Taraporevala Aquarium.

icon-locationNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, Marine Drive, near Charni Road, Railway Station, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400002, India
The Taraporewala Aquarium in Mumbai is India's oldest aquarium and one of Mumbai's most popular attractions. Locals come to this place with their families, and many children also visit this aquarium during school picnics.

With a wide variety of marine life, the Taraporevala Aquarium has more than 100 species of fish and other aquatic animals such as sharks, seahorses, turtles, coral fish of the Lakshadweep Islands and other rare species. The collection includes freshwater, marine and tropical fish brought from all over the world.

Visitors enter the gallery through a glass tunnel around which displays fish and water plants. The aquarium has 16 seawater tanks and 9 freshwater aquariums. Jellyfish are here too, in a small round tank. Tropical areas have different types of ecosystems including moss aquariums, planted aquariums, and island aquariums.

Visitors can walk under the sea to get a unique experience of observing the habitat there. In addition to the tunnel for visitors to watch fish, the Taraporewala aquarium also has fish in the tank. It also has a small museum, which preserves corals, shells and many fish skeletons. Kids can also enjoy the Touch Pool experience, where they're allowed to touch and feel some fish.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, inaugurated the Taraporewala Aquarium Mumbai in 1951. The cost for the construction of the aquarium exhibition was donated by Parsi philanthropist DB Taraporewala. So officials named this aquarium after him.


Opening hours: 10:00 – 20:00

Entrance ticket:

Adult: INR 60

Children: INR 30

Foreign guests: INR 200