Reptile Discovery Center, DeLand

This place is so great. Now I'm not gonna lie, but it it's a small place. However the collection they have is extremely impressive. All of their snakes are amazing and are well taken care of. We saw snakes that I have only seen on tv but ones that I have always wanted to see. The main attraction is the venom extraction. We saw them work with a coral snake, copperhead, cotton mouth and a cobra today. I cannot tell you how impressed I was watching them work with those creatures. Before the show they had some snakes for everyone to hold and touch which was a great experience for my boys. There is a nature trail here that we unfortunately did not get to today, but will in the future. Besides snakes, they have turtles, geckos, lizards and alligators. Do yourself a favor and check this place out. Also a special thank you to both Carl and Mara (sorry if I butchered your name!), for taking the time to answer all of my kids questions. It really meant a lot to him and to us!! It was great talking to you!

We had a ton of fun here today! I really love how interactive the extraction portion is. We got to handle a couple of the snakes. The discovery walk was really neat too! I enjoyed it a lot!