The perfect experience for all young animal enthusiasts!
These amazing experiences are the perfect introduction to life working with animals for any child dreaming of becoming a Vet, Zookeeper or Wildlife Ranger. With expert tuition from our Animal Care Team, your child will step behind the scenes to meet some incredible animals and enjoy a ‘hands on’ lesson that they will treasure forever!
Price – Fledgling Keeper:
£95 for ONE child
Price – Zoo Cadet:
£110 for ONE child
Passholders taking part in this experience receive a discount of up to £20 per experience.*
*Please note that this discount cannot be applied to purchases made online.
What’s Included:
• Exclusive access working with animals and the Animal Care Team
• A refreshment voucher
• A souvenir gift
• Complimentary entry to the zoo for the whole day for the child participant and one supervising adult
Please allow at least 48 hours for processing of online application and confirmation before you wish to visit. Once the experience has been booked it cannot rescheduled less than 8 weeks prior to the date of the experience taking place, and a £20 fee (inc 20% VAT) will be charged for alterations and rescheduling to your booking at any time. An experience can only be rescheduled once.
Choose From:
Click through to the booking page using the BOOK NOW button above to then select your experience.
Fledgling Keeper Experience – Reptiles, Wallabies, Goats, Llamas, Alpacas and Guinea Pigs
Zoo Cadet Experience – Skunks, Mandrills, Cheetah, Llamas, Alpacas and Hyena
• Go behind the scenes with a variety of animals
• Learn how to carry out grooming and training
• Prepare food and muck out living areas
Zoo Cadet Experience
• Go behind the scenes with a variety of animals
• Learn how to carry out health checks and training
• Prepare food and enrichment
Participant must be accompanied by an adult aged 18yrs or over throughout the experience.
Zoo Cadet – open to participants aged 10 – 15yrs
Participant must be accompanied by an adult aged 18yrs or over throughout the experience.
If you are a supervising adult attending an Animal Experience with a participant under the age of 18yrs, any additional children under the age of 15yrs in attendance on the day who are not participating in the experience, must have a separate supervising adult to remain with them whilst the Animal Experience is taking place.
All child participants require a supervising adult over the age of 18yrs to join them during the experience. One supervising adult space is included in the package price. If the supervisory adult is bringing another child/children with them, there must be an additional second adult in attendance to supervise those children.
This experience is for a maximum of 2 children, therefore it may be necessary to share some of the activities with another Fledgling Keeper or Zoo Cadet participant.
Zoo Cadet – consists of a morning experience from 10:00am until 12:00pm
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