Turtle Bay Exploration Park

Calling this lovely place a park is an understatement. It is more like an amusement park: a zoo, a museum, several hiking trails, a botanic garden (closed) as well as adventure-style playgrounds. A great place to learn and play with kids. This place is full of love and support from the community.

I loveeee this place ❤. I used to go all the time as a kid. I haven't been in around 5 years, so I decided to go today. It was the best decision ever they have all sorts of animals, and the year-long membership is affordable. They had amazing exhibits. A whole bunch of stuff for kids to have fun. I went in the morning on a weekday, so they were really empty, but on the weekends, they are really super busy. I hear so be warned ⚠ lol.i am totally going agian . The best part were the service staff they are all super nice and there for you 😀 😌🥪

Me & my family had a nice time here. We got to catch the animal show, which was really cute! The butterfly exhibit had a good amount of different healthy butterflies. They have a nice kids playground. My daughter really enjoyed the Zipline 🙂 We didn't get to see the gardens (it was hot🥵) but we'll definitely check it out next time!

Love this place. Very family friendly and an awesome day trip plan. All kinds of interesting things to look at and explore. Super cool stuff for the kids. Definitely worth a trip.

We stopped here as a pitstop on a road trip. Mainly we went to see the parrot house, and we weren't disappointed! Within a few minutes a parrot landed on my son's head... Which was adorable and left him very happy. The play structure and water play area was entertaining as well! Really cool place to take a walk/bike ride over the bridge!

Awesomeness, a lot of great learning experience especially history too. A lot more than I expected. A++. Never knew they have a huge hidden kid park or made it to that side. Always a great huge place to go out and walk around. Plenty of parking space.

Took the Family to Turtle Bay Museum for the tree house exhibit. It was so much fun and so many activities to do. My kiddo made a binary bracelet with his initials, chalk art, dressed up in scientist and engineers clothing and got to play in the tree house. The marine exhibit and art gallery exhibit was amazing to view. Our favorite activity is to vote for what to see for future displays. After, we like to go walking to the nursery.

Animals looked happy I had fun and it was educational experience. The ai exhibit was really the cherry on top and an unexpected surprise.

Love this place. Half price Thursday $5 kids $10 adults
The birds the butterflies the sundial Bridge all a blast and there was so much more to see

Got my moneys worth I spend couple hrs looking around. Truly enjoyed this museum.Very entertaining and perfect for all ages.

Amazing park and museum to spend few hours. Museum is quite small and can be done within an hour. The park is huge and takes couple of hours. The playgrounds are good for kids with zip lining and all. Lorekeets /parrots feeding is a blast and definitely do that

This place never disappoints. I’ve been to their bubble event, Christmas light show, butterfly exhibit and many more. The kids love it. It’s seriously worth every penny for a year pass. When it’s too hot or bad weather outside this is our weekend go to for sure. But we also try to enjoy it on nice days also.

It was a hot day, most of the animals were panting. Maybe set up a mister for them. Anyways, it was our 1st time being here. We loved everything about it

I really enjoyed my visit to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. All three of the main areas (Garden, Museum and Forest Camp) were interesting. Some of the highlights were the Sundial Bridge, King Tut exhibit and the Animal Show.

Very cool museum. Fun for both kids and adults. The outdoor playgrounds were so creative and a blast for my kiddos. Feeding the birds was my favorite part!

My kids love being here and playing and seeing the animals. We have not gone through the indoor museum yet. However all the staff we have come across so far are so friendly. Always enjoy our time here. ***UPDATE*** We have been able to explore the museum and we absolutely love it and the special exhibits. This place is perfect for families.

Turtle Bay Park/Museum is great for a nice little day out for ages 1 to 10, families or the causal day out.

The Museum area:
Tickets are around -
$18 per adult
$14 for kids
Free for kids 3 & under
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Easy to park, no fee.
Small Cafe/store for food/drinks.
*masks are required indoors* even if it's not a law.

Across the Sun Dial Bridge, you'll find a garden trial and bike and walk paths.

Times are usually 8am to 5pm.

Great place for both young and big kids to play, and learn the wild and animals. The playground is more challenging than regular playground and more funny. It is close to Sundial bridge. People can also take a walk there after playing in the park. Parking is easy.

Always great going to Turtle Bay. The museum is really cool and has rotating exhibits along with their regular exhibits like the caves, salmon habitat, and early Shasta County. The outdoor areas are great for the kids with a huge playground for both older kids and younger kids. The animals aren't anything spectacular, but the parrot house and the butterfly house, when there are butterflies there, are pretty cool.

We spent all day here. The kids loved the short zipline and all the playgrounds. The animal show was amazing. The trainers let the animals show off being as natural as possible.
We arrived the day before and walked the gardens just past the sundial bridge. Half the people enjoying this bridge in Redding, California were international! An amazing place to come in the evening to listen to local instruments playing.