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Jungle Island Unveils ‘Jungle Splash’ – REVIEW

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Cool Off and Connect with Nature as Jungle Island Introduces Jungle Splash Water Park Alongside Fascinating Wildlife Encounters!

June 28th, 2024

Make a splash at Jungle Island, South Florida’s premier destination for adventure and wildlife encounters! The park has just unveiled its newest attraction, Jungle Splash—a colossal inflatable water park that redefines summer fun. Officially opened to the public on Friday, June 14th, this vibrant water playground invites visitors of all ages to dive into exhilarating water-based adventures.

Nestled within the lush landscapes of Jungle Island, with the stunning backdrop of Biscayne Bay, Jungle Splash stretches an impressive 115 feet wide by 115 feet long and towers 21 feet high. With three towering slides, refreshing wading pools, and a dynamic multi-level playground, this is the ultimate hydration destination for families looking to beat the sweltering Florida heat. Whether you’re gliding down the massive inflatables or wading through the cool pools, every corner of this vibrant splash zone promises joy and laughter.

Adding to the excitement, Jungle Island offers live entertainment on weekends and a delightful beer garden where adults can unwind while soaking in the tropical vibes. The splash zone also features a versatile space perfect for birthday parties, corporate outings or even casual happy hours, making it a hotspot for all sorts of summer festivities.

Safety is paramount at Jungle Island, with certified lifeguards vigilantly overseeing the fun, ensuring a secure environment for all guests. As President & CEO Jeremy Hauwelaert proudly states, “Jungle Splash demonstrates our commitment to providing extraordinary and unforgettable adventures for our guests. There’s simply nothing like it in South Florida.” This emphasis on safety allows families to relax and fully immerse themselves in the adventure.

But the fun doesn’t stop at the water park! Before diving into the refreshing waters, guests can explore several adventures Jungle Island has to offer. Treetop Trekking Miami invites thrill-seekers to conquer its sprawling six-acre aerial adventure course, while the enchanting Treewalk Village provides a more grounded but equally exciting experience for explorers of all ages.

Animal lovers are in for a treat with Jungle Island’s array of intimate animal encounters. From cuddly wallabies and playful lemurs to majestic sloths and flamboyant flamingos, each interaction is a delightful opportunity to connect with nature. My family and I’s encounter with Jungle Island’s wallabies was surreal. All of us couldn’t help but smile ear-to-ear with the brush kangaroos as they hopped toward us for food. Guests can also engage with adorable bunnies, curious capybaras, gentle giant tortoises and enjoy the charming petting zoo filled with friendly pigs and goats. Each encounter is crafted to inspire wonder and educate, making Jungle Island a paradise for wildlife enthusiasts.

Tickets for Jungle Splash are on sale now. For those eager to make a splash all summer long, the Splash Pass is an incredible value at $99 for adults and $65 for children, offering unlimited access to Jungle Splash and garden admission throughout the 2024 season. For a single-day adventure, General Garden Admission, which includes entry to Jungle Splash, is available at $36.95 for adults and $22.95 for children.

Operating hours are Sunday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with extended hours on Friday and Saturday until 8:00 p.m., making Jungle Splash the perfect summer destination. Whether you’re seeking thrilling water slides, engaging animal encounters, or a peaceful retreat in nature, Jungle Island has it all. Don’t miss out on the adventure of at this iconic South Florida landmark.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Jungle Island or call 305-400-7000. Get ready to dive into fun at Jungle Island’s Jungle Splash—where adventure and nature collide!

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Coach is South Florida Insider's Owner, President, Webmaster, as well as a Reporter and Photographer covering events all over the world. Born in West Palm Beach, Coach continues to call the sunny Florida area home. He received his Associate degree from the University of South Florida, then transferred to the University of Florida where he received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Journalism & Communications. During his journalistic career, which has been featured in local newspapers and magazines as well as national publications, Coach has also continued his love of being an educator. It’s through both endeavors that he’s actively got students interested in following in the field of journalism. Coach loves sharing the world of entertainment with others and giving people the opportunity to step out of the everyday life.

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A Miami art experience that reimagines the female form as an evolving emotional landscape, honoring the ways women navigate vulnerability, transformation, and strength within the intimate terrain of their own bodies.


December 1, 2025

Miami is about to welcome an exhibition unlike anything else this season. A forty foot LED wall is lighting up the Design District with a monumental digital environment entirely shaped by women. BODYSCAPES, presented by Barcelona’s Load Gallery, opens its Miami edition at Jayaram Law Studio, and I was invited in early for a viewing before the public arrives.

