Once through the doors of the climate-controlled, 70-foot high glass-enclosed conservatory, you see and hear at once a cascading waterfall, obscuring your vision of what lies beyond. Navigating around the waterfall, images sharpen to reveal a natural paradise that feels like an exotic locale far, far away. Winding by a flowing river, you'll enter the tropical warmth of a verdant rainforest shrouded in a light mist, thick with unusual flowers and vegetation. You'll hear the call of unfamiliar birds and buzz of insects while jasmine and gardenia perfume the air. Sight...Sound...Touch....Smell... every sense is heightened as you proceed....

Exploring along the winding paths of the conservatory, you progress at your own pace through four changing ecosystems. The sights, sounds, temperature, air movement - even the pathways -- signal transition upon entering each habitat. You are transported through two lush rainforests to a cooler, open savannah, amassed with fragrant flowers, that hints of the North American prairie or a sun-drenched African veldt. Finally, you'll travel to an arid desert where blooming cacti and a profusion of brightly-hued wildflowers exist among the low scrub vegetation.

Each habitat brings forth a myriad of discoveries and fascinating details, illuminated in a variety of ways: through helpful volunteers, viewer-friendly graphics, a written Safari Guide, interactive touch-screen monitors and even customized audio tours that are narrated according to the listener's age, preferences, interests and language!

Thrill in becoming the butterflies' personal landing pad, as they alight on noses and hands! Here, butterflies touch you in so many ways - both literally and figuratively!

Devoted to an understanding of butterflies, their relatives and their conservation, Butterfly Kingdom takes a flight of fancy into this vital niche of our environment in vibrant, living color, introducing a facility unlike any other in the world. Its inhabitants are diminutive in size, but enormous in impact. Their existence helps secure the survival of people and the environment.