Families with kids of all different ages tend to spend a lot of their time in Jungala, where you can do everything from getting up close to Bengal tigers in pop-up environments that literally put you in the middle of their habitat to traipsing about in Treetop Trails, a three-story tree house made of ropes, nets and bridges where kids can climb, hop and play while ogling orangutans in the surrounding enclosures. Older kids (ages 6 to 13) love riding the zip line called Jungle Flyers, which sends them soaring on sturdy seats 50 feet above Jungala Village. And for more thrills still, there’s The Wild Surge (ages 6 to 13) — a ride where your feet dangle and you’re launched out of a mountain crater for high-up views over Jungala’s rides.
Jungala
10001 McKinley Dr., Tampa, FL