San Diego Zoos & Aquariums
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Sea Life Aquarium is located off the 5 freeway and Palomar Airport Drive in Carlsbad. The Sea Life Aquarium features aquariums and discovery tanks full of ocean life. They are part of the Legoland Theme Park for the young ones with rides like Fairy Tale Brook and Coast Cruise. Some of the mini cities and structures built with Legos are amazing. New in June of 2010 is the Legoland Waterpark with waterslides, rivers, beaches and many more water themed adventures.
Legoland Sea Life Aquarium
One Legoland Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760) 918-l346
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San Diego Zoo is located in the heart of San Diego near interstate 5 and highway 163 in Balboa Park. This is a large city zoo with nearly 1000 animals on display. Balboa Park also contains most of San Diego's museums, a park, botanical gardens and more.
San Diego Zoo
2920 Zoo Drive
San Diego, California 92112
(619) 234-3153
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San Diego Wild Animal Park is located east of interstates 5 and 15 on highway 78 in Escondido. This is the most awesome zoo we've ever encountered. This park features over 1800 acres of wild animals roaming free in their natural habitat. A tram ride showcases the park and/or walk along viewing trails.
TIP: Look into some of the exciting extras you can reserve in advance like caravan safaris through the park and sleep overs when the nocturnal predators can be heard through the night. Also, Highway 78 is Avocado country. Be sure to stop off at one of the many fruit stands to take advantage of the unbelievable prices on avocados.
San Diego Wild Animal Park
15500 San Pasqual Valley Road
Escondido, California 92027
(760) 747-8702
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Sea World San Diego is located off interstate 5 in San Diego. This is a very large sea park with aquariums, shows, exhibits and thrill rides. This is home to Shamu, the killer whale and many other marine mammal species. The shark exhibit features a glass tube for viewing from underneath.
Sea World
500 SeaWorld Drive
San Diego, California 92109
(800) 257-4268
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Birch Aquarium at Scripps is located off interstate 5 in beautiful La Jolla. This is a moderate-sized aquarium managed by the University of California, San Diego. Birch features a large kelp forest aquarium, a petting pool, a nearby exploration pier, nearby tidepool exploration and grunion viewing when in season.
NOTE: Check out our Cool Towns page for more details on La Jolla.
Birch Aquarium
2300 Expedition Way
La Jolla, California 92037
(858) 534-3474
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