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Sat., March 22 – Sun., March 23 | 10:30 am – 4 pm | Included with General Admission
Waddle on over to the National Aviary and celebrate everyone’s favorite flightless feathered friends: penguins! Meet the colony of African Penguins in Penguin Point, watch a fun feeding and chat with National Aviary experts, find out what makes penguins so unique, make your own penguin craft, and more. Learn how you can help penguins and other marine life every day.
Penguin-Palooza Schedule of Activities:
10:30 am: African Penguin Feeding | Penguin Point
11 am – 3 pm: Penguins and Friends Scavenger Hunt | Full Facility
11 am – 3 pm: Penguin Discovery Zone | Learning Center
- Explore Penguin Adaptations
- Learn about Artificial Nest Burrows
- Play a Sustainable Seafood Fishing Game
- Uncover a Day in the Life of a Penguin Park Ranger
- Test Your Penguin Knowledge during Trivia
- Create Your Very Own Penguin Puppet Craft
- Read a Story in our Penguin Book Nook
11 am – 3 pm: See How You Compare to the World’s 18 Penguin Species | Penguin Point
1 pm: Meet an African Penguin Animal Ambassador | Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone™ Theater
4 pm: African Penguin Feeding | Penguin Point
Add-on fun: In honor of Penguin-Palooza, create your own waddle-ful work of art! Join Maria DeSimone Prascak of Maria’s Ideas; MariasIdeas.com on Thurs., June 12 from 5:30 – 8 pm for a creative and colorful class in painting your own fine and feathered masterpiece.
Can’t get enough of these waddling wonders? Book a Penguin Encounter, Penguin Feeding Encounter, or Jr. Penguin Encounter for the little ones!
Eat like the penguins do at the National Aviary (aka sustainably-sourced fish)! Use the Monterey Bay Seafood Watch to help find sustainably-sourced seafood during your next shopping trip.