Going to Florida for the first time: Any good reptile destinations? :)

[xFenrir]

When are you going?? Me n my hubby are going mid-august for the Daytona show, but were going for a week...so were def hitting up Gatorland, and Universal Studios!!

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We'll be there the 8th through the 12th, so it looks like we'll just miss you!

I wanna go to Disney World so bad but everyone else has already gone a million times so they don't want to. I've never been!!

[TheSnakeGeek]

We'll be there the 8th through the 12th, so it looks like we'll just miss you!

I wanna go to Disney World so bad but everyone else has already gone a million times so they don't want to. I've never been!!

i was about to say, if you were going one week later, you would HAVE to go to the daytona show. best "herp place" in florida. its awesome.

[The Serpent Merchant]

If you head over towards Tampa both Busch Gardens and Lowry Park Zoo have decent reptile sections. The Florida Aquarium in Tampa is also a really cool place.

[Willie76]

I hear there are crazy amounts of Burms in the Glades ready to gobble everyone up...

[American]

http://www.gatorland.com/ - Woot! Gators! about 30min from Orlando, 1hr Titusville

X2 for GatorLand, they have some awesome stuff and if you or your boyfriend are even remotely interested in Alligators, this is a top choice.

Also not sure if you are interested but I know some swampy areas of Florida have airboat tours that are awesome. You have a chance to see some really cool wildlife, I don't know of any near Orlando off the top of my head but I'd check it out

[cory9oh4]

I second the alligator farm recommendation. It's about 2-3 hours from where you're staying though

The Tampa Lowery Zoo is awesome and one of the top zoo in the country.

The central Florida zoo is about 45 minutes from where you're at and is a great visit. They have pretty nice reptile room as well as a great insect room.
http://www.centralfloridazoo.org/