Howletts Wild Animal Park, Canterbury, one of the best zoos in the world.
Howletts Wild Animal Park Canterbury
A Great Day Out at the Zoo
Every day is different at Howletts Wild Animal Park Canterbury. Experience John Aspinall's dream of breeding and protecting wild animals and finally returning them to the wild come to life across the whole of the park...
The zoo is set in over 100 acres of beautiful ancient parkland, just off the A2, near Canterbury. Howletts Wild Animal Park is one of two zoo parks in Kent owned by the Aspinall Foundation, the other being Port Lympne. Howletts Wild Animal Park Canterbury, has been rated as one of the best wild animal parks in the world.
New for Summer 2010 is the exciting Treetop Challenge, brave this high rope adventure and negotiate treacherous tyres, perilous tightropes, wobbly logs and balancing beams between platforms high in the tree tops. View the park from a monkey's perspective and zoom to the finish on the 40 metre Zip Wire!
Some of Howletts Wild Animal Park's more traditional attractions include the following:
- The largest herd of Breeding African Elephants in the UK
- The World's largest captive West Lowland Gorilla group
- Glass fronted Tiger enclosure
- Walk Through Lemur enclosure
- Rare and endangered animals such as Snow Leopards, Iberian Wolves, Black Rhino
Visit Howletts website for information on;
- Animal Sponsorship
- Adopt an Animal
- Zoo Competitions
- Zoo Promotions
- Zoo News and Events
- Animals and Zoo Keepers
- On-line shopping for animal orientated goods
- Details of Animal Conservation Projects both at the zoo in Canterbury and Abroad
To book tickets (and save 20%) click on the visit website link on the right hand side
or call
Canterbury (01227) 389645 9am to 5pm
Please mention thebestof Canterbury when calling