Taraporevala Aquarium

Immersed in a vibrant underwater world, I marveled at the kaleidoscope of colors as exotic fish glide gracefully through the water. The hypnotic dance of the jellyfish and the playfulness of the sea otter created an exciting symphony of marine life, making my visit to the Taraporevala aquarium was a truly enchanting experience. I and my family enjoyed a lot.....🤩

It's my first visit to any aquarium . It's very good place to visit. They have many varieties of fishes and very neat and clean environment for them . Photography and videography are payable . They also have sea pearls and dead starfish. Must visit

Rs.60 entry for the Adults. The place is peaceful and there are quite good variety of fishes. Also, it is accessible to many nearby places to roam like the beautiful Marine Drive, Colaba causeway via bus no. 123, Chowpaty etc.

On the main road. Has a lot of variety of fishes and I saw an octopus here for the very first time in my life. There are aquatic animals of different shapes and sizes. RS.60 is the ticket price for an adult. Nice family place

Good to visit redesigned renovated aquarium. Nice collection of aquatic animals. Beautiful entrance under a large tank. Not allowed to take pictures inside the aquarium. Great place to bring young kid.

It's just 300meters from Charni Road station. Western Railway. I visited in December 2019. Ticket rate is as below
Rs 60/- for adult. For children, govt. Servant, handicap, retired govt. Servant, educational trip people it is 30/-

For foreigners it is Rs 200. However for foreigner children it's 100 Rs.

Camera is not allowed inside. Only single floor. Takes hardly 15mins to see all fishes. There is 1 projector room which is always ON to show video regarding Fish marketing in India.

Good for family. Just infront of Marine drive beach.

Nice Experience.. Fish and nature lovers must visit to see awesome species of Fish 🐟🐟..
I visited this place during Mumbai Darshan..
Awesome experience just in front of this aquarium building you can enjoy the Arabian sea..
The canteen on the first floor of the Aquarium building serves awesome food as well..
Incredible India 🙏🏻🤩
Jai Hind Jai Bharat 😍❣
This sightseeing place in Mumbai is one of the largest aquariums in the city of Mumbai. Situated in Marine Drive, this aquarium was founded by D. B. Taraporewala, a Parsi philanthropist, in the year 1951. The aquarium has a twelve feet long three-sixty degrees glass tunnel that holds interesting marine life.
There are several species of fish here, such as damselfish, butterfly fish, tiger fish, angelfish, moss, sea urchins, sea cucumber, marine eels, tube worms, tangs, batfish, puffer fish, tangs, jellyfishes, orandas etc that make this aquarium a highly diverse collection of marine life. There are a total of thirty-two tropical tanks in the building.
You can also see several species of freshwater and marine plants such as water lilies. There is also a fish spa and touch pool, where you can dip your feet in the water and the fish eat away the dead skin off your feet (at the fish spa), and you can touch sea urchins, turtles, sea cucumbers in the touch pool.

It's kids friendly, good for educational trips and also clean. Photography is prohibited you have to pay ticket for photography in aquarium.

This is very amazing place to visit.

This is located near marin drive.

If u are going to marine drive then must visit here.

Very good and clean place.

Child friendly.

There is a screening here for marine studies.

Photography is not allowed here if u want to do photography there is a photography pass cost 500 ₹.

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India's oldest aquarium and one of the city's main attractions. It hosts marine and freshwater fishes. The aquarium is located on Marine Drive in Mumbai. Taraporewala Aquarium was built in 1951 at a cost of Rs. 800000 (US $ 12000). It had been inaugurated by India’s first president Rajendra Prasad. The aquarium is named after a Parsee Philanthropist D.B. Taraporewala who donated Rs. 200000 (US $ 2900) for the construction. It was re-opened after renovation on 3 March 2015. The renovated aquarium has a 12-feet long and 180 degree acrylic glass tunnel. The fish will be kept in large glass tanks, which will be lit with LED lights. 2,000 fishes of over 400 species and has been renovated at a cost of Rs.22 crore (approx Rs 7.5 crore for aquariums and Rs. 16.5 crore for construction work done by Public Works Department). The exotic fish from overseas has been introduced at the new aquarium the number of new varieties of marine fish at 70. The Aquarium is maintained by Department of Fisheries itself. In the aquarium's 16 sea water tanks and 9 Fresh water tanks, there are 31 types of fish, while 32 tropical tanks contains 54 kind of fishes. The tropical section of the aquarium already feature different ecosystems such as the "moss aquarium" for pregnant fishes, "plantation aquarium" that features imported varieties of water lilies and other aquatic plants and "island aquarium".

Very nice place...a must visit place in mumbai. Today I saw more than 30 types of fishes, small as 5mm Along with few more with larger size. First time saw sea horse fish...good experience

Beautiful experience here you can see different types of fish like shark, goldfish, whithruse, starfish, etc so try to visit and enjoyed your day. Entry charged is very low children under18-30rupees and adult 60. and most enjoyablr there is a small cinemahall with ac where you can know about fishiculer of India.

Taraporevala Aquarium (This is a good place for children's to enjoy many Variety of fishes,aquatic animal.....sunday&holiday time becomes very crowd here by kids. Tickets For Adult 60 rs, children's 30rs, Tuesday-saturday 10am -8pm. Monday weakoff. And senior citizens discount done hrre Marine Drive West

Really awesome place to visit with your entire family. We really enjoyed a lot. Best placs for weekend vibes.

Huge aquarium on the charni road highway. You can find varieties of fish here from goldfish to sharks. Best place to take your kids. Tickets should be taken in order to visit the aquarium. They show you a small clip which provides information about artifical fishing and other stuff related to fishes. Aquarium is currently closed due to covid pandemic.

Pilize visit... .. best of experience.. but price 60/parson... Hig .. grat place .. big fish.... Photo not allowed.. discover new new beach.. & exp.... Good ...

It's a one and only aquarium in mumbai town where you can find all types of marine fishes and amphibians. It's a very attractive place among school students and kids. Tickets rate are affordable and it's always crowded on Sunday..

Good place to visit.
One cannot take photos inside the aquarium.
Charges:
Adult: Rs. 60/-
Child: Rs. 30/-
Special discount for students going for trip through schools: Rs. 30/- per student.
Water inside the aquarium is dirty.

Had been to the aquarium with my kid. Entry is 60 for adults and 25 for kids above 3 yrs of age. The best attractions were the Turtles (both variety of Big & Small), lion fish and the fresh water fish. Last time they had shark also which I could not find this time. The aquarium is a good place to go with your kids and can easily kill 30 min to 1 hr here.

Lost of different kinds of fishes is available there best place to visit. It will not gonna take more 1 hour to see all of the aquarium.