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Biosphere 2, the world famous attraction 20 minutes north of Tucson
has a brand new look and feel, and includes a new visitor center, a
movie, gift shop and a spectacular updated tour route. All visitors
are now allowed to enter the entire 3.15-acre technological wonder,
as the new tour focuses primarily on under-the-glass botanical
exhibits.
The new tour begins at the $10 million
conference center. Parking for 500 cars, buses, and RV's flows
directly into the new visitor center, admissions, gift shop, and
theater. From there it is a short but breath-taking walk to a point
looking
Trees on the rock cliff above the saltwater ocean.
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down onto the Bio 2 rain forest pyramid
and then directly into the giant self-contained mini-world. The
under-the-glass tour transitions from the cliff above the one
million gallon saltwater ocean through the upper and lower
savannahs, thorn scrub, desert and technosphere, finishing inside
the amazing south lung complex. Visitors then continue to the
underwater ocean viewing gallery exhibit before returning to the
starting point on the hill overlooking Biosphere 2. The new guided
tour also provides some unique photo opportunities that were not
available to the visitor on the previous route.
"As one of southern Arizona’s leading
tourist attractions and the only one of its kind in the world, we
provide a unique experience that you just cannot get anywhere else,”
says Gilbert LaRoque, Biosphere's Tour Manager. “People come from
all over the world and they make it a point to include us on their
must do list.”
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