Aquaria KLCC, Public aquarium in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia.
Aquaria KLCC is a public aquarium beneath the convention centre in Kuala Lumpur, displaying more than five thousand marine animals across fifteen themed zones. The facility covers roughly sixty thousand square feet and includes tanks with coral reefs, tropical fish, and larger species such as nurse sharks and sea turtles.
Construction of Aquaria KLCC began in 2003, and the oceanarium officially opened in August 2005 in the lower levels of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. It was built around a route that follows water from highland streams through rivers, rainforest and mangroves to coral reefs and the open sea.
The name Aquaria derives from the Latin word for a place for water, not from any local term. The exhibits follow the journey of water from highland streams through mangroves to coral reefs, and interactive kiosks explain fish and turtle conservation. A touch pool lets visitors handle rays.
The aquarium sits directly beneath the convention centre and opens daily from ten in the morning until seven in the evening. Visitors reach the entrance via an escalator from the ground floor, and the route follows a set path through the different zones.
A tunnel made of clear acrylic runs ninety meters through the largest tank, allowing visitors to walk beneath sharks, rays, and schools of fish. The tank holds roughly two and a half million liters of saltwater and recreates a reef habitat for species from several oceans.
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