Jakarta, Italy
Sea World Ancol, also known as Sea World Jakarta or Sea World Indonesia, is a marine aquarium attraction in North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is part of the Ancol Dreamland complex, and consists of a main tank, a shark tank, and various other tanks, including a turtle exhibit. The main tank is o
ne of the largest aquariums in Southeast Asia. Despite its name, it is completely unaffiliated with the US-based SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and their chain of theme parks in the United States. Sea World Ancol was the largest oceanarium in South East Asia at the time it was opened, in 1996, as SeaWorld Jakarta. It was owned by Lippo Group until 2014, when contract problems caused it to be closed in September 2014. It reopened to the public on July 17, 2015. and is now owned by the Jakarta city-owned company PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol. It features an aquarium tunnel known as the Antasena tunnel as well as a touch pool and shark aquarium. The aquarium used to keep a couple of dugong named Doel and Diana since 2000, both died in 2016. In 2018, SeaWorld rescued a baby dugong that was caught by fishermen. After being treated intensively and being able to start eating seagrass, the baby dugong...
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