Kids love the Zoo! Best family attraction between Charlotte and Raleigh

Be wild, be free at the North Carolina Zoo, home to most amazing creatures you will ever see!
The beautiful 500 acres park is located at the foot of Uwharrie Mountains, just south of Asheboro and half way between Charlotte and Research Triangle Park.
The Zoo is open daily from 9AM to 5PM (4PM November [...]

Rats go nuts! Exciting basketball game at Discovery Place in Charlotte

Take advantage of reduced admission ($7 through November 22) and come see rats play ball at Discovery Place downtown Charlotte.
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This is serious business: there is a pre-game warm up presentation of Nacho the Rat Queen, referees, cheerleaders and non stop action basketball. The rats know their stuff!
Here’s a preview…

While at [...]

Experience the fragile, beautiful and passionate web of life at Edventure Blooming Butterflies!

With a flap of its wings a butterfly can change the world.
Come to Edventure children museum downtown Columbia to see the incredible life journey of one of the most beloved creature on Earth! The butterfly exhibit is open daily May through October from 9:30AM to 4:30PM (Sundays from 12:30PM). Admission is free for members [...]

Wild family fun at the mysterious Audubon Swamp Garden (what to do with kids in Charleston)

The Audubon Swamp in Charleston is America’s most unique garden and wildlife preserve, a remarkable, must see family experience.
The swamp garden became famous when John J. Audubon visited 150 years ago in search of waterfowl specimens for his paintings.
Fast forward to our time, it shined again as the filming site of the movie “The [...]

Virgin Islands iguana photos and videos (exotic animal encounters)

This post is not about family attractions in the Palmetto state. Instead I’ll put the spotlight on the Virgin Islands’ most exotic resident: the iguana!
Once thought almost extinct this walking dinosaur lizard is now roaming the beaches freely. Bold and beautiful they’re quite a sight to see. Here are the photos and video to [...]

Spring Camp at the Zoo, the most fun thing you can do

If you’re still pondering where to take and what to do with kids this Spring break, look no further than Riverbanks Zoo. Check their website for a monthly events calendar and a varitety of Zooventure family activities.
Below is the April 2009 summary of fun packed children programs grouped by age.
Riverbanks Zoo Little Kids Programs(ages 3-5)
Pony [...]

Fun things to do with kids around Myrtle Beach for under $10

For the past 2 years I’ve traveled up and down the Carolina Coast looking for great adventures, mysteries and memorable wildlife encounters. Here is a list of wonderful things – blessed my 4 years old – that you can do with your kids while vacationing in Myrtle Beach. All for under $10!

Fishermen unite at the [...]

The magnificent blackheaded bushmaster deadly strike

“If you are bitten by a Bushmaster, it is better to just lie down under a tree and rest, for you will soon be dead”
You can see this killing machine in action at the amazing Cape Fear Serpentarium in historic Wilmington (1 hour drive from North Myrtle Beach). Featured on Discovery Channel and Animal [...]

Amazing animal pictures: crazy holler monkeys, lost gorillas, melancholic orangutans and feisty baboons

What a year 2008 has been. Lots of chest beating, hollering and hair pulling, hanging upside down, crying, whimpering, and laughing out loud. No, is not the stock market. No Wall Street or Main Street here.
I’m talking about the most incredible animals at the Riverbanks, Greenville and Como zoos. A “planet of the apes” filled [...]

Wild and wonderful Waccatee Zoo, the Myrtle Beach kids fun thing to do!

Authentic, real and totally unexpected. Fun, fun, fun that is…just 15 minutes drive from Myrtle Beach’s hustle and bustle. There are hundreds of animals from classics like lions, tigers, black bears and chimps to most unusual species like the South American peccarts, Patagonia Maras and the half zebra half donkey ones…
Tip! Spend $1-2 on a [...]