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Become a “Wild Explorer” and travel across Africa to follow majestic animals through a virtual reality experience like no other in Central Alabama. The Birmingham Zoo has partnered with IMMOTION to offer dynamic, motion-based virtual reality experiences, featuring live-action and animated education/entertainment content guided by wildlife experts, marine biologists, and conservation organizations.

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"The Great Migration”

Join Emmy award-winning documentary filmmakers as they take you on an incredible journey through Africa’s Great Migration.

Each year, millions of wildebeests, zebras, and antelopes traverse East Africa’s wide open grasslands in a continuous, circular trek in search of fresh grazing lands and water, pausing only for a few months when females are giving birth.

In the wildlife immersive film experience, “The Great Migration,” witness how these millions of free-roaming animals make their way through the peaks and perils of Africa’s savannah terrain, from the Maasai Mara River in Kenya to the majestic landscape of Tanzania’s Serengeti, in search for a better life across the animal kingdom.

"Gorilla Trek"

Meet Charles, a silverback mountain gorilla who leads his family known as the Umubano family.
This family is unique because five other silverbacks would like to be the alpha, but only one
silverback makes the decisions for the family. And for many years it has been Charles. One
silverback, Zirikana challenges Charles for control of the family. At first, his challenges are subtle.
As time passes, his threatening behavior leads to a physical confrontation with Charles. In the
end, Charles remains the dominant silverback and Ziracana is left with a choice: stay with the
group and continue to be submissive to Charles or leave the only family he has known to forge
his path in the Rwanda rainforest.

"Dolphins of the Reef"

Dolphins of the Reef explores the unique bond between a pod of bottle-nosed dolphins and
their surrounding coral reefs, uncovering remarkable behavior and conservation challenges.