Walking into the space felt like entering an emotional landscape rather than an exhibition. The imagery unfolded slowly at first, then washed over the room with color, motion, and softness that carried both vulnerability and undeniable strength. Bodies appeared as if carved from water and light. Figures dissolved into sky. The screen shifted from quiet introspection to powerful presence. As a woman, the experience felt deeply personal, as if the installation was acknowledging the parts of womanhood we often hold quietly.

Load founder Alex Simorré partnered with Miami attorney and arts advocate Vivek Jayaram to bring this exhibition to the United States. Jayaram shared that it is “one of the most compelling projects we have ever had the honor to host,” and after seeing it firsthand, the meaning behind those words becomes obvious.

Miami is a city that embraces complexity. Beauty, reinvention, identity, culture, movement, and resilience all coexist here. BODYSCAPES feels made for that landscape. It honors the nuance of womanhood and invites viewers to step into an immersive world that mirrors the emotional terrains women navigate every day.

Fourteen women artists, each expanding the body into something vast

BODYSCAPES features a global roster of women artists, each approaching the body as a living environment shaped by nature, memory, and emotion. Their work spans photography, digital video, AI, performance, and conceptual visual storytelling.

The full Miami lineup includes
Farrah Carbonell, Dancevatar, I M Devi, Michelle van Dijk, Alba Duque, Maria Fynsk Norup, Adaeze Okaro, Natalie Karpushenko, Emi Kusano, Christy Lee Rogers, SERIFA, Ivona Tau, X New Worlds, and Zhuk.

Together, they create a collective vision of womanhood that is fluid, surreal, grounded, and powerful.

Moments inside the exhibition that stayed with me

Alba Duque
Duque’s work confronts womanhood with radical honesty. In the group scenes, women gather across city streets and desert landscapes, walking shoulder to shoulder in underwear and soft neutrals. The effect is powerful. These bodies are unfiltered and real. They carry softness and stretch marks and strength with equal visibility. In quieter images, women hold their stomachs, hips, and thighs with a tenderness that feels both vulnerable and revolutionary. One of the most striking photographs shows a woman crouched low in the dust, holding another woman in a gesture of exhaustion and care. Another reveals a close-up of hands gripping the folds of skin on a stomach, a rare moment of truth that feels almost intimate to witness. Duque’s images celebrate women exactly as they are. No hiding. No smoothing. No pretending.

Christy Lee Rogers
Rogers’ underwater worlds feel almost cosmic. In one image, a woman floats against a star-flecked indigo sky, her white ruffled dress blooming around her like a constellation. In another, deep blue fabric twists around bodies tangled in motion, their limbs fading into shadow until they feel more like emotion than anatomy. The pink and lavender photographs toward the bottom of the page glow like memories half submerged, soft and dreamlike, as if you are witnessing a moment of surrender beneath the water’s surface.

Ivona Tau
Tau’s work shifts between digital fragmentation and bold color. One image shows a woman outlined in neon green and red, her profile dissolving into pixel-like texture that feels both artificial and strangely intimate. Another shows three women in sculptural blue forms, their bodies shaped into angular planes that look almost architectural. In the softer blue portraits, the figures’ faces melt into smooth, mask-like surfaces that suggest both anonymity and tenderness. Tau’s world is uncanny and emotional at the same time, revealing how digital distortion can expose truths rather than hide them.

Adaeze Okaro
Okaro’s photographs glow with deep amber and gold. Her women stand against a textured ochre backdrop, wrapped in flowing tulle that lifts and falls like flames. In one image, a figure is almost entirely veiled by soft orange fabric, holding a bouquet of white roses that feels ceremonial, almost sacred. In another, a woman raises her arms with slow, deliberate grace, the fabric pooling and drifting around her as if she is summoning light. The floral crown portraits are especially powerful, transforming the subject into a living sculpture of beauty, ritual, and self-possession.

What BODYSCAPES leaves you with

BODYSCAPES is not simply a digital installation. It is an emotional encounter. It views the female body not as an object but as a landscape of lived experience. Memory, tension, softness, conflict, healing, and rising strength all appear across the screen in forms that feel familiar in ways that words cannot always explain.

Standing there in the glow of the forty foot screen, I felt a sense of recognition. It was the recognition that every woman holds multitudes. That our bodies carry stories. That vulnerability and power are not opposites but companions. BODYSCAPES gives those truths space to breathe.

Miami will see many exhibitions this season, but this one feels singular. It feels like a place where women can finally be seen without restraint.

If You Go

WHAT: BODYSCAPES, a digital group exhibition presented by Barcelona’s Load Gallery
WHERE: Load Gallery Miami at Jayaram Law Studio
3800 NE 1st Avenue, Suite 500, Miami Design District
WHEN: December 2 through January 31 – open to the public December 2 to 9th, then by appointment only
COST: Free admission

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