Gatorland is a 110-acre theme park, wildlife preserve, and bird rookery in Florida, located south of Orlando. Gatorland is billed as the “Alligator Capital of the World,” and features thousands of alligators (including rare leucistic alligators), crocodiles, and many other animals. Attractions in the park include a breeding marsh with a boardwalk and observation tower, zip lines, an off-road swamp vehicle tour, a ridable miniature railroad, alligator feeding shows, alligator wrestling shows, an aviary, a petting zoo, and educational programs.
One of the primary features of Gatorland is the bird rookery that exists in the trees and shrubs above the breeding marsh and boardwalk. Because the many alligators below keep out the natural predators, the Florida bird life is free to flourish. This is particularly amazing in the spring when there are literally hundreds of Herons, Egrets, Limpkins, and other Florida bird species building nests and hatching babies in the trees and shrubs along the boardwalk.
