By: Lime Green Giraffe Copy Editor, Ali S.
Welcome to this issue of Adventures with Ali. In this article, you will be
taken on an amazing adventure to Callaway Gardens located in Pine Mountain,
Georgia. After reading this, you will be able to start preparing for your next
adventure with details on attractions, festivals and so much more information.
At Callaway Gardens, there are
several remarkable activities that are fun to enjoy and experience. For
example, one attraction is the Day Butterfly Center. The Day Butterfly Center
is a wonderful place where you can go and experience the beauty of nature with
butterflies flying all around you. Something that makes this place special is
that if you are careful, a butterfly might just land on your hand, but only if
you stay extremely still. The butterflies may either randomly fly onto you, or
crawl onto your hand. This indoor butterfly palace lets you be surrounded by
butterflies and get lost in their beauty. Afterwards, you can stop by the gift
shop and buy something to take home to remind you of your visit.
Another unique place to visit
is the Callaway Discovery Center. The Callaway Discovery Center is a great
place filled with many different activities. The Birds of Prey is an educational
program that teaches visitors about wild raptor birds, most of whom have
injuries and cannot be released back into the wild. You can get an
up-close look at these incredible animals and learn how humans affect their
lives.
Also at the Discovery Center
is a place called TreeTop Adventure and Zip Lines. At this place, you can go
through an obstacle course in the trees filled with zip lines from one obstacle
to another. As you progress through the course the obstacles become more
difficult and more fun.
Bicycling is one of visitors
and local’s favorite thing to do because it takes you through pathways where
you can see the beauty of nature. There are 10 miles of newly repaved bicycle
trails. In addition, there are more great attractions that are extremely
amazing for all ages.
At Callaway Gardens, there are
also opportunities to go geocaching. If you do not know what geocaching is, it
is finding hidden objects using GPS coordinates. There are more than 40 caches
in Callaway Gardens this means that there is more fun for you to find. Besides
geocaching you can also, visit Robin Lake Beach. At the beach, you can hang out
on the sand or enjoy some of the water activities. Water tubing, skiing
and paddle boating are just a few of the fun things to do here. In the summer
months, you can also enjoy seeing the FSU Flying High Circus.
Besides the year-round
activities found in Callaway Gardens, there are also festivals that happen just
once a year. One festival is called the Fantasy in Lights, which takes place around
Christmas time and is a huge celebration for the holiday where they set up this
large pathway filled with Christmas Lights that looks fantastic and provides a
great family experience. There are 8-million lights and 15 magical scenes that
make up this festival’s biggest attraction. One of the special attractions at
the Fantasy in Lights is to go shopping in a huge popup tent called the
Christmas Village which is open just during this festival. There are
opportunities for holiday character sightings, shopping for unique holiday
gifts and great food options. You can either drive through the lights in your
own vehicle or take a trolley ride through the lights. On the
trolley ride each scene is narrated, everyone sings Christmas songs and you can
even make some new friends.
Another one of the popular
festivals here is the Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival, this festival happens
in early September. At this festival, you can either ride in a hot air balloon
tethered to the ground or just see breathtaking view of the balloons as they
light up the sky with bright and vibrant colors. There are several more
festivals and events that are splendid and fascinating.
Callaway Gardens is a
beautiful and amazing place with fun family events all year long. Anyone who
has been here has not been disappointed and neither will you, if you go and
have your own adventure at Callaway Gardens. This has been another Adventures with Ali. Thank you for
reading my article and I hope you get a chance to visit Callaway Gardens in the
future.
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