquarium. You can watch it for free.