Virtual Tours
Animal House: we’re bringing the zoo to you
We’re live streaming our zoo so you can enjoy #AnimalsAtHome.
https://www.zoo.org.au/animal-house
San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour!
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are.
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
Georgia Aquarium
Our Ocean Voyager gallery, built by The Home Depot is home to four whale sharks, four manta rays and thousands of other fascinating fish. As one of the largest single aquatic exhibits in the world, Ocean Voyager features an acrylic tunnel for guests to view thousands of marine creatures on all sides, as well as a giant acrylic viewing window to explore our oceans like never before.
Atlanta Zoo
Panda Cam – We know the pandas bring you joy, and in these extraordinary times, we’re glad.
Houston Zoo
Tune in to the Houston Zoo Webcams and enjoy a live look at animals that call the Houston Zoo home! See the herd of Asian elephants wander through their enormous habitat. Watch as giraffes nibble lettuce fed to them by guests at the feeding platform; you could join them on your next visit. See the rhinos roll in their mud puddle or the flamingos float next to a waterfall. See the chimpanzees interact with guests at their window or snooze in a hammock.
https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/webcams/
Mars
Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover.
They are updating from WEBVR to WEBXR now, but 360 Mode offers a digital view!
https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
Live Concerts
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is live streaming its upcoming scheduled performances – for free.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWC3rUkPeaV2B2r_bwwgnNw
Metropolitan Opera, New York City
The Met Opera is streaming live performances at 7:30pm (local time) every night.
Recordings are available for 20 hours after each show.
Great Wall of China
See a hiker’s perspective of The Great Wall of China without even breaking a sweat, thanks to The China Guide’s interactive virtual tour of the wall’s 10-kilometre Jinshanling to Simatai section.
https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
Sistine Chapel, Italy
Walk through the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, using your computer mouse instead of your legs. You can look up, down, and around, with a 360-degree view of the amazing architecture and fresco paintings.
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/index_sistina_en.htm
Nature
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Swoop like a bird over the windswept Cliffs of Moher using this interactive drone imagery of the iconic natural attraction.
Click Here for Cliffs of Moher Ireland
Royal Botanic Gardens, London
Check out these stunning panoramic photographs of London’s Royal Botanic Gardens on Google’s Street View feature.
Click Here for Royal Botanic Gardens
Yosemite National Park, California
Check out this amazing project – Virtual Yosemite – that transports you to this bucket-list National Park. It even has sound.
https://www.virtualyosemite.org/virtual-tour/#node27
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
See all of the epic sights of Yellowstone, and plan your visit for when travel resumes, with these virtual explorations.
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
Katamai National Park, Alaska
Connect with the wild nature of Alaska via this live feed of Alaska’s Katmai National Park.
https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls