Family Travel: Best of the Pacific
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The sun sets here; people sing about paying a visit; and the region encompasses the country's largest state, most populous state and youngest state. These 10 attractions along the Pacific are as varied as you can get, but they do have at least one thing in common: Each will spark your child's imagination.
#1: San Diego Zoo, San Diego
There are zoos, and then there are zoos. The San Diego Zoo at San Diego's 1,200 acre Balboa Park is one of the largest in the world with more than 4,000 animals — among them a rare giant panda and the largest number of koalas outside of Australia. Take a guided tour of the 100 acres, including Tiger River and Polar Bear Plunge, or hop on the Skyfari gondola for a bird's-eye view of the park. The zoo was founded after the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, when many exotic animals were abandonded and, in 1922, it took up permanent residence at Balboa Park. The Wild Animal Park is 32 miles north in Escondido.
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