Reviews of Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium (Zoo)

donald currie

Beautiful down home harbour

Racquel Heron

It might be small, but huge on experience!

Brittany Jakubiec

So worth the (short) drive from St. John's. Our family went and thoroughly enjoyed the guided tour. Probably one of our top five vacation activities, as we all learned a lot and got to see a hermit crab try on a shell (home) and try it out, before going back to it's original shell. What a neat experience! Really great staff.

Steven Lilly

Small but fun for 45minutes. Had the place to ourselves because of COVID-19 which was kind of nice.

Robin de Bled

Small but surprisingly fun for small kids. The touch tanks are filled with starfish and hermit crabs. I wasn't expecting much from the look of the place when you walk in the door but we really enjoyed it. Quite small, don't plan to spend much more than half an hour.

ken Duss

This is a fantastic place to visit with children. You won’t see anything crazy but you will get to touch sea urchins, hermit crabs, starfish. You will see all the local fish up close. Very cool spot that is very fun.

PettyHarbourMiniAqua

The Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium operates seasonally from June to October each year, and is closed during the winter months. It will be reopening to the public on June 8th, World Oceans Day.

Barry Hart

Limited parking - majority were parked in the side of the road. Displays were small. Kids enjoyed touching animals.

Denys Zlobin

Our kids and us loved it. They have all local marine animals that you can see and touch. After take a walk in the harbor, very interesting place to see. We arrived in the morning directly from overnight ferry. Summer 2015.

Paulette Wilkinson

This is an amazing place to visit. The staff was absolutely wonderful, they were so friendly and very informative. I would definately urge everyone to visit this wonderful place.

Lea Anne Corbett

Small aquarium, but fun for kids. Hands on was the best part! Great knowledge in the Marine staff. Love that it's catch and release based.

Andrew Laffin

My daughter loved it!

Brett Wareham

A seasonal ocean aquarium that has a catch and release policy for their displays, so the ocean life changes from year to year. All local specimens, it is an excellent place to view what is found right off the shores. They have a fun display for kids to play with pipes for the purpose of directing water flow into containers. At the end of the summer season, the locals partake in the safe release of all displays back into the wild.

Natasha Kane

Had an awesome time. My 3 year old really enjoyed it. Our tour guide was very friendly and kept him engaged.

Gerard Dawe

Great food and great service.

Bill Bo

Awesome place to take a drive to see some sights!

Christine McCormick

Delightful place! Great way for kids to see animals in deeper ocean! They sell eco stuff too like steel straws and beeswax wrap....cute gifts.

Robert Crosbie

A great stop for kids and adults to learn about Newfoundland sea life.

Kevin Damen

The Petty Harbor Aquarium is a fun location to take kids. It has a number of touch tanks full of many ocean creatures that are safe to touch. Along with many larger tanks full of interesting large ocean life that can be looked at and learned about. They say that all of the creatures are found locally in the ocean, and are returned to the ocean unharmed at the end of the season.

Kate Gallagher

Not going to lie, one of the most fun bits is squeegeeing off the condensation on the tanks to see the animals! Everyone gets their own squeegee. The animals are mostly caught in the spring and released in the fall, except for the fancy lobsters. It was a neat stop, but I certainly wouldn't anticipate it taking more than an hour to go through.

Bob Maki

Good exhibit...great staff

Konnell Phyne

A little smaller than I expected but very knowledgeable and organized.

Marsha Reid-Djukin

My son has been a loyal fan since they opened ♡ it's our underwater adventure on dry land lol

Jennifer Tulk

Great spot for kids of all ages :)

David Cline

Honestly didn't expect a lot, and then had a grand old time! Small, but lots to read. Canada Day scavenger hunt was fun!

Mike Ou

Great view of this small fishing village. Amazing!

Jason Medd

A small aquarium that provide a hands on experience with some of the marine life in Nfld. The staff helped get the kids engaged with the touch pools. The setting in Petty Harbour really adds to the character of the aquarium as well. The facility is quite small and gets crowded very quickly. The size of the facility also limits how much time you can spend there - the average visit of 40 min to 1.5hrs on the web site only applies if they are doing a demonstration of some sort during your visit.

Alexander Tuerpitz

The kids stayed for ages at the tanks where they were able to touch sea stars, crabs and anemones. Super nice operations! Cozy atmosphere. Will take you 30-60 minutes max but you can of course stay longer.

derm Casey

Great place for the kids

Cynthia Webber

Great place for kids (and adults) to learn about our oceans and some of amazing creatures that live there. Loved it!

Pete Young

Great for the kids and grandparents. They do cater to the young.

Dana P

Fun and informative hands-on experience, great for kids and those young at heart :-)

Kyle Millar

Mini aquarium that believes in conservation through fostering curiosity about local Marine life

Kim Porter

Interesting aquarium. Great for small kids. Readonale admission price. Only drawback is it's a small place and they can pack a lot of people in.