South Lakes Wild Animal Park

We recently visited the South Lakes Wild Animal Park on the way home from a holiday in the Lake District. We were blessed with an excellent days weather and had an excellent time there. This park seems far more conservation minded than other places that we have been to. Being a registered charity you are also able to sign for GiftAid on entry. Admission:- The price for an adult is £11.50, with children and OAP's being £8. An annual pass is available at £21.50 which enables you to enter for £1.50 as many times in one year as you like. For the experiance available here these tickets are really good value for money. On entry you will be ...  Read the complete review

I love going to the Lakes for a holiday. My last Stay was at Bowness at a Lovely little B&B. Whilst I was there I decided to have a look at some leaflets to see where I could go for a visit. I picked up quite a few and took them back to comfort of my room for a closer look. One of the leaflets was for South lakes Wildlife Park. I was instantly attracted by the price and the fact that you can feed the animals. Therefore, the next day we set off to arrive at 10:30. The place was sign clearly sign posted from Junction 36 of the M6 and very easy to follow (just follow the elephant). The little village we passed through was very pretty, but we missed our ...  Read the complete review

Well, the weather has turned cool so in an attempt to recapture the warmth of the previous weekend I decided to write about our recent trip to South Lakes Wild Animal Park. ** What it is ** As the name suggests, it is a Wild Animal Park, although it does have a bit of a difference from the usual animal parks and zoos that I have visited in that many of the animals are roaming around freely or with minimal walls and fencing (although obviously dangerous animals are well contained!) **Arriving at the park ** On the day that we visited there was some sort of diversion around the park and it was a little bit tricky to gain access ...  Read the complete review

South Lakes Animal Park is based in Dalton in Furness, which is in South Cumbria. As I have no children of my own, I have to borrow my sister's, but the park is great for children and adults alike. Admission Fees Adult: £11.50 Child 3-15: £8.00 OAP: £8.00 Under3's: FREE Friend of the Park: £1.50 Opening Times and Feeding Times 4th April 2009 - 1st November 2009 10am - 5.00pm Last admission 4.15pm 11.30 pm Hand feed Giraffes - walkway inside if wet 12.00 pm Meet a snake and cure any fears 12.30 pm Apes and Monkeys feeding 1.00 pm Vulture feeding 1.30 pm ...  Read the complete review

South Lakes Wild Animal Park is a zoo with a difference! We have been twice, the first time was around 11 years ago, and then more recently last year. Both visits were equally fantastic: The standard hasn't dropped at all, if anything it has soared. Most people visiting Cumbria are there to see the beautiful Lake District, and we were no exception: South Lakes Wild Animal Park is situated away from the picturesque part of Cumbria, being near the working town of Dalton-in-Furness, and does not look much from the outside: we originally only wandered there almost by mistake after we had 'exhausted' the lakes! How happy we are that we did - ...  Read the complete review