Shark Week is one of the most popular events in San Diego attracting thousands of visitors in a week. As the name suggests, Shark Week is dedicated to sharks. To be held at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps at La Jolla, the Shark Week will run from July 17 to July 23.
The famous Birch Aquarium is home to more than 10 species of sharks. Once you are at the Birch Aquarium you can get up close and personal with different species of sharks including leopard sharks, brown banded bamboo sharks, wobbegongs, whitetip and blacktip reef sharks, Port Jackson sharks and more. You can watch the videos of the sharks in the wild or go on a shark scavenger hunt.

Shark Week at the Birch Aquarium allows you a one-of-a-kind experience of close encounters with sharks, which you can’t expect anywhere else on land! You can touch swell shark pups and docile horn. And don’t forget to get yourself photographed with a white shark.

If you are planning your California family vacations in July, do make it a point to bring your kids to the Shark Week. This 7-day long program educates visitors about these powerful creatures.

Sharks are usually portrayed as dangerous species which kill their vulnerable preys indiscriminately. However this is an unfortunate myth associated with sharks. The researchers at the Scripps do a great job in educating visitors on how sharks are important to marine life, how they can be just as vulnerable and why there is a growing need to protect their declining population.

In order to best enjoy the activities and all the fun at the Shark Week, you should stay at a San Diego lodging from where you can commute easily to the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla.  There are several San Diego accommodations which provide nice San Diego packages and California vacation packages. Talking about best budget motels and hotels, California Suites Hotel offers fine quality services at competitive prices. It is located 15 minute away from the San Diego International Airport, and other attractions such as the Sea World and the Zoo and of course, the sun kissed beaches of San Diego.

San Diego attracts a heavy inflow of tourists during this season, so book your rooms in advance. And don’t forget to include Shark week at Birch Aquarium in your itinerary on your San Diego vacation.

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Interesting shows, thrilling rides, amazing exhibits and various other activities make Sea World’s Summer Nights an irresistible magnet which attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. Located along the Mission Bay district in San Diego, the Summer Nights fiesta at the Sea World has been the center of attraction ever since it started on June 18 this year. Tourists who are on a San Diego vacation can take some time off from their itinerary to visit it any time till Aug. 29, 2010.

The prime attraction of the Sea World is the famous killer whale-Shamu and needless to say, Shamu’s shows are huge draws. There are various shows featuring Shamu such as Believe, Shamu Rocks, and The Shamu Story. Shamu Rocks is a very exciting show in which the popular killer whale -Shamu plays a rock star and jigs to sizzling rock ‘n’ roll music with incredible animation and impressive lighting effects in the background. You would not have seen such exciting rock n roll performance by anyone ever.

Once you are done with the Shamu Rocks, check out the hilarious Sea Lions Tonite and Sea Lions LIVE. Both the shows feature sea lions Clyde and Seamore who entertain the crowds with their mischievous acts.

Interested in a 4-D theater experience? Check out the Sesame Street Presents: Lights, Camera, Imagination. It features the furry red monster Elmo, Big Bird, Bert and some other humorous characters such as dancing octopus, monstrous cookies and more. If your children like watching children’s television, take them to the Sesame Street show. They will love this Sesame presentation too complete with 4-D effects.

Do you love watching circus? Then you shouldn’t miss the Cirque de la Mer at any cost. Cirque de la Mer is very different from the typical circuses. You will view some great acrobatic feats here especially in three different forms – land, water and in the air!

Apart from different shows, Sea World’s Summer Nights also offers amazing rides. Go for a Bayside Skyride which is an amazing ride across the scenic Mission Bay giving you plenty of time to admire the beauty of the area. Want to catch the magnificent views of the San Diego skyline from the top? Then you must go on a Skytower ride. For adventure seekers, there are some really thrilling and spine tickling rides such as Journey To Atlantis, Shipwreck
Rapids, and more.

Sea World’s Summer Nights is an awesome tourist place which appeals to both kids as well as grown ups. So if you are planning to come on a San Diego vacation between June and August, you must include Sea World’s Summer Nights in your itinerary.

For easy travel, book your rooms in a hotel in San Diego from where Sea World is located nearby. In case if you are on a limited budget, you don’t need to stay in a cheap San Diego hotel. Rather there are several good budget hotels in San Diego which provide tightly priced San Diego packages and California vacation packages. California Suites Hotel is the Value Price Leader among budget hotels in San Diego and offers quality services at affordable prices.

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