Self Guided

From £5 Per Person!

A member of the animal care team will start off your Exploris experience with a hands-on session at our starfish tank, where you’ll learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about these baffling animals. You can then make your own way around the rest of the aquarium and discover it at your own pace..

Self Guided

From £7 Per Person!

A member of the animal care team will start off your Exploris experience with a hands-on session at our starfish tank, where you’ll learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about these baffling animals. You can then make your own way around the rest of the aquarium and discover it at your own pace.

Guided

From £7 Per Person!

Your group will get a one-hour tour around the aquarium led by an experienced member of the animal care team, sharing incredible facts, uncovering hidden treasures, answering your questions and maybe even telling a funny story or two! You’ll get to touch the starfish too. No matter what you knew at the start of the tour, you’ll be a fish expert by the end of it.

Guided

From £9 Per Person!

Your group will get a one-hour tour around the aquarium led by an experienced member of the animal care team, sharing incredible facts, uncovering hidden treasures, answering your questions and maybe even telling a funny story or two! You’ll get to touch the starfish too. No matter what you knew at the start of the tour, you’ll be a fish expert by the end of it.

Enhanced

From £9 Per Person!

If a guided tour doesn’t satisfy your thirst for knowledge, an enhanced tour certainly will! You’ll get a comprehensive tour of the aquarium then be treated to a lively and interactive workshop bespoke to your age group. Delve deep into the topic of your choice.

(Please note that we have a limited workshop offering while the new programme is being developed)

Classroom Outreach

 Discover all the wonders of the sea from the comfort of your classroom!

Get an Exploris animal expert to travel to your school and deliver an interactive workshop that will entertain, educate and engage pupils of every age. Play games, solve puzzles, touch unusual animal specimens and find out facts that will boggle your mind, all in a lively 90 minute session. You’ll be astounded by all the incredible things you never knew about life beneath the waves.

If you have the space you can get as many classes as you want to join in! All we need is access to a projector or interactive whiteboard.

Touch Pool Outreach

Have a Pool at Your School

You don’t have to come to the coast to experience our native sea creatures - you don’t even need to travel to Portaferry. Our touch pool trailer can deliver a slice of the ocean right to your doorstep!

If you can’t make it to Exploris, we can come to you, and we’ll bring a spectacular selection of native sea creatures with us. Ogle at the humungous spiny starfish, marvel at the magnificent sunstar, grimace at the grisly spider crab and squeal as you come face to face with a cantankerous lobster! You’ll get a dynamic demonstration of each remarkable creature led by a member of the animal care team. This unforgettable experience is perfect for schools, nurseries, community events and even birthday parties.

Our experienced educators can cater to all age groups and those with special educational needs.

(Please note that we have a limited workshop offering while the new programme is being developed)