Mertailor’s Mermaid Aquarium Encounter, Lecanto

About Mertailor’s Mermaid Aquarium Encounter

Mertailor's Mermaid Aquarium Encounter in Lecanto is an indoor aquarium where visitors watch live underwater mermaid performances, explore marine exhibits, and participate in hands-on animal encounters. A timed admission session lets guests arrive at their chosen time, explore the aquarium at their own pace, and watch a live mermaid show included with general admission. The aquarium displays sharks, rays, fish, invertebrates, freshwater animals, and birds. Visitors can touch stingrays in Ray Bay under supervision or handle tide-pool animals in the Tide Pool exhibit. Creature Features presentations offer educational moments throughout the day. An optional separate in-water stingray experience brings guests closer to the animals. The venue operates daily with three mermaid showtimes and is positioned minutes from Crystal River along Florida's Nature Coast. Tickets are sold online on the venue's website. The indoor setting makes it suitable for hot or rainy Florida days.