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Our interactive programs provide an amazing opportunity to meet some our animal ambassadors and learn how to be a conservation crusader for their wild counterparts.  If you or someone you know loves marine mammals, we have a program that allows you to get up close and personal with our seals and sea lions.  Whether staying dry poolside or dipping your toes in the water, the following interactive programs are guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a love for our flippered friends in your heart:

Sea Lion Splash is offered for kids ages 5-10 and is a program that has been a favorite for many years.  Our junior trainers work with our educators, trainers, and animals while learning about our seals and sea lions, what goes into training our animals, and conservation.  Participants in these programs work poolside with our animals feeding them fish that they checked and bucketed themselves all while practicing some hands-on training with a target pole and a clicker!  Are you 13 or over and interested in learning about the world of marine mammal science in greater detail?  Check out our Job Shadow program and spend the day one on one with one of the members of our animal care team!

Kids Summer Camps are something that every child (and sometimes parents, too!) look forward to every year.  Oceans of Fun offers the only marine mammal camp in the Midwest and we’ve recently made some fun changes to some of these programs!  Our camps are offered for children ages 7-13 and allow participants the unique opportunity of a life time.  Whether attending our 2-Day Animal Training Camp, 3-Day Mini Camp, or our 5-Day Sea Lion Explorer or Marine Voyager camps, participants get to know our animals and trainers extremely well through daily poolside interactions.  New this summer, is our Marine Voyagers Marine Mammal Careers Camp which will focus on all the professions revolving around marine mammals.  From trainers to veterinarians to educators, our campers will experience it all and even more!  From crafts to mock rescue and rehabilitation, our camps provide some of the best summer memories a child could ask for!

Our Aquatic Adventure is one of our most popular programs as it's the only in-water pinniped program in the Midwest!  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to enter the water with our seals and sea lions?  Find out during this one of kind program and create memories that will last a lifetime. Learn in depth about the components of providing exceptional welfare to these animals, how we reinforce positive behavior, and more before making a splash with our animal ambassadors!

For more program details or to make a reservation click here.  Unsure of your schedule but want to take advantage of our 15% off deal?  You are able to reschedule your program free of charge up to two weeks prior to your program!