Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium is one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist and visitor attractions. Situated on Ohaku Bay, Auckland, this aquarium was inaugurated in 1985 and is a brainchild of Kelly Tarlton – perhaps New Zealand’s most prolific sea diver and marine archaeologist.
His idea to create an aquarium using unused sewage storage tanks coupled with curved acrylic tunnels was novel at the time and was the beginning of a much awaited journey into the ocean world. The current aquarium has undergone many changes in management and the latest refurbishments have seen the it become bigger and better than it ever was. Visitors to Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium are able to now view many exhibits and displays as well as have interactive and up close experiences.
The shark dives or shark cages are perhaps the most popular dare devil activities on board at the museum, where visitors have the opportunity of diving into the large tank filled with many sharks of different varieties including the School Shark, Sand Tiger Shark, Wobbegong Shark and much more. Experienced divers accompany the guests in order to ensure a safe dive. For those not as daring the cage is an excellent opportunity to get close to these predators in relative safety.
The Stingray Bay houses many different varieties as does the all new Seahorse Kingdom. As seahorses are an unusual and unique sea creature that is gradually being threatened, the Kelly Tarlton Sea Life Aquarium has given special attention to the conservation of these animals.
Additional attractions include the fish gallery housing many different varieties of fish found both in rivers and oceans from around the world like the pig fish and cray fish, lionfish, piranha and moray eels. The Antarctic Ice Adventure takes visitors through penguin exhibits housing King Penguins and Gentoo Penguins in their temperature controlled habitat. Children’s activities and other educational and knowledge intensifying displays and exhibits will certainly add to the overall experience that is sure to have you coming back for more.
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Coronet Peak is a popular place of attraction in New Zealand that has attracted so many people because of its spectacular view and the amazing skiing opportunities that the area offers its visitors. This commercial ski arena located in New Zealand Otago. This amazing ski field is located about 18 km away from the famous Queenstown which is also renowned for its snowboarding and skiing and just seven km away from Arrow Town. This peak has become a popular destination for skiing specially because of its proximity to beautiful Queenstown.
The view across the mountain over the Lake Wakatipu is simply magnificent. The area is equipped with astounding facilities like a speedy patio chairlift, express six seated chairlift and also a beginner chairlift that was fixed in 2010. It is one of the most popular skiing venues in the Southern Hemisphere and is renowned for offering a longer period of snow. This peak is a place that you can get busy with extensive snowmaking since it’s the place that doesn’t lose its snow till very late. The season carries on from June to mid October. This great arena of skiing also presents its adventurers night skiing on all Friday and Saturday nights. One would not want to leave when you see the absolutely magical natural setting which makes skiing more enjoyable. Coronet Peak being the first commercial Ski Field in New Zealand which was built in 1947 plays a key role for tourism in New Zealand. With the increasing number of skiers visiting in, Coronet Place became a much developed and facilitated skiing venue.
It has succeeded in offering many new facilities for the entertainment of the travelers which include double and treble chairlifts, piste groomers and high speed quad chairlift. Travelers planning to visit New Zealand should not miss this lovely opportunity to enjoy yourself. For a lavishing stay in New Zealand you can choose Millennium Hotel Queenstown which is a renowned 
