Panama City Beach, Florida is home to a wide selection of activities — thrilling, relaxing, food-centric, and everything in between — for all ages.
So, what are you waiting for?
A popular family-friendly oasis on any sizzling summer day, the tropically-themed Shipwreck Island Waterpark offers a handful of towering waterslides, a calming lazy river, toddler-friendly pools, and plenty of water cannons and play areas that will keep the kids entertained for hours.
One of the crowd’s favorite attractions, the thrilling Great Shipwreck sends thrill-seeking guests down a zip line from Spanish Galleon into a refreshing pool of water below!
Catering to animal lovers of all ages, Gulf World Marine Park provides over a dozen different exciting animal encounters from swimming with dolphins to meeting Californian sea lions and even feeding stingrays at Stingray Bay!
With a range of daily educational shows to boot, plus the chance to embark on the “Trainer for a Day” program that takes you behind the scenes into the world of animal care, a great day out awaits.
Boasting a tricky Gran maze the size of a football field plus a pair of well-decorated tropical-themed mini-golf courses with cascading waterfalls and a lake full of fish, Coconut Creek Family Fun Park is a wonderful place for families to spend an afternoon.
Hot tip: grab an unlimited pass, which allows you to roam free and even carries over to the next day!
Straddling the sparkling warms waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it should come as no surprise that Panama City Beach is teeming with incredible sailing opportunities.
For a salty-aired atmosphere unlike any other, a range of catamaran tours — ranging from 90 minutes to four hours — head out onto the waters of St Andrews Bay.
While there’s nothing wrong with lounging on the sailboat trampoline, rum punch in hand, if you’re hoping for a little more adventure, opt for tours that also include a snorkeling session at Shell Island!
Even though Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is found in tourist-trodden cities all over the globe, with its marvelous selection of oddities, optical illusions, and one-of-a-kind interactive exhibits, the popular attraction never gets old!
Home to a confusing Mirror Maze, sensory-overloading 7D Moving Theater, and sky movie-style Lazer Race, Ripley’s is a surefire way to keep the whole family entertained for at least an hour or two!
Sure, you can lie down a beach towel and work on the tan for hours on end, but for the adrenaline junkies, Panama City Beach is heaven on earth for water sports!
You can go parasailing (for unbeatable views of Panama City Beach from above), snorkeling, surfing, jetskiing, or wakeboarding — and if you’re feeling really adventurous, even hop on the high-speed banana boat!