Underwater World Langkawi

Highlights include an open-air rainforest with flamingos, common marmosets, and macaws flying among the trees. Large connected tanks display giant freshwater fish like arowanas and giant gourami while smaller tanks display reptiles like snakes, frogs, and geckos.

Further along are 3 playful fur seals who dive and spin in the water, almost like they're dancing. Don't worry if their enclosure looks small - they retreat to a larger area out the back 3 times a day.

The stars of the show are 60+ African penguins who have rapidly multiplied due to the aquarium's successful breeding program. The penguins can first be seen in a walk-through tunnel where they swim above or alongside you, before reaching a glass enclosure where more penguins are cuddling on the ice. A separate display is home to 25 rockhopper penguins.

Towards the exit is the marine section with colorful species of coral and fish like clownfish, damsels, and wrasse. A hexagonal tank decked out like a shipwreck and 15-meter (49.2 feet) long tunnel tank will have you walking among giant stingrays, sharks, turtles, and a 600kg groper.

Look Around

Front entrance

Ticket desk

Preview tank near ticket desk

Entrance, ticket desk & preview tank

Giant gourami

Freshwater fish signage

Chinese water dragon

Albino patin

Rainforest & river ecosystem

Rockhopper penguin

African penguin

Fur seal

Shell exhibit

Moray eel

Temperate & sub-Antarctic sections, shell museum, & poisonous moray eel

Coral

Clown fish

Angel fish

Sea snakes

Illuminated jellyfish

Coral reef & jellyfish

Stingray

Japanese spider crab

Marine section

Blacktip reef shark

Shark species

Giant groper

Hexagonal & tunnel tanks

Chinese water dragon to hold

Koi pond

Reptile holding & koi pond near exit

Who Will Like Underwater World Langkawi

Fun Expert

Soak up this informative aquarium with your family and see hundreds of different marine and freshwater species from around the world. Get comfy and watch a feeding show at the seal enclosure, penguin enclosure, or tunnel tank.

Nature Lover

Watch fur seals and penguins happily play in their enclosures and birds like macaws and cockatoos fly freely around the walkthrough rainforest. Learn interesting facts about different aquatic ecosystems around the world.

Bucketlist Bandit

Meander through the open-air rainforest and have your photo taken with a pair of macaws. Watch seals perform and hold up something colorful to interact with cute African penguins.

Insider Tips For Underwater World Langkawi

• Scheduled photo opportunities are available with 2 macaws in the rainforest exhibit (providing they fly down from the treetops) between 3pm-3:15pm.
• African penguins like bright colors. If you have a brightly-colored phone case, sunglasses, or another accessory, hold it against the glass and they will follow it.
• Don't miss the scheduled feeding times:
  • Seals: 2:30pm Saturday-Thursday and 4pm Friday.
  • African penguins: 11am & 2:45pm daily.
  • Rockhopper penguins: 11:15am & 3pm daily.
  • Tunnel tank: 3pm daily.
• A snake and Chinese Waterdragon located near the exit can be held for RM10 (USD$2.25).
• Exit is through the duty-free shopping complex, ZON where you can pick up bargain chocolates, alcohol, tobacco, luggage, and more.

Photo opportunity with Macaws

Gift shop & duty-free shopping

Photo spot & gift shop

Video

How To Get There

Tech & Photography

Food & Drink

• Cafe - Kiosk selling soft drinks and light snacks like fries.

Underwater World is located along the main restaurant strip of Jalan Pantai Cenang, with several restaurants and food stands within short walking distance.

Backstory

Underwater World Langkawi first opened in August 1995 and is now one of the largest marine and freshwater aquariums in Southeast Asia. The aquarium aims to raise awareness about the importance of conserving aquatic life forms and fostering understanding and bonds between humans and nature. It operates under 3 main themes: research and development, education, and entertainment.

The aquarium started with only 10 of its popular African penguins, which multiplied to over 60. An additional 30 have been transferred to zoos in China and Vietnam through a breeding exchange program.

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