Abu Dhabi (Etihad)

The National Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the Middle East, unveiled the opening of an interactive children’s play area “Bella and Rio” equipped with the latest technology. The National Aquarium is designed to enhance the experience of guests of all ages. The destination, which has officially opened its doors to the Flooded Forest, offers free entry to all guests.
The Bella and Rio area opens with the start of the summer holidays as a great entertainment destination for children, allowing them to explore many fun games and useful and fun information about animals and the rainforest. Aquarium’s permanent commitment to enrich the knowledge base of the new generation of children.

The new kids section ensures a wonderful experience for young loved ones as it offers fun and interactive activities like coloring drawings of their favorite animals in an innovative way and watching them in the form of animated cartoons on screen. It also allows them to participate in these activities to increase their knowledge of the objects in the room. Submerged forest sapphire macaques, anteaters, urls, capybaras and more, through direct interaction with their creative drawings. The area is one of several sections at the destination that use video mapping technology to display their own maps of volcanoes and provide interactive experiences for children using modern technologies such as seeing and interacting with plankton organisms and meeting the immortal, pearl diver. At the “National Aquarium”, experience the interactive Ice Age game and learn using the touch screens and guide available in 4 different languages ​​in addition to the experience of creating 3D wall surfaces.
For his part, Paul Hamilton, General Manager of the National Aquarium, said: “At the National Aquarium, we constantly strive to create our experiences and offer new and fun ways to teach our children’s guests the details of everyday life at the aquarium. The Bella and Rio area “achieves this goal by offering innovative interactive experiences. , and the National Aquarium has always been a great place for families, allowing all family members to enjoy fun, learning and exploration, and we believe so. The new gaming zone will contribute to complementing our success as a unique hub for learning and recreational activities.” .
The National Aquarium is home to 46,000 species of animals in 10 areas, and the floodplain forest that includes the Bella and Rio Games area highlights the importance of the role that rainforests play in ensuring the continuation of ecological balance. Rainforest creatures, including magnificent birds that fly freely in the sky without approaching guests, a huge snake weighing 115 kg with Bella and Rio, sapphire macaw parrots, distinguished by their exotic colors.