Butterfly and Insect World (Edinburgh) Reviews

Butterfly and Insect World (Edinburgh) Theme Park / Zoo National

Newest Review: ... The greenhouse part is also fairly noisy as a makeshift 'river' flows straight through and the water makes quite a racket! It's not long at all before you start to notice the butterflies fluttering around you - clearly used to humans, they're not frightened at all and come up quite close to say hello! Some of the butterflies are quite enormous really and the most amazing colours and patterns - beautiful. There are also various other creatures to spot in and around the plants, trees, foliage and river including chameleons, catfish, other insects, etc. Lots to see! There is also a huge amount of fruit lying around for the butterflies ... more

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dougal868
Butterfly and Insect World (Edinburgh): Flutterby Butterfly (1005 words)
by - written on 03/06/09 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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I remember years ago visiting a butterfly farm near where we lived and it being the most amazing place I'd ever been to! Unfortunately that place closed down not long after but, now that I have my own children, I was really keen for them to visit something similar as I was sure that they would also love seeing so many butterflies up close. Our nearest such place is then 'Butterfly and Insect World' which is around an hour from us so we decided to make a visit... Butterfly and Insect World is located south of Edinburgh, just off the city bypass near Dalkeith. It is therefore quite easily reachable from most areas of central Scotland and not all that far from ...  Read the complete review