Utah’s Hogle Zoo dates from 1931 and is located at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. The Zoo is one of the most visited attractions in Utah and the top paid-for tourist attraction in Salt Lake City. Its natural terrain covers 42 acres of tree-lined pathways where visitors can view over 800 animals. 2009 was a banner year for the Zoo featuring the first African elephant born at the Zoo on August 10, 2009 and the milestone of 1,000,000 visitors in one year was reached in December.
The Zoo continues to stive to provide a safe, fun and ecucation venue for our visitors. You can read the Zoo’s mission and get information about planning a visit to the Zoo. Don’t miss the Asian Highlands which is an amazing re-creation of a Himalayan village and houses five endangered species of Asian cat. Also on your must-see list is the Elephant Encounter which features African elephants and white rhinos. Children will love the Conservation Carousel as it lets them ride on unique, hand carved and painted models of endangered or threatened animals.
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Utah’s Hogle Zoo Online: http://www.hoglezoo.org/ Address: 2600 East Sunnyside Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Phone: (801) 582-1631
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The 360 members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir represent men and women from many different backgrounds and professions and range in age from 25 to 60. They reflect a medley of unique lives and experiences and are brought together by their love for singing and their faith. Their incomparable voices are the common chord that unites to form the choral group known all over the world as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The Choir has appeared at 13 of the world’s fairs and expositions, performed at the inaugurations of five U.S. presidents, and sung for numerous worldwide telecasts and special events. Five of the Choir’s recordings have achieved “gold record” and two have achieved “platinum record” status. The most popular was the Grammy-Award-winning 1959 release of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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The Tracy Aviary’s Education team will be offering a tour of the Nature Conservancy’s Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve where you will learn about wetlands water, soil, and plants, and the millions of birds that use wetlands as an important stopping, resting, feeding, and breeding sites every year.
Plus, meet some of their most accomplished bird show stars during two live bird shows hosted by our knowledgable bird trainers!
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The Tracy Aviary: Online: http://www.tracyaviary.org/ Address: 589 East 1300 South Salt Lake City, UT 84105 Phone: (801) 596-8500
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As seat of the government and an icon for the nation, Washington, DC is a place to learn about history and watch it in the making. For over 30 years, Old Town Trolley Tours has provided sightseeing tours highlighting the best of DC.
Hop aboard one of the Old Town Trolleys and you’ll experience Transportainment, a delightful combination of transportation and entertainment. Our friendly conductors narrate the tour with a fascinating and fun mix of trivia and humorous stories. It will be our pleasure to guide you through the nation’s capital on one of our orange and green trolleys.
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Founded in 1999, Washington Walks is the largest walking tour company in the nation’s capital. They’re modeled after the venerable London Walks in England. With more than a dozen tours of the city’s most sought-after locations, we guarantee an unforgettable experience of the District of Columbia.
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Washington Walking Group Tours provides an up-close-and-personal, local’s perspective. Participants learn a great deal about a specific theme or neighborhood in a short period of time. They are the perfect alternative for visitors who have been to Washington, D.C. previously and crave a new, one-of-a-kind tour experience.
Washington Walking Group Tours official season of public walks is April 1 through October 31. Groups are welcome to take a Washington Walk at the same time it is offered to the general public.
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Washington Walks Information: Online:http://washingtonwalks.com/tours/index.shtml Group Services Hotline: (800) 862-1400 Address: 819 G Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024
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Gray Line Group Tours DC shows you the monuments and federal buildings flooded in lights, from the illuminated dome of the U.S. Capitol to the breathtaking view from the roof of the Kennedy Center. Ride down Pennsylvania Avenue and see the White House and the Capitol Reflecting Pool. Enjoy the beauty of our nation’s capital sightseeing Washington D.C. after dark. Choose from a wide variety of sightseeing in Washington DC and tours departing to regional destinations of interest like Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, Gettysburg and more.
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On Gray Line Group Tours DC tours offering sightseeing in Washington DC, one can’t help but be overwhelmed by the number of historical, cultural, and architectural landmarks. There are more than 50 museums and 70 art galleries as well as the many monuments for the visitor to see.
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Gray Line Group Tours DC Information: Online:http://www.graylinedc.com/tours.asp Group Services Hotline: (800) 862-1400 Address: 50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, D.C. 20002
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The Henry Plant Museum interprets the turn-of-the-century Tampa Bay Hotel and the lifestyles of America’s Gilded Age. Critical to the success of this mission is the restoration and preservation of this National Historic Landmark, an opulent 1891 railroad resort, and the artifacts significant to its history and the life and work of Henry Bradley Plant.
Through educational exhibits and events, the museum transports visitors of all ages and backgrounds to the late Victorian period, the beginnings of Florida’s tourist industry, and the early years of the city of Tampa. This quintessential Victorian palace features unique Moorish revival architecture, opulent European furniture and art treasures of the original railroad resort. The past will delight you at the Henry Plant Museum.
