Aquarium of the Pacific
Photo: Ken Chan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🦒 Zoo · Long Beach
3 hours · $$$ · Check website for reservations
- 🚗About 40 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Aquarium garage about $8–10 (with validation), lines after noon on weekends
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
The biggest aquarium in Southern California: the three-story Honda Blue Cavern tank right inside the door, touch pools for sharks and rays, sea otters, penguins and an outdoor lorikeet feeding aviary; a 2-year-old can sit in front of the jellyfish gallery for half an hour.
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