Animal Adventures in North Carolina: Coast

Best known for its hiking trails and Mile High Swinging Bridge, this iconic North Carolina attraction also gives you an up-close view of local animals, ranging from black bears and cougars to bald eagles and white-tailed deer. More than animals from six continents call the Lazy 5 Ranch home. You can board a horse-drawn wagon to view rhinos, giraffes, zebras and many other striped and spotted residents. Or drive your own vehicle on the 3. No matter where you vacation on the North Carolina coast, an aquarium is never far away. At the Roanoke Island aquarium on the Outer Banks, you can see the largest collection of sharks in the state, and touch a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic creatures in the Close Encounters tank.

At the Fort Fisher location near the ferry landing, you can climb into the replica jaws of the Megalodon, a prehistoric shark the size of a bus that lived right off our coast. Types of Things to Do. New Hanover County Airport 1.

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Riverfront Park, Swansboro, NC. Jim Catfish Hunter Museum. Perquimans Arts League Gallery. A really helpful feature of this book is that the author points out specific directions for places that might be hard for a GPS to get you to, which can definitely be a problem with some of these places.

A few of the places that I found most interesting were: The Western North Carolina Nature Center I'm from this area and have been here many times, it's a very nice little nature center, their wolf exhibits are awesome! The Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville I've also been here.

This place is an amazing experience! Carolina Raptor Center Always wanted to go here. It is small but that have a lot of really nice exhibits and a nice animal collection.

The giant anteater and the gibbons are my favorite! Of course the NC Zoo- This is amazing zoo, they have a great set-up and lots of naturalistic exhibits. They are also very involved in zoo horticulture and managing endangered plants as well as animals. Conservators' Center- A refuge for many different kinds of animals such as: This place sounds like it would be a very interesting place to visit! It just sounds like such an amazing facility!

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Durham Museum of Life and Science- Very interesting and well-maintained facility. Their exhibits are very naturalistic and seem to be great environments for the animals. The keepers and staff here are also very helpful and will answer any questions you may have or give great keeper talks! A really interesting exhibit this Museum has is the Butterfly house and the Insectarium! Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park- Have a variety of waterfowl species, many of them are rare or endangered.

Would love to go here too! Cape Fear Serpentarium- Rare venomous snakes!

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Wild Horses of Corolla There are also many other places mentioned in the book that would be a great way to spend your time if your like me and always look for the nearest animal experience! Jun 15, Sara rated it it was amazing Shelves: The title pretty much explains what this book is about. It features page informative articles on a wide variety of "animal adventures" in North Carolina.

There are all sorts of ways to meet and greet animals listed here--zoos, science centers, farms, animal sanctuaries, aquariums, and even more unusual experiences like golf courses that use llama caddies. The author provides useful information such as opening hours and tips to enjoy your visit.