Shark tunnel
Walk beneath the water.
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Egypt's largest aquarium and among the largest in the Arab world and Africa, opened in January 2015 in the Magawish area south of Hurghada under the motto «Red Sea in glass». It holds about twelve hundred animals of around a hundred species. It is split into twenty-four exhibits, the best known a glass tunnel where you walk under water as sharks, sea turtles and rays pass overhead, along with tanks showing the Red Sea's coral reefs and colourful fish such as clownfish and lionfish. Beside the tanks are a rainforest section, a Whale Valley inspired by the whale fossils of the Western Desert, a small zoo with Nile crocodiles, birds and reptiles, and a display on Bedouin life. Fish-feeding shows run at set times. An adult foreign visitor pays about thirty-five US dollars at the gate, a little less when booking on its website, and it opens daily from nine to eight in the evening, with last entry at six. It suits families and hot or windy days unfit for the sea.
Walk beneath the water.
Colourful fish and coral.
Crocodiles and birds.
Magawish area, south Hurghada
Yes, it is one of Hurghada's best family outings; under-fours enter free and a child's ticket up to age nine is about half price.