Aquarium
AquaRio
🇧🇷 Brazil
🐠 Aquarium, Brazil 75 spp. present
The Marine Aquarium of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Aquário Marinho do Rio de Janeiro), or AquaRio, is a public aquarium located in the Gamboa neighborhood, in the port zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With a constructed area of about 26,000 square metres (280,000 sq ft), it is located to the west of Muhammad Ali Square. It is considered the largest marine aquarium in South America. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
22.893° S 43.193° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
75
speciesOpened
2016
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Mo-Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa, Su 09:00-17:00
Getting there
- Address
- Praça Muhammad Ali, 20220-360 Rio de Janeiro
- Access
- Wheelchair accessible
What visitors say
🐠 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is AquaRio?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AquaRio is an aquarium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at Praça Muhammad Ali, 20220-360 Rio de Janeiro. Its coordinates are 22.893° S, 43.193° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Tijuca National Park, about 11 km away.
What animals can you see at AquaRio?
75 species
Citizen-science photos record 75 species at AquaRio, including Sand Tiger Shark, Nurse Shark, Horn Shark, Whitetip Reef Shark and Reef ray. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of AquaRio in the wild?
Nurse Shark: Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
Some of the animals photographed at AquaRio also live in the parks and cities we cover: Nurse Shark (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park), Horn Shark (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park) and Whitetip Reef Shark (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Coiba National Park).
Does AquaRio charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for AquaRio lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When did AquaRio open and how big is it?
Opened 2016, 1.0 ha
AquaRio, an aquarium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, opened in 2016 and covers about 1.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 75 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website