William WordsworthUK Safari Parks
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Blair Drummond Safari Park
www.safari-park.co.uk
Location:
Nr Stirling, Scotland
Features:
Drive through animal reserves • Pets Farm • Adventure Areas • Chimp Island • Seal Lion Displays • Falconry Displays • Astroglide • Pirate Ship
Reserves/Animals:
Lemurs • Elephants • Tigers • Ostriches • Camels • Antelopes • Bison • Otters • Penguins • Deer • Wallabies
Opening:
Summer
Prices: 2005
Adults £9.50
Children (3-14 inclusive) £5.50
Senior Citizens £5.50
People with special needs £5.50
Children under 3 free.
Highland Wildlife Park
www.highlandwildlifepark.org
Location:
Kingussie, Scotland. 7 miles south of Aviemore.
Features:
Drive through main reserve • Walk around area • Talks and Guided walks
Reserves/Animals:
Mouflon • Prizewalski's Horse • Soay Sheep • Red Deer, • European Bison • Highland Cattle • Polecats • Wildcats • Eagle Owls • Pine Martens • Red Squirrel • Capercaille • Lynx • Chough • Wolves • Reindeer • Wild Boar • Red Grouse • Arctic Foxes • Snowy Owls • Otters • Wildfowl Lochan • Vivarium • Beaver • Tawny Owls • Badgers • Red Foxes • Black Grouse
Opening:
Every day of the year, weather permitting.
Prices:
Adults £8.50
Senior Citizens £7.50
Children & Students £6.00
Registered Disabled £6.00
Family Ticket £29.00 (2 adults+2 children+1 free child or 1 free OAP)
Knowsley Safari Park
www.knowsley.com
Location:
Prescot, Merseyside
Features:
5 mile drive through safari park • Amusement Park • Parrot & Sealion Shows • Lake Farm • Chilren's Parties • Information Centre • Ranger Days • Reptile House
Reserves/Animals:
Ankole Cattle • Axis Deer • Baboons • Bison • Blackbuck Antelope • Buffalo • Camels • Eland • Elephants • Emus • Giraffes • Guanaco • Lions • Meerkats • Oryx • Ostriches • Otters • Pere David Deer • Red Leckwe • Rhino • Tigers • Wallabies • Wildebeast • Zebra
Opening:
All year, weather permitting.
Prices: 2005
Adults £9.50
Children/OAPs £6.50
Family Tickets £28.00 (2 adults, 2 concessions)
Season Tickets £21 for adults, £15 for children
Longleat Safari Park
www.longleat.co.uk
Location:
Warminster, Wiltshire
Size:
900 acres + 8,000 acres of woodland, lakes & farmland
Features:
Drive through Safari Park • Gardens • Adventure Castle & Blue Peter Maze • Butterfly Garden • Railway • Motion Simulator • Old Joe's Mine • Pet's Corner • Postman Pat Village • Safari Boats • Hedge Maze
Reserves:
East Africa Reserve • Monkey Jungle • Big Game Park • Deer Park • Pelican Pond • Tiger Territory • Lion Country • Wolf Wood
Opening:
12th February to 6th November 2005
Prices: 2005
Adults £10
Cildren/Senior Citizens £7
Season Tickets £18 for adults and £14 for children/seniors
West Midlands Safari Park
www.wmsp.co.uk
Location:
Between Bewdley and Kidderminster.
Size:
150+ acres.
Features:
Animal reserves - a 4 mile drive • Amusement rides • Discovery Zone includes creepy crawlies (!), seaquarium, seal island, reptile house and bat cave • Function rooms.
Reserves: Kingdom of the White Lions • African Wild Dog Reserve • Elephant & Waterbuck Reserve • Bengal Tiger Reserve • African Lion Reserve • African Reserve • Eurasian Reserve • Asian Reserve • Wallaby Reserve • Wolf Woods • Emu & Ostrich Reserve • Hippo Lakes
Opening:
12th February to 4th November 2005
Prices: 2005
Adults £7.99
Children £7.99 under 4s free
Woburn Safari Park
www.woburnsafari.co.uk
Location:
Nr Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
Features:
45 - 60 min drive through safari
Reserves/Animals:
Rhino • Eland • Scimitar Horned Oryx (Antelope) • Sitatunga (Antelope) • Lechwe (Antelope) • Gemsbok (Antelope) • Giraffe • Ankole • Zebra • Elephant • Camel • Bison • Ostrich • Bongo (Antelope) • Lion • Tiger • Wolves • Black Bear • Grass and Colobus Monkeys • Barbary Apes • Patas Monkeys • Hippos
Opening:
Main Season 2005:
12th March 2005 to 27th May 2005
6th June 2005 to 22nd July 2005
6th September 2005 to 30th October 2005
High Season 2005:
28th May 2005 to 5th June 2005
23rd July 2005 to 5th September 2005
Also open in winter months, weather permitting.
Prices: 2005
Adults £14.99 main and £16 high season
Children £11 main and £12 high season. Under 3s free.
Senior Citizens £11.50 main and £13.50 high season
Discounts on group tickets, season tickets and winter opening.
Please note that we have only included UK safari parks in this list - if you want a full list of wildlife parks (formerly called zoos!), we recommend Zoos UK which has an extensive listing of zoos and wildlife collections in the UK and worldwide.
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