Experiences with animal obsessed child

[Anonymous]

Walk Alpacas in the Shenandoah.

https://pointofviewalpacas.com/walk-a-paca/

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Day boat trip from Crisfield to Tangier Island VA or Smith Island MD.

Child will see a lot of birds and will learn a lot about the life cycle of crabs. You will see crabs in the Tangier Sound. Sometimes I see skates.
On the islands you will see crabs in various stages of growth...peelers etc.

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Crabbing is a good experience pretty much anywhere on the Bay. All it takes is a chicken neck, string, and a crab net. Kids will spend hours crabbing.

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Anonymous wrote:The Amazon. We fed manatees at a rescue center, stayed at an ecolodge with birds, monkeys, capybaras around, fished for piranha, saw boas, pink dolphins, tapirs, and sloths on excursions. You can also do a cruise.

NP but this sounds amazing- where was it?

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What have been people’s best encounters with monkeys? Is Costa Rica a good place?

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Anonymous wrote:What have been people’s best encounters with monkeys? Is Costa Rica a good place?

We had a lot of monkey encounters in Costa Rica, yes, staying outside Manuel Antonio National Park. Lots of monkeys on our hotel balcony, lots in the national park, lots in general, all three of the local species. It was great.

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If you go to Rome, my kids LOVED the cat sanctuary at Torre Argentina (itself an interesting ruin). We went by every day. Many years later, when they were teens, they also loved all the cats in Athens. And if you are in Kyoto, the deer park in Nara is very very cool.

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Anonymous wrote:What have been people’s best encounters with monkeys? Is Costa Rica a good place?

Tikal in Guatemala
Amazing monkeys and beautiful birds

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Anonymous wrote:What have been people’s best encounters with monkeys? Is Costa Rica a good place?

Gibraltar!!

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I can't believe that I forgot about this. We did Captain Barry's tour out of Chincoteague about 10 years ago with my animal loving kids, and it was so much fun.

https://captainbarry.net/eco-expedition/

100% recommend

[Anonymous]

Wolf Park in Indiana (near Purdue) is a visit I still remember as adult. You can learn all about wolf packs (and other animals like bison). In addition to tours, they also have a youth camp.

Mentioning it because I think it's a hidden gem, and Indiana might not be on your radar.

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Anonymous wrote:Chengdu to see panda nursery

We lived in Asia for a few years and did this and were disappointed by how crowded/chaotic the panda sanctuaries were that were close to Chengdu the city. Also, the panda nursery slots are now really limited for foreigners.

We enjoyed much more the elephant sanctuaries of Thailand (there are many, check for the ones that are ethically managed, and some allow you to give the elephant a bath and feed them) and visiting the orangutans and proboscis monkeys of Borneo.