This was definitely a rip off. Do not let anyone tell you any different. It might be terribly exciting for school kids, but for an adult… give me a break. For starters the entry price? Next the air quality was horrible.. and yes, I check air quality for a living. The ventilation system was bad enough to smell bio-effluents.. but... More

Biosphere 2 was built to better understand how natural environments create habitable conditions for human sustainability. It is a unique facility that can be used to understand the role of life on Earth and the effects of climate change. Biosphere 2 contains recreations of five of Earth's biomes, plus a human habitat and a large ecological experiment facility. I visited... More

We have heard about the Biosphere 2 for years... We took 2 of our sons (21 and 11) and our neice (12) through the guided tour. Everybody had questions that happily got answered by the tour guide. He is an oceanographer and educator that has vast knowledge. He gladly answered every question the children asked and a few I asked.... More

Bring a water bottle or change to buy water. It can be very hot and humid. The tours are at certain varied times, so if you do not want to wait, call ahead to check the times. On the drive, I we read information about the biodome that I got from the internet. I had read that the tour did... More

We got a 2 for 1 coupon off of living social which made it reasonable. It's a pretty interesting place but unfortunately our guide (Claudio) was a bit rough to understand and was extremely dry. He was very knowledgeable but lacked any personality other than he seemed to be annoyed that he was giving a tour. We were told he... More

About 35 minutes north of Tucson. They have guided and self guided tours. The is a lot of equipment that is needed to keep this research/tour facility running. The rainforest was the most impressive area. The guided tour lasts about 1.5 hours.

quite frankly I thought I was one of the coolest places we visited on our trip to s.e. Arizona, and that includes tombstone. I truly enjoyed the whole tour, as well as my wife, our son and his wife and grandson # 1. be advised, no strollers allowed. there are a couple of areas where they may have blowers running,... More

We thought it would be more about the experiences of what the researchers went thru...but most of the tour consisted of describing the trees, dirt, etc in great detail!! We found it very boring..mix of different ages went and all thought the same thing. We were told they were still operating but it appeared very rundown. The end of the... More

Biosphere 2 is a very cool place to visit. If you are coming for cutting edge technology and visible ground breaking developments…probably not your place. If you are coming to check out the evolution of ecological sciences and our knowledge of how eco systems coexist, or don’t, then you have found the right place. Biosphere 2 is a beautiful building... More