Terra Botanica

Fantastic day out with kids!

The cool stuff:

Absolutely a full day of fun - We were there for about 8 hours, but there was still more we didn't see. Highlights for us (2 adults and a 5yr old) were the boat ride, the train ride around the park, watching both 4D movies (first one is the journey of a rain drop through a plant and is loads better than it sounds. There are no words, so language doesn't matter. This plays from 10.30am - 2pm, then switches over to Dino Safari, which is basically racing around in a jeep and trying not to get eaten by dinosaurs -its recommended for 6+, our child found it a little bit scary, but not enough to upset him); the magic show was fantastic! Never seen anything like it!

There was also the tree top nut ride, be aware you do have to pedal your way around yourself and kids need to be over 1 meter tall to ride in it.

We also really enjoyed the show at the start of the tropical house, the animal area and the merry go round. The explosive plants show was good, he was very entertaining and enthusiastic, but was all in french.

The grounds were superb and have loads to interest kids of all ages and adults alike.

Stuff we missed:

• animal feeding is at 11am, needed to come earlier to make that.
• ride up in the hot air balloon, by mid morning they stopped rides due to weather conditions. There is a traffic light at the entrance, that shows you if they are running. It was amber when we went in, didn't really understand what it was for, but would have gotten a ride if we did that first. It's a €5 pp supplement.

Every staff member we met there was lovely and spoke English, one even tried to run one of the shows again for us in English after the last show had played. The staff all looked happy to be there and like they were having fun - so a testament to the organisation and the feel of the park.

Overall, brilliant day!

Other stuff to note: Parking is at the entrance and there are plenty of food options in the park ranging from about €8.50 -€12.50 for things like burgers and chips etc. but you are more than welcome to bring a picnic. There are plenty of undercover tables and chairs at the entrance near the car park for that purpose. You get stamped to come back in.

All the shows were in french, but it didn't matter too much, they were entertaining.

It's super important to book the tickets online at least the day before you want to go. It's cheaper. If you know what day you're going, there is also a different rate if you book more than 7 days in advance. Or you can book a 7 day in advance (I don't know the date yet) tickets.

If you buy tickets in advance, you can go straight to the entrance and they'll scan your etickets in.

Super important to download the app before you go. It translates to different languages, shows you the things happening through the day with show times etc, there is a button called "unmissable" which gives a list and information on which things you really might want to plan your trip around.

It also has audio guides in different languages that you can use as you go around the map. It will help plan your day and send you reminders to shows or timed activities you've marked that you want to do.

Be careful in the high ropes area (the giants trail) it's very bouncy so need to be very mobile/agile and wearing good grippy shoes. Kids absolutely love it, but my husband did get rope burn/graze on his elbow from some of the tight bits.

Hope this review helps - it covers off the things we wished we knew before going in 😁