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Caribbean Islands Guide
Thirteen authors, 560 traveler tips, endless expanses of white sands and blue seas.

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Specialty Tour Packages
Do You Like Aquariums?
Choose from one of many tour packages (Keyword Aquarium):


VIP Behind the Scenes Tour - Follow the staff as they care for the animals
Swim with the Dolphins - Close encounters of the aquatic type
Seaplane Tour - Visit remote islands and beaches
Seaquarium Underwater Adventure - Jacques Costeau eat your heart out! Walk along the ocean floor and discover the amazing corals and much more.

USA Discount Aquarium Passes
Big discounts to famous American aquariums and many other theme park attractions.

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Best World Aquariums

This list of facilities concentrates those that focus primarily on true fish aquarium / museum exhibits, but may include lesser exhibits of marine mammals. Primary emphasis is usually on fish, shark, octopus, eels, manta rays, etc.

Aquarium of the Pacific	Long Beach, CA	Pacific Ocean exhibits
Birch Aquarium	La Jolla, CA	Pacific Ocean exhibits
Calvert Marine Museum	Solomons, MD	Chesapeake Bay Tidewaters
Colorado Ocean Journey	Denver, CO	Colorado River exhibits
Monterey Bay Aquarium	Monterey, CA	Pacific Ocean exhibits
National Aquarium	Baltimore, MD	Atlantic Ocean exhibits
New York Aquarium	New York, NY	Marine Mammals/ Fish
Runge Nature Center	Jefferson City MO
Virginia Institute of Marine Science	Gloucester, VA
Virginia Marine Museum	Virginia Beach, VA	Atlantic Ocean exhibits
Waikiki Aquarium	Honolulu, CA	Pacific Coral Reef Atolls

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Best Marine Parks

This list of facilities concentrates those that focus primarily on marine mammal exhibits, but may include lesser exhibits of true fish types. Primary emphasis is usually on whales, dolphins, orcas, sea lions, and walruses.

Seaquarium	Miami, FL
Gulfarium	Ft Walton Beach, FL
Gulf World	Panama Beach, FL
New York Aquarium	New York, NY	Marine Mammals/ Fish
Sea World	Orlando, FL
Sea World	San Diego, CA
Six Flags Marine World	Vallejo, CA

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Oceanographic Research Institutions / Marine Science

American Museum of Natural History	New York City
Scripps Institute of Oceanography	La Jolla, CA
Osborn Labs of Marine Sciences	New York, NY
Virginia Institute of Marine Science	Gloucester, VA

Hot Rate Hotels

Wyndham Aruba Beach Resort & Casino
From private ocean-view balconies, to the bustling free-form pool, to the sizzling nightlife, Wyndham Aruba Beach Resort & Casino offers a perfect vacation. The golden, private beach is just seconds from the fitness center and spa facilities and just steps from a sparkling pool where Wyndham Pool Concierges cater to your every whim. Take in a set of tennis, play a round of golf at a nearby course or explore the great shops in downtown Oranjestad.

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Flagstaff Marriott Residence Inn - Arizona
The Residence Inn Flagstaff offers a comfortable home base, whether visiting the Grand Canyon, historic Downtown Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University, Route 66 or the red rocks of nearby Sedona. The beauty of Arizona starts at the doorstep of our Flagstaff hotel, which overlooks both an 18-hole golf course and the Coconino National Forest.

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Other Recommended Reading
Find these titles at Amazon.com - some at discounts of upto 30%.


Song for the Blue Ocean- Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
The Living Ocean - Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity
Buried Treasures of the South - Legends of Lost, Buried, and Forgotten Treasures-From Tidewater Virginia and Coastal Carolina to Cajun Louisiana
Adventuring in the Chesapeake Bay Area - 2nd Edition by John Bowen
Bay Beacons - Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay