The Florida Aquarium is located in the Channel District of Downtown Tampa and is home to over 20,000 aquatic plants and animals from all over the world. The Aquarium features a variety of exhibits that are laid out to follow the journey of a drop of water from one of Florida’s many fresh-water springs to the open ocean of the Gulf of Mexico.

Interactive exhibits include a glass-encased simulated wetlands display, a Stingray Beach where visitors can touch a bamboo shark and a pristine coral reef housed in a vast tank. A two-acre outdoor water adventure zone features water cannons, geysers and a climbing pirate ship for children of all ages, while older visitors to the aquarium can dive with sharks, swim with fishes or take a Wild Dolphin Ecotour across Tampa Bay aboard the Bay Spirit II.

701 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, Phone: 813-273-4000

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