Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre (Comrie)

Auchingarrich Wildlife Park is set over 400 acres of beautiful Perthshire countryside a few miles from Crieff and is a great place for a family day out. To get there you drive along narrow and winding roads, I don't think it is accessible by public transport, once you arrive there is ample free parking. The first attraction that you will come to once you have entered the park is the hatchery. Here there are incubators which contain hundreds of hens eggs, a glass topped incubator contains the eggs which are due to hatch that day and if you are patient you can watch the chicks peck holes in the shells before shedding them and making a wobbly entrance to the ...  Read the complete review

Auchingarrich is located a couple of miles south of Comrie, seven miles west of Crieff and about half an hour drive from Perth. It's a "wildlife centre" which usually seems to be a code for a farm with a few animals (some wild-ish, some very much domesticated) thrown in. Auchingarrich is more of a country park with animals (mostly wild-ish) thrown in, set in an extensive area of Highland Perthshire countryside. **Getting There** We live about 10 miles south of Perth and when I looked up directions, each of the sources I consulted (AA route planner, Google maps, Garmin Sat-Nav) suggested a different route. I chose ...  Read the complete review

We wanted to make Easter Sunday a big family day out, but having such a wide range of ages, tastes and abilities to cater for I was struggling a bit to find something to suit all without any moans. I had recently heard a lot of good things about Auchingarrich Wildlife Park by Comrie, near Crieff in Perthshire. I had a look at their website and thought it sounded quite good. Lots of lovely animals to walk around and look at, something which could be done slowly for the older members of our party but at the same time keeping the younger ones occupied; a coffee shop, definitely a good thing for the older members, a good refuelling stop and some warmth if it was cold; a ...  Read the complete review

*** Location *** Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre is located in Perthshire in Scotland, just outside Comrie and not too far from Crieff. As far as I'm aware there is no public transport to Auchingarrich and the only way to get there is by car or hired bus. For us, it was a long drive through the country and we found it quite difficult to find the Centre even with the use of Sat. Nav. There are no signposts until just before you get there, but we eventually made it and it really appears to be in the middle of nowhere, however, Crieff is only a 5 mile drive away and it will take about 15 minutes to do this. *** Arriving at Auchingarrich ...  Read the complete review