Animal Adventures
Book your Southern California lodging at Holiday Inn San Diego on the Bay, a premier option for downtown San Diego hotels. Enjoy convenient access to popular San Diego attractions, including numerous opportunities for up-close animal encounters. Be sure to check our specials page for valuable discounts and packages for your vacation at our San Diego hotel by Sea World and other popular attractions.
Stay at one of the best hotels near Sea World San Diego, CA and get your ticket to an aquatic adventure, just 6 miles from our hotel where you will be greeted with a multitude of marine mammals, exciting shows and thrilling rides. Meet Shamu the killer whale, Sea World’s mascot and star of Believe®, one of the park’s most popular shows. In addition to Shamu, you will get the chance to see dolphins, otters, sea lions and seals performing in entertaining shows. At Sea World in San Diego, you can experience the myth and the magic of the lost city of Atlantis by taking a ride on Journey to Atlantis®, a combination roller coaster and log flume attraction.
Take advantage of San Diego’s delightful weather by visiting the famous San Diego Zoo, just four miles away. Utilize our complimentary hotel shuttle, offering daily scheduled service to the zoo. Located within Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo, also an accredited botanical garden, is run by the Zoological Society of San Diego which also oversees the San Diego Wild Animal Park. View more than 4,000 creatures representing more than 800 species of animal throughout this sprawling zoo. This zoo is also just one of four zoos in the United States with giant pandas. Give your feet a rest by taking a guided bus tour or get a ticket to go on a Skyfari - elevated gondolas which offer a unique bird’s-eye view of the animals.
34 miles north of the San Diego Zoo in Escondido, visitors have a rare opportunity to witness 3,500 animals representing 429 species roaming throughout the 1,800-acre San Diego California Wild Animal Park. Included in the admission price, you will take a 60-minute ride on a monorail which takes you through varying landscapes from Africa to Asia. You may also choose to join a Photo Caravan, where you can get up-close to the animals in places inaccessible to the public.
