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Make sure Christmas doesn’t cost you the earth this year

By Two Oceans Aquarium / 11 December 2009

Give Mother Earth a green gift this Christmas.

Summer Magic – it’s in the water at the Two Oceans Aquarium

By Two Oceans Aquarium / 24 November 2009

The Two Oceans Aquarium is the place to be these summer holidays. The Aquarium, showcasing more than 3000 animals, including sharks, penguins and turtles and now even frogs, will be open daily from 09h00 to 18h00 between 11 December 2009 and 11 January 2010.

The Aquarium is at the hub of the AQUAFestival, a three-week long music and entertainment festival of world-class local and international performances. Set on a floating stage off North Wharf against the backdrop of Table Mountain, the AQUAFestival will showcase contemporary opera, ballet, jazz, rock, pop, tribute shows and the ZipZap Circus from 15 December 2009 until 6 January 2010.

Save our Seabirds Festival

By Two Oceans Aquarium / 2 October 2009

The Save Our Seabirds (SOS) Festival aims to raise awareness of the plight of seabirds and celebrate their beauty through a series of free evening lectures and a photographic exhibition at the Two Oceans Aquarium during National Marine Week.

Interactive frog screen wins Loerie gold!

By Two Oceans Aquarium / 28 September 2009

We are thrilled to announce that the interactive frog screen in our Frogs Beyond the Pond exhibit was awarded Gold in the Digital Applications category of the 2009 Loerie Awards held on Saturday 26 September. The screen or ‘touch wall’ was created by Cape Town company Formula D Interactive.

Re-using bags to make a difference

By Two Oceans Aquarium / 10 September 2009

Renée Leeuwner, Tourism Co-ordinator for the Two Oceans Aquarium, came up with a great idea to re-use old conference bags. She urged all delegates attending the recent SATSA (South African Tourism Services Association) National Conference in Cape Town to bring their old conference bags along and donate them to charity. The donated bags represented an array of past conferences attended. One in particular dated back to Indaba 1998!