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Coconut Creek, Florida: Butterfly World: Largest on Earth

Butterflies are free -- well, not really, they're kind of stuck here. Largest butterfly house in the world holds 80 species.

Tradewinds Park

Address:
3600 W. Sample Rd, Coconut Creek, FL
Directions:
Tradewinds Park, 10 miles north of Ft. Lauderdale. Florida Turnpike or Interstate I-95, 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek. Exit at Sample Road and head west. Enter Tradewinds Park on the south side of Sample Road, 1/4 mile west of the Florida Turnpike.
Hours:
M-Sa 9-7, Su 1-5 (Call to verify)
Phone:
954-977-4400
Admission:
Adults $30.00, AAA 15% off
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Butterflies.

Butterfly World: Largest on Earth

More than just butterflies; there are birds and a bug center.

[Mia, 10/21/2021]
Butterfly World

Since its doors first opened in the Spring of 1988, Butterfly World has introduced hundreds of thousands of visitors to the wonders of Lepidoptera and the natural world around us all. The facility is the largest butterfly house in the world today.

[Phil Qualter, 07/29/2004]

Trip choice -- Alligator Farm, or Butterfly World? Hmmm.....


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