The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens offers the chance to come face-to-face with the wildest animals from around the world in just a few hours! Journey through the zoo and observe cats on the prowl, watch playful monkeys, hear beautiful birds, and see many endangered species.
Make sure you check out everything the zoo has to offer, including the Wharton-Smith Tropical Splash Ground, Barnyard Buddies Children’s Zoo, an Insect Zoo, a Herpetarium, and much more. It's fun for the entire family!
If you're driving, there's even free parking.
More interactive than a museum, more inspirational than a science center, and more authentic and educational than a theme park, NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers a full-day experience of thrilling simulators, breathtaking attractions, behind-the-scenes tours, interactive exhibits, larger-than-life 3D space films, rocket launch viewing opportunities, and more. Located on Merritt Island, Florida, it offers an immersive journey into the technological marvels of space exploration that aspiring astronauts and space enthusiasts of all ages can enjoy.
Daytona International Speedway has been Florida’s home for motorsport, but its real claim to fame is the Daytona 500 – NASCAR’s most prestigious race.
The 2.5 mile (4 km) round track has a 180-acre infield at its centre, with the 29-acre Lake Lloyd – which has hosted powerboat racing – inside that.
If you're nuts for NASCAR, make sure to take a guided tour of the track.
Your brain gets stuck in its ways, which is why the Museum of Illusions Orlando is such a rewarding experience. With over 50 mind-bending, sense-challenging exhibits of optical, photographic, and interactive illusion, Orlando's illusion museum is the perfect way to spend a few hours at ICON park. Nothing is quite as it seems at the Museum of Illusions Orlando!
Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is part of an entertainment center featuring the latest in electric go-karting, an arcade, laser quest and other activities. It is located in Orlando, Florida.
The Crayola Experience is a large interactive activity center in Florida centered around the famous Crayola crayon. There are 26 family-fun activities catered to children, including conventional arts and crafts and high-tech digital play stations.
Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures is a tour operator that takes visitors on wetland safari adventures across Florida's stunning Everglades to see American alligators and other incredible native wildlife species in their natural habitat.
Wild Florida operates tours around Central Florida. They use airboats to navigate the watery wilderness of the Everglades, taking visitors on an all-American safari to see Florida's diverse range of wildlife. They also run the Gator and Wildlife Park, where visitors can get up close and personal with some enormous alligators, as well as a host of other wild animals from Florida and around the world.
Chocolate Kingdom, the Factory Adventure Tour is an interactive journey that takes you through the chocolate-making process. You'll learn how the world's favorite comfort food is transformed from a bean into a creamy, dreamy chocolate bar with a lot of adventures along the way. Chocolate Kingdom is located in Kissimmee, Orlando, Florida.
Inside the Wizard of Oz Museum you'll find more than 2,000 artifacts related to the MGM movie and Wizard of Oz book series. On top of that, there's an immersive light show that will transport you to the world of Oz using state-of-the-art technology.