Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens — Attraction in Great Yarmouth

This place is a hell hole for animals. The enclosures for the animals are far too small and don’t mimic their natural habitat at all, it seems the owners don’t care about the animals and are all about profits! And it shows.! The enclosures need serious updating and more greenery, the animal all need much more space so are they going to expand it? And why was there no food or treats given the whole time my sisters were there? The poor animals look so sad and bored, very under-stimulated, I don’t agree with zoos of any kind especially ones that house wild cats and animals in small enclosures. They cannot express themselves fully as they would in the wild. Why has no animal welfare people come to check this place?, places like this are purely about profit, it’s a prison for under stimulated animals. Any true animal lover would prefer to admire these beautiful animals from afar or on their televisions, not go to zoos of any kind as it’s just enabling the problem. Unless these animals have been recused from abuse, they shouldn’t be locked up for our amusement, I’d never visit any type of zoo, especially one as awful as this one. This is not a wildlife park made by an animal lover, this is just greed. I would not recommend this place if you are true animal lover as it’s just so utterly sad. All the animals look so bored & just under-stimulated, no toys or anything in the enclosures. Please can we not promote places like this as all animals have a right to live free away from human gawking and hands. They deserve their dignity and to be well cared for, unlike this place which is a misery prison camp for innocent animals. It needs to be seriously updated and made bigger but ideally shut down and the animals go to a sanctuary where they provide the care, love and...

I took my friend, who is disabled and uses a large powered wheelchair.

It was a first visit for both of us. Accessibility was good on the whole, but there were a few challenging sections that we probably wouldn't attempt again, although we both talked about going again, but modifying our routes, so if you bring pushchairs or large wheelchairs, pick your routes carefully, as it can be difficult to change your mind and go back.

The bridged waterway walk was very difficult for my friend to navigate due to lots of tight drops and turns...fine for small pushchairs or smaller wheelchairs.

The raised walkways do have a one way system, but a few poorly placed no entry signs (between the Gibbons and Crocodile exhibits) did lead to several people being confused, going in the wrong direction and having difficulty passing those of us that were going the correct way.

We loved how many of the large cats and apes had several enclosures interconnected with permanent walkways, some going over the pathways.

Viewing areas were clean with clear lines if sight to the animals. (Plenty of shade, shelter and hideouts available for the animals).

Most of the exhibits allow viewing from level ground and also on elevated walkways.

I like that Thrigby offers a small but wide selection of very well cared for animals in spacious and well designed enclosures. Some of the plants are well established creating a lovely atmosphere.

Thrigby isn't a huge zoo, but has plenty to offer families, groups or individuals with play areas, picnic areas, cafe and refreshments etc, all at...

We visited here today for the first time and as a lover of all animals this place didn't disappoint! It was easy to book online and the lady scanned the barcode at the entrance- super quick and hassle free. They have a big grass car parking area with lots of spaces not far from the entrance.

The animals all looked really well looked after, happy and content. The enclosures all were clean and plenty of enrichment to see. You can really get up close to the animals here- amazing to experience been so close to a tiger.

Really unique having different walk ways and tree top walks- something I've never seen at other places and it made it quite fun. Great for photography too.

We enjoyed a look in the gift shop (rather reasonably priced) and we also both commented on how clean the ladies toilets were with plenty of loos to choose from! We didn't visit the cafe so can't comment but they did have one if you fancied buying some lunch. There was also loads of picnic benches all around the park which was nice to see.

We chose not to bring the mobility scooter after reading others reviews- the paths were flat in places but quite tight/narrow and quite steep/slopey in parts. There was people there using wheelchairs but I wouldn't say the whole place was 100% Disabled friendly and you could see some people struggling at times. But there was plenty of places to sit down along the way which we found very handy and helpful.

Overall a fabulous day out and we would...