- New Orleans
Start time: 10:00
Last admission: 1 hour before closing
Duration: 2h
Max group size: 19
Wheelchair accessible
Featuring over 3,600 creatures from more than 250 species, the Audubon Aquarium was voted one of the top five aquariums on USA Today's 10 Best Reader poll.
Explore different environments from the Caribbean to the Amazon Rainforest, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. Visit the Shark Discovery Touch Pool to interact with sharks and stingrays. Walk through a 30-foot-long tunnel in the Great Maya Reef habitat to see diverse aquatic life up close.
The Amazon Rainforest gallery showcases tropical plants, free-flying birds, and species like piranhas and pacus. Check out the 450,000-gallon Gulf of Mexico habitat, a highlight of the visit. Don't miss the indoor Butterfly Garden.