The Jake's Cool Critters building - a two-story herpetology and ichthyology structure with more than 650sq m (7,000sq ft) of immersive environments, digital media, learning opportunities and educational classroom spaces - is the central hub of Marsh Meadows. The pathway through this area was designed to help convey a sense that guests are inhabiting the marsh along with frogs, fish and other wildlife that lives there. The third zone, Marsh Meadows, is focused on marsh-like habitats such as swamps and estuaries. Water play is another focus of the woodland-themed zone, which includes a waterfall that flows into a stream, splash pad, water jets, and a boulder scramble made to encourage exploration. The area’s centrepiece is a giant 6.1m (20ft) -tall tree house and a series of rope bridges for guests to explore. ![]() Next is the Wild Woods area, which offers guests the chance to experience species native to Central and South America such as coatis and squirrel monkeys. Features inside include a pollinator experience with giant beeswax-fragrant honeycombs and an observation pane that gives guests the chance to see the workings of an actual beehive, while animals such as leafcutter ants, spiders, scorpions and stick insects are also displayed. ![]() The experience encompasses eight buildings and habitats dispersed throughout four zones, each of which represents a different ecosystem.įirst is the Rainforest zone, which is centred around a 929sq m (10,000sq ft) ‘Spineless Marvels’ building, which showcases invertebrates including crustaceans, arachnids and insects. Inside the immersive multi-ecosystem experience, guests can “feel what it’s like to be wild”, as they “climb, scramble, and jump in innovative nature play areas”. San Diego Zoo has celebrated the launch of Wildlife Explorers Basecamp - a 12,900sq m (139,000sq ft), US$69m (€62.9m, £53m) experience offering guests of all ages an up-close look at nature using state-of-the-art technology.
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