Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World Auckland

23 Tamaki Dr, Orakei Auckland , North Island, New Zealand - Phone: 64 9 528 0603
  • Traveler Rating 3.50
    222 reviews 6 travel blogs

    Attraction Type:

    Nature center, Ballet, Aquarium

    Popularity

    1of 93 attractions in Auckland

TravelPod Member ReviewsKelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World Auckland

  • Amazing Below the aquarium view

    4

    samuelnz 7 contributions Ottawa, Canada Dec 4, 2011

    The underwater experience with the moving sidewalk under the mammoth aquarium is a must see.

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World Auckland

  • 1

    Sharks & Penguins & Turtles.... Oh my!

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    Guess who was tourist-ing it up in Auckland.... This girl!

    A trip to the aquarium! Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World & Antarctic Adventure. Awesome place. I would definately recomend to anyone bringing kids.... and even without the kids we were not the only adults there on our own.

    The penguins were adorable, the sharks were …

  • 2

    Underwater World

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    Vi har i dag været på Kally Tarltons, der er en tidligere kloakpumpestation, som nu er omdannet til "underwater world".

    Her havde vi mulighed for at se både hajer fra et rullende fortov, køre i Snow Cat gennem en stor pingvin koloni, og hilse på pilrokken Phoebe.

    Man kan komme gratis med en bus til Kelly Tarltons, og da bussen …

  • 3

    Kelly Tarlton's/Mission Bay/Ponsonby

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    I managed to break my razor by dropping it in the shower this morning, so first job of the day was to replace that. Then I went to the post office and mailed my IRD number application. The whole process seems incredibly complicated. I don't know why they can't just issue you an IRD number with the working visa, or when you reach customs. And you …

  • 4

    Day Five - Sea and Sky

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    We decided to take an easy day and wander about. We found a brochure for Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World and it showed penguins, so we decided to go there. We took a bus from the Britomart, the 769 bus, and it cost $3.50 a piece. We missed our stop and had to take the bus all the way around back to the first stop we missed. It was nice though, we …

  • 5

    The mighty adventurers out in full force

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    Rainy, cloudy, cool day was the weather forecast but we were keen to explore nonetheless. I must admit to showing some initial reluctance to a hike but Tamara was keen, really keen and we are to do stuff. Off we went back to the harbour on the free city bus (with wifi!), to get the ferry to Rangitoto (an island 30 minutes away). Auckland is made up …

Related BlogsKelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World Auckland

  • 1

    Vertigo..

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    ... she had met there at the Aloe. We took a short bus ride out of the city and across to 'Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World'. Please have a look - it's a fantastic place! Apparently, the underwater tunnel that you walk through ...

  • 2

    Kelly Tarlton (It's a guy!)

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    ... played Trude would just HAVE to look behind her JUST IN CASE!!! The full name of the place is Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World and that was made real by us going on a little automated tour in a modified Snowcat (a vehicle ...

  • 3

    New Zealand for Week Off

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    ... and one of the buildings that is similar in style to one I saw in Prague. Whilst there, I check out Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World, where they have some of the emperor penguins from Antarctica, as well as some huge sting rays. ...

  • 4

    Summer again?

    ... a bit groggy when we woke up but we decided to make the most of the day and went to Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World for the afternoon and were very impressed with it.  Thanks Dave for the recommendation. Today, after a ...

  • 5

    Sightseeing

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    ... us because there was only 6 of us there. After that i got the shuttle bus from Sky City to Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter/ Underwater World. You go through a recreation of Captain Scott's Antarctic hut before boarding a snowcat for a ride past ...

  • 6

    Getting Settled

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    ... and look down, it looks like there is nothing holding your feet up. Next we went to an aquarium called Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter/ Underwater World. Long name. In the aquarium they had this car, I think it was called a cat car, ...