Hurghada Grand Aquarium

Hurghada Grand Aquarium
Date opened 23 January 2015
Location Hurghada
Coordinates 27°08′01″N 33°49′18″E / 27.1337°N 33.8217°E / 27.1337; 33.8217Coordinates: 27°08′01″N 33°49′18″E / 27.1337°N 33.8217°E / 27.1337; 33.8217
Land area 9.8 acres
No. of animals 1200+
No. of species 100
Volume of largest tank 475000 gallons
Total volume of tanks 924602 gallons
Major exhibits 24
Owner Magdy Abdel Latif, Ali Abdel Razek, Mohamed Taha

Hurghada Aquarium is an aquarium located in Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. It opened in January 2015, and contains nearly 1 million gallons in tank space. It is home to over 1200 individual animals, and 100 species. It is easily one of the continent's largest aquariums, as well as Egypt's largest and nearly the largest in the Arab world. It contains 24 separate exhibits, included among them a shark tunnel, rainforest and "Whale Valley", based on fossils found in the Western Desert. The facility is also home to a Bedouin life exhibit, and an animal zoo.[1] The Aquarium’s notable specimens include: nurse shark, stingrays, green sea turtle, shovel nose guitar shark, eagle rays.

References

  1. ↑ "Red Sea in Glass- About us". Hurghada Grand Aquarium. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2017-01-19.


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