Parrot Jungle Island

It's a nice new facility, very nicely landscaped but a bit pricey. The space it's on isn't that big but creative use of landscaping and overlapping trails makes it feel a lot bigger than it is. There are a lot of Parrots there but they are not the only attraction. The parrots were scattered throughout the park sitting in their own little areas waiting for tourists to buy some sunflower seeds to feed them. Most were friendly but a couple looked kinda of mean, not that I know anything about Parrot behavior. There is also a large Everglades Habitat and of course the shows.

Much like Seaworld the highlight is the shows. Your tickets gets you into to see as many shows as you like. Unfortunately there were only three different shows, of which I saw two. We didn't make the Parrot show. The Reptile show was amusing but the Jungle Theater show was more than a little hokey.

Overall it was a decent way to spend much of an afternoon. My 2½ year old daughter loved the park. There was a playground in the middle where she spent a lot of her time too. It wasn't crowded at all which definitely helped. It doesn't do quite as good of a job appealing to both kids and adults but the kids definitely loved it. It's similar to Loro Parque we visited in Tenerife.

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The top of Jungle Theater visible through the trees.	Lush vegetation throughout the park.	Giant Banyan Tree.
Not all the Parrots fly free.	Two friendly Parrots.
You looking at me?
	Margaret considers handling a Skunk.	The Tarantula wasn't too scary.
The Scorpion was even less cuddly.	Watson the friendly White-handed Gibbon	The Rare Plant Nursery.
Some type of rare plant I guess.	A Heron in the Everglades Habitat.	A Florida Gar just under the surface.
Some type of Turtle.	Three small Alligators sunning themselves.	A very light colored Alligator right next to the walkway.
A strange white Deer.	Hey Kidd.	Huge tortoise, tiny little head.
How prehistoric is that?	Sausage Tree, a native of Africa.	18 month old Orangutan.

Parrot Jungle Shows

I recommend you sit right in the middle of the auditorium to see the animals. The handlers do take them to either side but they do it very quickly so your best bet is still right up front in the middle.

The last thing we did before the park closed was the Jungle Theater show. There they showed a few exotic animals. The animals were nice but once again unless you were right up front you didn't get to see much and the hokey dialog was more than a little distracting.

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Before the Reptile Show I checked out this weird Alligator.	Is this called an Albino Alligator?	A large Indonesian Monitor Lizard.
This huge Turtle is found in the Mississippi River.	A young audience member gets to handle a baby Alligator.	A small Rattlesnake.
A small Cobra.	A very large Anaconda.	A young Tiger from India.
I think this was a Lemur.	Not sure what this was but I think it's from Madagascar.
	A white Siberian Tiger.	A well trained Chimp.

Comments From People Like You! Parrot Jungle Island : Miami, Florida 2004	add a comment
Maya Boskovic 15-Dec-2005 18:22
Mostly every second summer i go to miami beach florida. Two years ago i went there with my mom and dad , and i took a picture with a baby tiger. I was with my sister you may find my picture. I will describe myself to you . I have , brown eyes and brown hair i was wearing a white shirt and blue stripes . But the best part was i had so much fun.                                                      Thank you for a great time  :)

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