Aquário de Ubatuba
One of Brazil's earliest privately run marine aquariums, showing South Atlantic fish, sharks, penguins and seahorses. Small but well curated.
The Ubatuba Aquarium lies near the Itaguá seafront in the city centre. It opened in 1996 and is one of the first private aquariums in Brazil, also engaged in marine research and animal rescue. The aquarium has more than twenty display tanks showing fish, rays, seahorses, corals and small sharks from the coast of Ubatuba. There is also an exhibit of rescued Magellanic penguins and a touch pool where you can handle marine creatures. Guides explain the local marine ecology. A visit takes about an hour. Admission costs about 60 to 70 reais, and opening hours are roughly 10 am to 6 pm, extended into the evening in peak season. It can be easily combined on foot with the TAMAR Sea Turtle Conservation Centre.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00 (extended in peak season)
Nearby sights
- Projeto TAMAR Ubatuba
- Sobradão do Porto
- Praia do Itaguá & Waterfront
- Praia do Tenório
- Praia Grande (Ubatuba)
- Praia Vermelha do Norte
- Praia de Itamambuca
- Praia do Lázaro