San Diego Zoo Safari Park All Aflutter: It's time for Butterfly Jungle From March 24 to April 15, 2012, guests can stroll through aviary filled with 30 butterfly species

Once a year, the magic of butterflies sparks wonder and imagination among visitors both young and old at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. It's a three-week period, March 24 to April 15, when  guests walk among thousands of brightly colored butterflies in a huge aviary filled with lush green plants and flowers. Guests who come year after year know to have their cell phones and cameras ready to snap a shot when one of the delicate beauties lands on their shoulder or head!
 
The 30 species hail from Africa, Asia and Central and South America and come with exotic names such as zebra longwing, orange-barred tiger and Grecian shoemaker. Others are more familiar, the monarch, giant swallowtail and blue morpho, but this is a chance to see them up close!
 
This year for the first time, guests will be able to take special identification cards with them through the exhibit and try to name each species. Not far from Butterfly Jungle, guests can check out more winged creatures at the Safari Park's new bat exhibit: a cloud of 13 Rodrigues fruit bats.
 
Special activities are scheduled throughout the Park during Butterfly Jungle. There also will be butterfly-themed foods from the Park's kitchens, such as cupcakes, to enjoy.
 
Butterfly Jungle is included with admission to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Admission is $42 for adults and $32 for children ages 3-11. Children 2 and younger receive free admission.
 
The 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo Safari Park (historically referred to as Wild Animal Park) is operated by the not-for-profit San Diego Zoo and includes a 900-acre native species reserve. The organization focuses on conservation and research work around the globe, educates millions of individuals a year about wildlife and maintains accredited horticultural, animal, library and photo collections.  The Zoo also manages the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research.  The important conservation and science work of these entities is supported in part by The Foundation of the Zoological Society of San Diego.