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Best Educational Activities in New Orleans

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About 50 miles from the bright lights and wild nightlife of Bourbon Street lies one of the best kept secrets in Southeast Louisiana. The Global Wildlife Center is this country's largest completely free-roaming wildlife preserve. It's an African safari in New Orleans' backyard. Visitors can take a short trip across Lake Pontchartrain for a guided wagon tour that gets up close and personal with some of the most exotic animals in the world, more than 900 of which call this preserve home. Kids and kids at heart can feed giraffes, bison, zebras, and camels in an experience of a lifetime.

Located on the eastern limits of New Orleans, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge is actually the biggest wildlife refuge in an urban area in the United States. Visitors to Bayou Sauvage have many choices when it comes to activities, from hiking, fishing and hunting to birdwatching and self-guided trail walks. The Bayou Lacombe Visitors Center is a good place to start a visit to Bayou Sauvage as they can provide visitors with information about the wildlife refuge, Junior Ranger kits for kids, along with several miles of trails and a botanical garden.

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