Fun activities for kids in Northwest Florida are plentiful.
Big Kahuna's Water & Adventure Park
www.bigkahunas.com
1007 Highway 98 E
Destin, FL 32541
850.837.4061
Oversized water park offers more than 40 exciting water attractions. Includes three tropical mini golf courses, two wild and fast go-kart tracks and three high-thrill rides.
Emerald Coast Science Center
www.ecscience.org
139 Brooks Street
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
850.664.1261
A child’s fantasy museum of science, it stimulates the imagination with exhibits such as a reflecting Castle of Mirrors, "adult-sized" bubble makers, a literally hair-raising Vandergraph generator, an electrifying Illuma Storm and more.
Goofy Golf
401 N. Eglin Parkway
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
850.862.4922
Gulfarium
www.gulfarium.com
1010 Miracle Strip Parkway. SE
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
850.244.5169
America’s second oldest marine park (1955), it hosts Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, California sea lions, Peruvian penguins, Ridley turtles and more in 14 fascinating Gulf-edged exhibits. Dolphin stars Princess and Delilah delight with feats from comedic soccer games to 18-foot (540cm) leaps toward the clouds.
Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier
www.okaloosaislandpier.com
1030 Miracle Strip Parkway
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
850. 244.1023
Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier was built in 1972 and extended 962 feet into the Gulf of Mexico. The current pier opened in 1998 and now goes out 1262 feet, which is almost 1/4 mile. An octagon at the end greatly increases the fishing area and lets anglers fight the big fish.
Sasquatch Zoo
www.sasquatchzoo.com
5262 Deer Springs Drive
Crestview, FL 32539
850.682.3949
Educational & fun zoo visit with over 100 exotic animals from all over the world to experience. Open Wednesday thru Sunday.
The Track Family Recreation Center
www.destintrack.com
1125 Highway 98 E.
Destin, FL 32541
850.654.4668
The Track in Destin is your family headquarters for fun! Our action-packed recreation center features everything from the ultimate in go-cart tracks, like our Wild Woody three-tiered go-kart/roller coaster hybrid, to big fun for little tykes at Kids Country.
The Zoo
www.thezoonorthwestflorida.org
5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
850.932.2229
Wildlife zoo offering over 900 animals surrounded by botanical gardens. Spend the day - get a close look at bears, tigers, lions, rhinos and zebras. Watch playful primates. See sleek otters slip through water. Feed a giraffe face to face. Take a train ride on the Safari Line Ltd. - through 30 acres of wildlife preserve including wildebeests, alligators, deer, pygmy hippos, capybara & more!
U.S. Air Force Armament Museum
www.afarmamentmuseum.com
Hwighway 85 (outside main gate Eglin AFB)
Eglin AFB, FL 32542
850.882.4062
Riddled with bombs, the only U.S. museum dedicated to the display of Air Force armament is "protected" by 25 reconnaissance, fighter and bomber planes such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane. Four wars -- WWII, Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf -- are spanned through a fighter cockpit simulator, thousands of weapons, war films, photography exhibits and more.
