We had such a lovely time here. There's something special about this place, as it's a rare attraction that isn't massively commercialised and trying to empty your wallet at every turn.

Firstly, tickets are a lot less expensive than other zoos and wildlife parks, and are well worth the money. £13.50 for an adult. I'm sure people would be willing to pay more.

The park is small and unassuming, but very well maintained.

There is a large outdoor play area and a wheelchair accessible play area for disabled kids. There is also an indoor soft play area.

The park is wheelchair accessible throughout and I didn't run into any accessibility issues at all. Obviously there were some high up viewing decks only accessible by stairs but this is expected.

The toilets aren't exactly glamorous but they were clean and fit for purpose.

There's a small cafe with a small selection of sandwiches, paninis, and vegan Hotdogs which was a pleasant surprise! Food was inexpensive, a large vegan Hotdog was £4.50. There were also several vegan ice creams in the ice cream freezer and a cold water fountain for refilling bottles.

Now the important part, the animals! There is a reptile house, a nocturnal animal area including a free flying bats walk-through, a few big cats, birds of prey, rainforest animals, primates, and more. My personal favourites are armadillos, which we were so fortunate to see extremely up close as a friendly keeper was more than happy to show us and tell us all about them. The keepers were so friendly and passionate about what they do. There is some great conservation going on with their breeding programmes, and plans for animals to be introduced into the wild to repopulate. I had an 'Aardvark Experience' voucher gifted to me and this was so great! 30 minutes of one on one with a really enthusiastic and knowledgeable keeper, I believe their name was TK, bottle feeding and hand feeding the aardvarks and learning more about them. I can't recommend this enough, a really great experience but also a great way to contribute money to the zoo so that they can keep doing what they do!