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Heathcote Botanical Gardens
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| Heathcote Botanical Gardens is a stunning collection of specialty gardens themed from around the world including a Japanese Garden, Rainforest Display, Herb Garden and Reflection Garden. Each unique garden features a variety of beautiful plants that harmoniously blend together for a stunning display.
(10 miles from resort)
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The Manatee Observation and Education Center
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| Discover the Manatee, the gentle giants of the sea. The Manatee Observation Center allows you to see these amazing creatures in their natural habitat while you learn about conservation and marine life.
(13 miles from resort)
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The Elliott Museum
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| The Elliott Museum offers a glimpse into the innovations of technology from the region. There is an homage to early Americana culture and an exclusive car gallery of early American cars.
(16 miles from resort)
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Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
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| This national wildlife refuge covers some of the most productive sea turtle nesting areas in Florida. The refuge protects over 30 threatened and endangered species as well 232 acres of Sand pine-scrub oak forest.
(25 miles from resort)
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Lion Country Safari African Adventure
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| As America’s first drive-through cageless zoo, Lion Country Safari has been a leader in conservation since 1967. Lion Country Safari provides a habitat in which many endangered or threatened species live and reproduce. Jambo! "Welcome" to Lion Country Safari, America's first drive-through wildlife preserve, entertaining guests from around the world since 1967.Our preserve is divided into seven sections.
(42 miles from resort)
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South Florida Science Museum
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| Let the Aldrin Planetarium transport you above and beyond our planet with our daily shows and special programs. The Spitz star projector turns the planetarium theater's dome into the night skies--during the day! Sit back in our inclined chairs, look up at the dome and discover quazars, nebulas, eclipses, constellations, galaxies and more. The Aldrin Planetarium presents pre-recorded astronomy shows and live, narrated star shows daily. All shows use the star projector and recorded shows use slide, laser disc and more to make for a multi-media performance of astronomical proportions!
(49 miles from resort)
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The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
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| Since its opening in 1977, The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens has been a center for Japanese arts and culture in South Florida, with rotating exhibitions in its galleries, tea ceremonies performed monthly in its Seishin-an tea house, an educational outreach program with local schools and organizations, and Japanese traditional festivals celebrated for the public several times a year.
The original building, named the Yamato-kan, is modeled to suggest a Japanese villa.
(63 miles from resort)
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Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
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| Come walk around! Learn something new! See how we're advancing coastal and marine learning! Find out how to make a difference! Stroll through the butterfly garden, climb the observation tower located on the winding boardwalk through coastal hammock, sit in a Chiki hut, visit the saltwater tanks brimming with marine life, including sea turtles, fish, sharks and rays and take pictures in our sea turtle garden with 7 giant turtles.
(69 miles from resort)
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Red Reef Park
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| There is a mile of beachfront in this 39-acre park, which includes the 15-acre Gumbo Limbo Nature Center on the Intracoastal side. One of the few beaches open after dark (until 10 p.m.), Red Reef offers swimming, sunbathing, surf casting and strolling over the dunes along a boardwalk. Designated surfing area on south end. The most notable feature is the man-made reef about 10 feet off shore, where even beginning snorkelers can catch sight of tropical fish, turtles, eels and stingrays.
(70 miles from resort)
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Babcock Wilderness Adventures
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| Babcock Ranch offers visitors the perfect setting to immerse themselves in nature. There's something for everyone. From swamp buggy tours with Babcock Wilderness Adventures to overnight accommodations at the Cypress Lodge, you'll find yourself face to face with wildlife in an Old Florida setting. Read on and explore the many experiences awaiting you.
(88 miles from resort)
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Kennedy Space Center Tours
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| Your exploration of NASA's launch headquarters traverses an amazing area that includes towering launch pads, huge rockets, history-making technology, and vast stretches of our Florida wildlife preserve. The NASA Up-Close and Cape Canaveral: Then & Now tours are guided by space program experts and take you deeper into the operations of Kennedy Space Center.
(92 miles from resort)
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Green Meadows Petting Farm
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| Green Meadows Petting Farm offers an ideal country setting that you and your family can enjoy. Our petting farm is perfect for folks who live in Florida, or for those of you who are vacationing in the Kissimmee area. The whole family will have a chance to enjoy the quiet country setting with more than 300 farm animals to touch and see. Visit us for a truly educational and fun experience.
(93 miles from resort)
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Gatorland
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| It is easy to walk around Gatorland. The many exhibits include snakes, tropical birds, alligators, crocodiles, and turtles. One of the nicest features of the park is the shaded boardwalk that I was under the majority of the time. It really helped cool me down from
the hot Florida weather. There is a train ride, but walking around the park gives you the best tour.
When you first come in there is an opportunity for you to hold a python and a snake. They even have someone there to take your picture. Not to far away from your snake and alligator holding experience, there is also a petting zoo.
(94 miles from resort)
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Skycoaster
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| The Skycoaster consists of three, 300 foot towers. The Flyers are held aloft on two independent steel cables, rated at 9000 pounds a piece. On the way up, the view is spectacular! Flyers can see all the attractions around Orlando and Kissimmee.
(97 miles from resort)
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Falcon's Fire Golf Club
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| Falcon's Fire Golf Club is a Rees Jones Signature Design Masterpiece. One of the many reasons why Falcon's Fire remain's one of the premier Orlando golf courses is because the course pays respects to the timeless traditions of the game of golf. This natural, classic 18 hole, par 72 golf course establishes the standards by which all golf facilities are evaluated. Boasting tournament playing conditions 12 months a year, Falcon's Fire is arguably the finest maintained golf facility in Central Florida.
(98 miles from resort)
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Arabian Nights Dinner Attraction
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| Arabian Nights is a dinner show that brings a fairy tale to life on horseback. Beautiful horses from around the world are showcased in the world's largest indoor equestrian arena. The Palace of Horses is the only one of its kind on the map.
(98 miles from resort)
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Orlando Premium Outlet
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| At Orlando Premium Outlet, enjoy savings at over 150 stores like Ann Taylor, Barneys New York Outlet, Burberry, Coach, Diesel, Fendi, Gap Outlet, Giorgio Armani, Kenneth Cole, Lacoste, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, Salvatore Ferragamo, Theory, Tommy Hilfiger.
(99 miles from resort)
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SeaWorld Orlando
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| There's a whole lot more to SeaWorld than Shamu, the "stage name" used for its mammoth killer-whale mascots. Sure, you can be splashed by the whales, stroke a stingray, see manatees face-to-snout, learn to love an eel, and be spat at by a walrus.
(99 miles from resort)
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