Things to Do in Dubai · Family & Kids

Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo

A 10-million-litre tank in a mall — sharks, rays and a legendary crocodile

Family Family & Kids ✓ Self-guided · No booking needed

📍 Location Ground floor, The Dubai Mall

🕒 Timings With mall hours, roughly 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM

🎟️ Entry Fee From ~AED 150 (packages up to shark dives at AED 750)

⏱️ Duration 1.5–2 hours

🌅 Best Time Weekday mornings; feeding times are worth timing (check schedule)

🚇 Getting There Metro to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall + mall walkway

📖 About

One of the largest suspended aquariums on Earth sits in the middle of a shopping mall: a 10-million-litre tank holding thousands of animals — including one of the world's biggest populations of sand tiger sharks — behind an acrylic panel so large it held a Guinness record.

The ticketed experience takes you through the 48-metre tunnel beneath the sharks and up into the Underwater Zoo, home of King Croc — a 5-metre, 750 kg saltwater crocodile — plus otters, penguins, piranhas and a UAE ecosystems floor. Add-ons run from glass-bottom boat rides to cage snorkels and full shark dives for certified and beginner divers.

Budget hack that stays true: the main viewing panel is on the free mall concourse — you can watch the sharks glide past for nothing, and decide from there whether the tunnel calls.

⭐ Highlights

48-metre acrylic tunnel under the sharks
King Croc — a 750 kg saltwater giant
One of the largest sand tiger shark populations anywhere
Glass-bottom boat, cage snorkel and shark-dive add-ons
Free viewing of the giant panel from the mall concourse

💡 Insider Tips

Buy combo tickets online — walk-up pricing is the worst pricing.
Mornings beat the post-fountain evening surge by a mile.
The Underwater Zoo (upstairs) is the half kids remember — don't skip it to save time.
Certified divers: the shark dive is a genuinely well-run experience, book ahead.