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Exploris Aquarium

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Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Exploris Aquarium
Phone:
+44 28 4272 8062

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


Exploris is a public aquarium situated in Portaferry, Northern Ireland. The facility is located on the shores of the Marine Nature reserve of Strangford Lough, which is an important winter migration destination for many wading and sea birds. The lough is home to almost 75% of the marine species found in Northern Ireland, including common seals, basking sharks and brent geese. Three quarters of the world population of pale bellied brent geese spend winter in the lough area. Exploris illustrates and exhibits the large variety of animals that live in Strangford Lough.Exploris was closed in late 2014 for refurbishment. The aquarium reopened in August 2016 following an investment of close to £1.5m in refurbishment works and with the help of Crumlin Road Gaol Ltd, who are the operators. Exploris Aquarium and Northern Ireland's only Seal Sanctuary has enabled an impressive redevelopment and remodelling of aquaria, landscapes, soft play area, and licensed restaurant to create a first class visitor attraction in the heart of the Strangford destination. Guaranteed to be entertaining and educational, visitors will enjoy a diver’s view of marine life and learn about the many species via our newly installed AV information screens. As you wander around the exhibitions, one of the things that will blow you away is the attention to detail and the hand-painted artwork on the walls throughout the aquarium and the colourful animation within the display tanks and outdoor pool area. This has been designed and put together by Nautilus who are the team behind some of the biggest zoos and aquariums in the world. Located in Portaferry Northern Ireland, you will enjoy a diver’s view of marine life from around the world. Your journey will begin in Strangford Lough and with native fish. Then continue to the colourful coral reefs of the Tropical Oceans before entering the dark depths of the Amazon Rainforest, where you will see some of its reptilian inhabitants. You will return to our shores to see our playful Small Clawed Asian Otters and witness our conservation in action in the nursery seal pens where the noisy pups are rehabilitated and eventually released back to the wild. Don’t miss our unique demonstration pool talks where you can learn all about the wonderful sea life from our shores and revisit your childhood memories of the seaside rock pools in our wonderful Kids Zone and plenty of fun for the little ones with our new soft play area. Study hard at the pollution awareness zone, so you understand and can do your part to protection our oceans and our wildlife. Exploris Aquarium offer a tailored education programme covering the World Around Us for Key Stage 1, 2, 3 and 4, and foundation level activity based learning in our discovery touch pool sessions. By offering unique in house workshops covering core topics such as the Vikings, Pirates, The Rainforest and tailored workshops across the core strand topics including: Interdependence, Movement & Energy, Place and Change Over Time. Package options are available- Guided or self- guided tours with the options of lunch and goodie bags. All tours are given a chance to improve their learning with our fun filled educational booklets. After you’ve enjoyed all the fun and explored every corner you will have worked up an appetite, so relax for brunch, lunch and coffee in our newly refurbished licensed “The Cracken café and restaurant”.
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