Waddle on over for an up-close and personal opportunity with our African penguins. Get an exclusive 20 minutes with our penguin expert and endangered colony of African penguins.
Age Limit: 5+
Capacity: 8 participants
When: **Thursday - Sunday at 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM, and 2:30 PM
Duration: 20 minutes
Add-On Cost: $34.99 per person plus tax (10% off for Gold & Platinum members)
*All encounters and tours are non-refundable. Please check age restrictions to confirm all guests are eligible to participate. Encounters and tours can be rescheduled by calling 844-474-FISH (3474) at least 24 hours before the scheduled time. If Adventure Aquarium needs to reschedule for any reason, refunds will be provided. Please check in at least 15 minutes before your scheduled encounter/tour. Guests arriving after the start of the encounter will not be able to participate, and the encounter will not be refunded or rescheduled.
**Select holiday Mondays
Gold and Platinum members receive 10% off this Penguin Pop-In Encounter. Be sure to log-in to your account to receive your Adventure Aquarium Members' Discount!
What to Expect:
For Your Safety:
Put on a wet suit to test the waters and snorkel within inches of sandbar and sand tiger sharks in our 550,000-gallon Shark Realm exhibit! Then, feed and swim with dozens of playful stingrays!
Help care for, train, and tong-feed our massive loggerhead and green sea turtles from a dock floating on top of our 760,000-gallon Ocean Realm exhibit.
Help feed Adventure Aquarium's Nile hippos and check out where our dynamic duo goes when they aren’t on exhibit.
Go behind the scenes for an up-close encounter with our team of unique animal ambassadors. During this 30-minute encounter, you will meet four of our fascinating ambassador animals: mammals, birds, and reptiles.
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