![]() Discounts available for Bergen County residents. Active members of the military are admitted free. Cost: In-season admission is $8, $5 for children 3 to 14, $2 for seniors 62 and up and people with disabilities. In July and August, live animal shows are presented in the amphitheater.ĭetails: Bergen County Zoo is in Van Saun County Park, 216 Forest Ave., Paramus, N.J. Good to Know: A train ride, carousel and pony rides are open in season, for an extra fee, cash only. Nearby Eats: A hot dog truck can often be found outside the zoo, or you can picnic in Van Saun County Park. Feed 300 parakeets at the Budgie Exhibit. Special Programs: Live animal shows are held daily in the outdoor amphitheater. Summertime finds the zookeepers at Bergen County Zoo working hard to keep all the animals cool. Popular newcomers include two mountain lion brothers, Tacoma and Chinook, who came to the zoo from Washington state in 2018. The 146 acres of Van Saun County Park include playgrounds, picnic and fishing areas, historic Washington Spring Garden and the Bergen County Zoo.ĭomestic and wild animals who live there include belted Galloway cows, bobcats, tamarins, draft horses, kookaburras, tortoises, wallaroos, chameleon forest dragons and a porcupine. View Gallery: Mountain Lions at Bergen County Zoo 3. Cost: $10 for ages 13 to 61, $7 for ages 62 and up, $6 for ages 4 to 12, and free for under 4. Good to Know: The aquarium is located in Historic Gardner's Basin, where you can take in views of the Absecon inlet, Absecon Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and Atlantic City's waterfront casinoes.ĭetails: 800 North New Hampshire Ave., Atlantic City,N.J. Nearby Eats: Historic Gardner's Basin includes waterfront restaurants, maritime exhibits, a crafter's village and commercial and recreational docks. Encounters: Feed the sting rays for an additional fee. Special Programs: Live animal shows with snakes, lizards, tarantulas and other creatures. Reptiles and amphibians, jellyfish, eels, tropical fish, sharks and more fill the exhibit tanks. There's a mid-Atlantic Coastal Zone touch tank and a stingray touch tank. Located on the hub of the Absecon inlet, Atlantic City Aquarium showcases a variety of habitats, from the Mullica River in South Jersey to the Amazon. Watch Video: WATCH: Baby shark attraction at Adventure Aquarium in Camden 2. Cost: General admission at the box office is $31.99, or $23.99 for children ages 2 through 12. For about $5 extra per person, you can buy a combo ticket that includes admission to the aquarium and a round-trip ferry ride on the Delaware River to Philadelphia.ĭetails: 1 Riverside Dr., Camden, Camden, N.J. Good to Know: Located on the Camden waterfront, the aquarium offers compelling views of the Philadelphia skyline. More: First look: Adventure Aquarium, Flying Fish team up for Camden beer garden Plus, all of Philadelphia is a ferry ride away. Nearby Eats: Cafeteria and a Flying Fish Beer Garden on site. Encounters: African penguins, sea turtles, snorkeling with sharks and rays. Extra fees. "Meet the Divers," "Up Close Animal Experiences," and talks with animal experts. Special Programs: Hippo, African penguin and Little Blue penguin feedings. Young visitors can play on Explorer's Cove, a playground with a nautical theme.ģ-D movies are included with general admission. Penguin Park, which debuted its new look in 2018, features African penguins on a rocky beach area. Fiddler rays, a patterned ray related to the guitarfish and native to Southern Australia, have been added to the "Touch A Shark" exhibit. Purchase a tray of dead fish and hold a piece for the rays to grab. They may swim over to you and greet you from under water. ![]() Be sure to visit Button and Genny, the aquarium's two hippos. In addition to sharks, frogs, turtles, penguins and lots of fish fill the tanks at Adventure Aquarium. (Meet the baby sharks in our video below!) Visitors can peek in on the littles and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the aquarium cares for baby sharks. There's a rope suspension "shark bridge" that allows you to tread inches above the sharks and a 40-foot tunnel that gives you a panoramic perspective on the shark tank. You can even pet bamboo sharks in a touch tank.īut this summer, the focus is on the never-before-seen Shark Nursery, where the newest baby sand bar sharks live. Sharks are always a prime attraction at this aquarium on the Camden Waterfront. ![]() "Baby Shark Summer" is underway at Adventure Aquarium.
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