The Attraction Reservoir Eilat
The Oceanarium
Introducing... The Oceanarium! The Oceanarium is a manned submarine skippered by Captain Jaws, who built it himself from odds and ends. This amazing trip, which lasts about 17 minutes, begins and ends at the Underwater Observatory Marine Park in Eilat. During this trip, the submarine offers its 150 passengers an unforgettable journey. The passengers are witness to fascinating natural marine phenomena, pass through uncharted areas and undergo a series of dangers and adventures on the way.
But don't worry, at the end of the journey, we return safe and sound to our secure haven, since the Oceanarium is in effect a motion theater, a simulative movie theater that imparts a real-life sense of "being there". The 150 seats are built on platforms (10 seats per platform) that move up and down, tilt backwards and forwards, rotating right and left at up to 120 degrees. In short, this extensive range of movement imparts a real feeling of a journey through the ocean. The situations and developments that occur within the captain's cabin and around the submarine are projected onto three screens installed at the front of the hall. The hall itself features convincing scenery of the interior of this extraordinary submarine, which is a strange mixture of the Nautilus style with futuristic technology. These surroundings play an active part in the journey, by showing the effects of many dangers our submarine undergoes: the ceiling comes down upon the passengers' heads, water enters the hall, and many more amazing phenomena occur.
The journey: The Oceanarium's journey begins in unique coral reefs of the Red Sea. From there, we move through a crack which opens in the African-Syrian fault in the depths of the ocean, to the other side of the Earth - to the Island of Hawaii, where we are spurted out through an underwater lava eruption. In the great oceans, we meet whales and dolphins, experience a hair-raising encounter with a white shark, view the wonder of the birth of a baby seal, sail over Atlantis - the legendary lost island, and return to the Underwater Observatory Marine Park, after a night full of adventures in the depths of the Sea.
But don't worry, at the end of the journey, we return safe and sound to our secure haven, since the Oceanarium is in effect a motion theater, a simulative movie theater that imparts a real-life sense of "being there". The 150 seats are built on platforms (10 seats per platform) that move up and down, tilt backwards and forwards, rotating right and left at up to 120 degrees. In short, this extensive range of movement imparts a real feeling of a journey through the ocean. The situations and developments that occur within the captain's cabin and around the submarine are projected onto three screens installed at the front of the hall. The hall itself features convincing scenery of the interior of this extraordinary submarine, which is a strange mixture of the Nautilus style with futuristic technology. These surroundings play an active part in the journey, by showing the effects of many dangers our submarine undergoes: the ceiling comes down upon the passengers' heads, water enters the hall, and many more amazing phenomena occur.
The journey: The Oceanarium's journey begins in unique coral reefs of the Red Sea. From there, we move through a crack which opens in the African-Syrian fault in the depths of the ocean, to the other side of the Earth - to the Island of Hawaii, where we are spurted out through an underwater lava eruption. In the great oceans, we meet whales and dolphins, experience a hair-raising encounter with a white shark, view the wonder of the birth of a baby seal, sail over Atlantis - the legendary lost island, and return to the Underwater Observatory Marine Park, after a night full of adventures in the depths of the Sea.
