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Buckfast Butterflies & Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary - Buckfastleigh
Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary offers a great, enjoyable, otter and butterfly educational experience. Wander around the otter sanctuary and butterfly farm and see new butterflies emerge in tropical surroundings. See the otters swimming underwater in specially built glass enclosures. Follow the otter keeper around at feeding...
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Crealy Great Adventure Park - Exeter
Crealy Great Adventure Parks, Devon and Cornwall are the South West`s favourite family attractions! Enjoy life`s biggest adventures with slides, rides and all weather play Discover the six unique Realms of Devon's award-winning Crealy Great Adventure Park. Discover the world-famous Maximum Fun Guaranteed at Crealy Great Adventure Parks - yes,...
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Exmoor Falconry & Animal Park - Porlock
A Falconry Centre in the Heart of Exmoor, with falconry days and hawk walks, fully organised activity breaks, bed and breakfast, clay pigeon shooting, and riding holidays - PEACEFUL, TRANQUIL, CHARMING, RELAXING, HOMELY AND WELCOMING! AMAZING GARDENS. FALCONRY AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SET IN A 15th CENTURY NATIONAL TRUST FARMHOUSE, WITHIN EXMOOR...
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Exmoor Zoological Park - Barnstaple
Exmoor Zoo is a unique and unusual zoo to visit! Opened in 1982 the zoo is now an ideal family venue, catering very well for the younger generation. So much change has taken place, that even a visit last year, will today see new exhibits and animals. Set in the North Devon countryside the zoo hosts winding paths lined with shrubs and trees...
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Living Coasts - Torquay
Living Coasts, Torquay's Coastal Zoo, is a unique, world class aquatic visitor attraction, focusing on the conservation of coastal and marine life around the globe. It has been developed by Paignton Zoo, with financial support from the South West Regional Development Agency and the European Regional Development fund. Take a journey around the...
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Paignton Zoo
Paignton Zoo is home to thousands of amazing animals and plants. Visit the desert, cross the savannah, explore the forest and trek through the tropics. Use your senses to discover the wild world: look around, listen out - you’ll even need your sense of smell! It’s a great day out for everyone. Why not visit Living Coasts, our sister...
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Pennywell Farm & Wildlife Centre - Buckfastleigh
Come and experience the Pennywell magic at our multi award winning Farm Activity Park... the biggest in the South West! There's lots to do and see for the whole family... Ponies and piglets, slides, go-karts, quad bikes and train rides, eagles and owls, walks and mazes, goats and guinea pigs, reindeer and rides, hedgehogs and bunnies, trampolines...
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Quince Honey Farm - South Molton
Visit the world’s largest Honeybee exhibition; BeeWorld! Take a guided tour around the interesting displays and exhibits and learn fun facts about the honeybee before you take a closer look inside the working hives. Nowhere in the world can you get so close to live bees without needing protective equipment! There is a chance to taste and...
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Shaldon Wildlife Trust
The Trust is a unique organisation which cares for some of the world's most endangered species. Our centre, set in an acre of natural woodland gardens with lush semi-tropical planting, nestles into the hillside above the attractive coastal village of Shaldon in South Devon. As the smallest member of the British and European Association of Zoos...
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The Big Sheep - Bideford
Our team passionately strives to give all our visitors an entertaining day full of fun and laughter. Visitors to the The Big Sheep can learn breeds of sheep, shearing processes, watch sheep dog trials and laugh out loud at our exciting sheep races. Children and adults can cuddle baby animals including puppies and rabbits and treasure magic moments...
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The Devon Wildlife Trust - Exeter
The Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) is concerned with all aspects of wildlife conservation in the county and is part of The Wildlife Trusts throughout the UK and the South West Wildlife Trusts. Devon Wildlife Trust's vision for Devon: * A place where the future of wildlife is secure - DWT strives to safeguard threatened species and...
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The Donkey Sanctuary - Sidmouth
Just outside the town of Sidmouth, The Donkey Sanctuary is home to around 500 donkeys. Set in unspoilt farmland and countryside, visitors return time and again to meander among the donkeys and absorb the serene and relaxed surroundings. The Donkey Sanctuary was founded by Dr Elisabeth D Svendsen, MBE in 1969 and was registered as a charity in...
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The Milky Way Adventure Park - Bideford
The Milky Way, North Devon's Great Adventure with lots of things to do, Fun for all the family in Devon The Milky Way Adventure Theme Park, in North Devon & Nr North Cornwall is a great day out in Devon for all the family. Its all weather attraction mix of sheer fun, rides, education and live shows make it a must for your family holiday with...
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World of Country Life - Exmouth
Here at World of Country Life Amusement Park, you will have value for your money, since it's a park for both young and old. For the adults (and some children) we have the largest collection of Vintage Vehicles, Motorcycles and Steam Engines in Exmouth, Devon and the South West!! For the kids or actually the whole family we have the animal farm...
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If you are living in the Exeter vicinity and you are wanting to find for a perfect day out then why not take the loved ones to your local zoo. With so much to see and do, a trip to the zoo will be the ideal outing for mums and dads of all age groups. From Grandparents to grandchildren, aunties and uncles, a day to the zoo is fantastic fun time for all of the house. A visit to your nearby zoo close to Exeter is equally instructional and also informative, and also will leave you having a lasting impression. The creatures on show will be made up of several types of very rare, unique and endangered creatures. Getting close up to one of the larger animals for example , camels or even giraffes is an unforgettable encounter. there are many distinct varieties of wild birds to discover at a zoo for instance condors and also flamingos. Various zoos could have a reptile building so you can see creatures including extremely dangerous snakes for example adders. A wide assortment of mammals is going to be on exhibit such as monkeys along with pandas. From the waterways and ponds of our earth you will find lots of amazing fish to see like electric eels. Diverse and amazing ocean life such as jelly fish are always wonderful to view. Amphibians like salamanders are usually intriguing for boys and girls of all age ranges to study. A zoo is a location where living creatures are placed to be exhibited and studied. The actual name is a popular type of zoological garden, and many zoos are gardens or parks that contains buildings as well as various other enclosures. Zoos normally maintain only wild creatures, several of them coming from remote countries. However, some zoos house domestic creatures such as pigs and piglets to display to city children that have no opportunity to see farms. Children's zoos are occasionally included in zoological gardens. They may have areas where kids can look at small creatures, and at times have got areas where kids can pet as well as feed tame creatures. Zoos are additionally crucial centres for wildlife conservation. A lot of zoos breed endangered species, some of which are extinct in the wild.
This section lists zoos in Exeter so if you would like to take the little monkeys to the zoo please see our list below. Some of the zoos listed maybe farms, or petting farms, these zoos have a varied selection of animals for viewing. there are lions and you can sometimes drive through the paddocks and view them from the comfort of your car. there are also baboons and monkeys which can be fun to watch. Or there are elephants, giraffes and other African and Indian animals. A lot of zoos have collections of insects and birds and also water creatures, all in all a trip out to the zoo is an educational experience for your children.