Penguin Encounter

Location:
Moody Gardens
1 Hope Blvd.
Galveston, TX

Contact:
(800)582-4673

Description:
The Moody Gardens Penguin Encounter is a 45-minute program designed to allow guests to get up close to one of the penguins from the Aquarium Pyramid South Atlantic Exhibit. Led by a Moody Gardens biologist, the experience starts at the front of the exhibit and takes guests behind the scenes to the penguin food preparation kitchen and the back of the chilly penguin exhibit while discussing penguin biology, conservation, training, enrichment and care. Participants will experience the cool climate, sounds and even smells of the exhibit and witness a penguin create a work of art as part of an enrichment activity for the animal.Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the Aquarium Pyramid of the day of the encounter. Participants must also purchase admission to the Aquarium Pyramid.