Location: Ulica Lenina 219a/4, Kurortny Gorodok
Tel. 8622 693 434
Open: 10am- 10pm daily
Entrance Fee: R100
How to get to the Sochi Aquarium
The oceanarium is located
half an hour from the center of Adler and an hour from the center of
Sochi. Address: Sochi, Adler district, st. Lenina, 219a/4 "Resort
town".
from Adler: by buses No. 60, 105, 117, 124, 125, 134,
Izvestia stop, go back to the pedestrian bridge, cross the road.
from Sochi: buses No. 100, 105, 124, 125, Rosneft gas station stop,
go ahead.
GPS coordinates: 43°28’19.6″N 39°53’49.5″E
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The oceanarium in Sochi is an all-season entertainment for
children and adults. Why does not everyone like the modern Sochi
Discovery World Aquarium complex? How to enjoy visiting the Sochi
Aquarium, about the inhabitants of the underwater world, shark
feeding show with photos and videos. Walk around the resort town in
Adler.
Sochi Oceanarium is the largest aquarium on the
southern coast of Russia. It is also officially called the Great
Adler Oceanarium and Sochi Discovery World Aquarium (SDWA).
Tickets and schedule
During the summer season, the Sochi
Oceanarium is open daily from 10:00 to 19:00. In the off-season from
10:00 to 18:00, days off: Monday, Tuesday.
Tickets to the
Adler Aquarium are sold at the box office and from distributors at
the same price:
adult — 1100 rubles
children 4-11 years old
inclusive — 600 rubles
up to 4 years free
Reduced ticket for
disabled people of groups I and II, disabled children - 500 rubles
(must have a document confirming the age of the child or benefits)
The ticket is valid for one visit until the end of the year, so
it can be purchased in advance. We bought tickets at the footbridge
on the way to the aquarium. Passage through the turnstiles using a
barcode, you can stay inside and move between the halls as much as
you want, but you can enter and exit only once. Along with the
ticket, a memo-rules of conduct is issued.
Sochi Discovery
World Aquarium website
Phone: +7 (862) 246-33-56
The
underwater world of the Sochi Aquarium
Sochi Oceanarium was
opened at the end of 2009. The two-storey building with an area of
6000 m 2 consists of 13 thematic zones, a 44-meter tunnel, 30
aquariums and 5 million liters of water. If you find yourself in the
aquarium in the summer, you will immediately feel a pleasant
coolness, but you don’t need to dress warmly, we went in shorts and
T-shirts.
The first aquarium zone is dedicated to freshwater
fish. The lakes are full of colored koi that you can feed. Food
capsules are sold in the vending machine. This part is well lit,
beautiful photos are obtained on the bridge, among the rainforest
and waterfalls. Some fish seem familiar from home aquariums, you
just won’t see others like that: piranhas, sturgeons, inhabitants of
the Amazon, Ecuador, Australia rivers - more than 100 species.
The marine area of the Adler Oceanarium is even more exotic.
Subdued light and the sound of the sea immerse you in the atmosphere
of the underwater world. Turtles, moray eels, fish and mammals of
different sizes, colors and degrees of danger swim in large
aquariums. Information plates tell about all the inhabitants of the
aquarium, you can also take a guide.
The central part of the
Sochi Aquarium is a transparent acrylic tunnel. It hosts shows. Do
not miss!
Show program schedule
11:00-11:30 and
15:00-15:30 - fabulous sea heroes: Mermaids, Poseidon, Ichthyander.
14:00-15:00 — fish feeding. Previously, this show was called “Shark
Feeding”, now the sharks are fed separately, not according to the
schedule.
We arrived at the start of the shark feeding. The
show takes place in front of the main observation window with an
area of 24 m 2. A professional diver feeds not only the sharks, but
also all the inhabitants of the tunnel.
Sharks and big fish
snatch food right out of the hands, moray eels rub against a person
like pets, the sea turtle Masha pushes with its mass and pushes
everyone away. At the end, the diver picks up the white shark from
the bottom and swims away with it. Very impressive!
A walk
inside the tunnel is no less interesting. Water surrounds visitors
from three sides, sharks swim right overhead. We waited for the
start of the show with the Mermaids. Two girls in costumes with fish
tails swam among the inhabitants of the aquarium, sat on the remains
of the "Sunken Ship" and took pictures through the glass with the
audience.
Sochi Oceanarium offers additional services: diving
with photography, children's birthday, original holiday greetings,
marriage proposal. The lobby on the ground floor houses a cafe and a
slot machine room.
After the paid zone of the oceanarium, you
go through the turnstiles and find yourself in a souvenir shop. Here
they sell branded and ordinary Sochi souvenirs: T-shirts with SDWA
symbols, soft toys, shell products, ship models…