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Newport Aquarium

Newport Aquarium

Located in Newport, Kentucky at Newport on the Levee right across the river from Cincinnati, the aquarium allows visitors to experience the wonders from under the sea up close and personal. The facility houses 70 themed exhibits in 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over 200 feet in length.

It is home to thousands of animals from around the world including shark rays, alligators, penguins, various sharks, Giant pacific octopus, Moon jellyfish, seahorses, several species of corals, different kinds of reptiles, and amphibians. It also offers a thrilling encounter with the sharks through its first-in-the-world Shark Bridge that lets courageous souls walk on rope bridges inches above a tank full of sharks. It is also home to two rare Albino alligators in captivity.

Interesting Facts About the Newport Aquarium
  • The Mermaid’s Cove is a regular event in the aquarium where guests can interact with mermaids in the Shark Ray Bay Theater and Coral Reef tank.
  • Also in the aquarium are displays with close-up encounters with sea creatures such as the Stingray Hideaway display where guests can touch smiling stingrays, the Shore Gallery with horseshoe crabs and sea urchins, and the Shark Central with close encounters with sharks.
  • The most prominent feature of the Newport Aquarium are the acrylic tunnels of the Surrounded by Sharks exhibit where sharks swim all around you.