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Henry Bradley Plant Museum: Online:http://www.plantmuseum.com Address: 401 West Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, FL 33602 Phone: (813) 254-1891
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The Zoo is comprised of seven main exhibit areas: Asian Gardens, Primate World, Manatee and Aquatic Center, Florida Wildlife Center, Free-Flight Aviary, Wallaroo Station Children’s Zoo and Safari Africa . Asian Gardens: Malayan tapirs, tigers, komodo dragons, Lorikeet Free Flight Aviary (feeding allowed), Indian rhino, sloth bears, babirusa pigs, Asian python, anoa, the Sulawesi Aviary and clouded leopard. Safari Africa: African elephants, giraffe (feeding allowed), Grant’s zebra, Grevy’s Zebras, African penguins, white rhinos, flamingos. The “Ituri Forest” area in Safari Africa opened in 2007 and is named after a deep jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This area features cheetahs, striped hyenas, red river hogs, pygmy hippos, shoebill storks, ring-tailed lemurs, greater African flamingos, great white pelicans and okapis.
Florida Wildlife Center: Bald eagles, whooping cranes, deer, black bear, red wolves, skunks, Florida panther, crocodiles, alligators, flamingos, and river otters. The zoo is the only wildlife center in the world where you can find the most comprehensive collection of Florida’s endangered native species.
Manatee & Aquatic Center: Has the famous manatee & aquatic center with manatees, aquariums, reptiles and sting rays. The zoo’s David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Hospital is the only non-profit manatee hospital in the world specifically dedicated to the treatment of sick, injured and orphaned manatees.
Free Flight Aviary: A sub-tropic rainforest with over 200 species of birds from around the world.
Primate World: Habitats include chimpanzees, siamangs, orangutans, colobus monkeys, marmosets, lemurs, mandrills and Guenon.
Wallaroo Station: The zoo’s four-and-a-half acre Australian themed children’s zoo features Eastern gray kangaroos, Bennett’s wallabies, ponies (Pony Trek ride), llamas, goats (petting area), New Guinea singing dogs, flying fox bats, emus, laughing kookaburra and koala. This is the childrens area. Animals include kangaroos, horses, singing dogs, fruit bats, emu, and other animals native to Australia.
Families can get hands-on at interactive exhibits like giraffe and white rhino feeding, Stingray Bay, the Kangaroo Walkabout, Lorikeet Landing and a petting zoo.
Enhance There are fun rides for every size like The Safari Ride, Treetop Skyfari Skyride, Jungle Carousel, Camel Safari and Gator Falls water flume ride. Children always enjoy cooling off in the zoo’s water play areas located at Manatee Fountain at the entrance and at the Billabong in the zoo’s Wallaroo Station.
The Florida Environmental Education Center or “Zoo School” at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo was developed to serve as an educational resource for the community and to provide exciting, nature-based programs for children of all ages.
The Zoo School offer year-round, onsite daycare, preschool and kindergarten programs for children ages one through five, licensed by the Hillsborough County Child Care Licensing Office. It is the only accredited school in the country run by a zoo itself.
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Lowry Park Zoo: Online:http://www.lowryparkzoo.com/ Address: 7530 North Boulevard Tampa, FL 33604 Phone: (813) 935-8552
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Want all the fun a theme park in Orlando has to offer but less crowd and travel distance? Busch Gardens of Tampa Bay is the place to visit on your next trip to Tampa, FL.
Busch Gardens offers a little bit of everything for everyone old and young. If you’re into roller coasters, you’re in luck, because Busch Gardens offers many large coasters including a wooden roller coaster and the new Shekria which takes you on a wild ride with twists, turns and a 90 degree drop! Florida gets hot in summer, so what’s better then a water ride to cool you down? With three fun water rides you’ll have a blast going down a steep drop in a log or spinning under a waterfall while on the Congo River Rapids. If rides are not your thing, check the times for the different shows that Busch Gardens has to offer. The animals are abundant in the park, with a bird aviary, zebras, hippos, giraffes, lions, monkeys and more; you’ll feel as if you’re right in the heart of Africa.
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Busch Gardens: Online:http://www.tampaelectric.com/manatee/ Address: 3000 East Busch Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612 Phone: (813) 987-5082
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Big Cat Rescue, a non profit educational sanctuary, is devoted to rescuing and providing a permanent home for exotic (i.e. wild, not domestic) cats who have been abused, abandoned, bred to be pets, retired from performing acts, or saved from being slaughtered for fur coats, and to educating the public about these animals and the issues facing them in captivity and in the wild.
The sanctuary is home to the most diverse population of exotic cats in the world, with 14 of the 35 species of wild cat represented among more than 100 residents. These include tigers, lions, liger, leopards, cougars, bobcats, lynx, ocelots, servals, caracals and others, many of whom are threatened, endangered, or now extinct in the wild.
The sanctuary began in 1992 when the Founder, Carole Baskin, and her then husband Don, mistakenly believing that bobcats made good pets, went looking to buy some kittens. They inadvertently ended up at a “fur farm” and bought all 56 kittens to keep them from being turned into fur coats.
In the early years, influenced by breeders and pet owners, they believed that the cats made suitable pets and that breeding and placing the cats in homes was a way to “preserve the species.” Gradually they saw increasing evidence that not only was this not the case, but that it was leading to a consistent pattern of suffering and abuse.
Today the sanctuary is devoted to its Vision of a world where animals are treated with respect, and its Mission of providing the best possible home for the animals in our care and trying to stop the flow of animals needing sanctuary by educating the public about the plight of the animals and supporting stronger laws to protect them.
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Big Cat Rescue: Online: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/ Address: 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 Phone: (813) 920-4130
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