Great day out, the children learn a lot, brilliant zoo.

Perfect day spent on my daughter's birthday . Amazing place for adults and children 😊it had it all to keep out kids aged 6 and 8 occupied and happy .

Super experience!

Wow wow wow!!! My Daughter and I took my granddaughters aged 5 & 2 here for the day and what a great day out. Was wonderful to have a family day out that was value for money and nothing and I mean NOTHING was a rip off the entry fee, the food outlet, even the inflatable slide you had to pay separate for was good value at 8 slides for £5. There was so much for the girls to do, water park, swings slides, rides, mazes, the animals were well looked after and there were plenty of keepers about taking care. On the website Drusillas is described as small , we didn’t think so. We thought it was a clean tidy well kept and safe young children’s park that was family affordable. Well done Drusillas we will definitely be back.

Visited Drusillas Park with my five year old during the Easter holidays after using the online booking for a 10% discount. He was quite impressed with the animals, and asked a lot about them. Favourites were the owls, bats and pets enclosures. He also loved the go wild play area, with lots of climbing and exploring.

2 negatives things though - 1. The toilets by the Amazon Adventure didn't have any soap left and 2. There's no shortcuts to the restaurants ( I think there may be one early one though) - so we were rushing the last animals so that we could get something to eat .

great

Amazing and great value for money. Perfect for little ones too.

Lots to see and do

Expensive but quite well done with lots of animal exhibits. Well designed and specifically for children under 12.

The display pens were clean and appropriate for the animals and very interesting.
There is a mistake in the Saltwater Crocodile exhibit, which had the range of Salties all over Australia, including Tasmania, as well as NZ, which is nonsense!! It was a silly exhibit anyway, as of course they could not have live crocs there.
The play areas were great and kept our 8year old fully entertained for the rest of the day.
Facilities were very clean and well spaced around the park, as were the numerous cafes and picnic areas.

We took our Grand Children ages 10 yrs 8 yrs and 2 yrs for a day here overall we were very impressed with all parts I do however feel that it is a little expensive especially considering the age of child it is aimed at under 12. Unfortunately half way around and where the picnic area is there are some activities that are priced extra I feel this was sad as it felt a bit money grabbing and I do not think that the park needs these things especially as at least one of them was more for older teenagers. The cost of the entry for myself and my husband (who is over 60) and our three young grandchildren was £98.00, but these extra activities would have added if all three children used them something like £36.00 to the price. I would say that overall the zoo and activities were very good but not sure how young families are expected to be able to afford??

Both of my children have grown up loving Drusillas as their regular place to visit in South East.
They love visiting the animals, the shows throughout the year the great swings and ride.

It's a must for all pre school and primary aged children. I still have a tear for my boys last ride on Thomas which he is now too big for.

Great good and friendly staff

Day out

We went to visit you on Thursday 5th April and we has such a wonderful and perfect day that I wanted to drop you a big thank you note.
Web site and flyer found at Tesco which give me the idea to come are telling the truth and keep the promise.
My kids had so much fun on that lovely day that they will remember long.
Many thanks,

Great zoo fun for all family

A full day of fun for the kids ! We are happily exauted at the end of the day !

A very good day out for all age groups. Plenty to do and see. Good value for money.

Great place for the children and good value for money.

We spent a good four hours here exploring. Our main reason for visiting was so that our little boy could meet his hero’s the PJ masks. We queued for a little while and met both catboy and owlette. I brought my tickets through the Tesco club card boost, well worth doing as £60 for three of us seemed a little expensive compared to £19 in vouchers. The park was lovely with loads of animals to see. The parakeet enclosure was amazing. The birds land on you to drink the nectar which was really cool. The children’s play areas were entertaining as was the train ride around the park. We had a fabulous day.

Had a fabulous day here, so much to do and see will be back very soon.

Great

Went on a snowy day and had loads of fun. Would be better in the summer when everything is open

An amazing place to be with the family. Staff are very friendly. They have a wide selection of animals that are maintained well and kept clean at all times. The facilities are very tidy and clean. Has a few places to eat with reasonable prices. Has a smoking area so smokers are allocated to these places which stops smoking in other parts of the zoo. Super super super will definitly visit again. Worth it!!!!

Place is amazing. A bit on the pricy side but if you can join up it's well worth it

My wife and I are fans of zoos and animal parks and were looking for a new place to visit. We had come across Drusillas Park on numerous occasions having seen other reviews and looked at the website, but had discounted it due to the marketing clearly aimed more towards children.
We decided to give it a visit however, during our Easter break. I am really glad we did as I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Yes, it is clearly designed for families with small children, but the animal exhibits are certainly worth a visit as an adult. The initial impression didn’t start off great though as we obviously visited during a very busy period - school Easter holidays - and the first part of the park immediately upon entering is very narrow and with a large number of noisy children and pushchairs in the way, it made it very difficult to view the first few animals due to the cramped and slow moving conditions. However, once you have passed this bit it does open up and there is more opportunity for crowds to thin out a bit which definitely improves matters.

Drusillas focus on smaller mammals and primates which means they can pack in quite a large variety of different animals in a smaller area. These include some uncommon animals such as Servals, Beavers, Raccoons and a large variety of marmosets and other small monkeys.
The enclosures themselves are beautifully designed and seem to give the animals lots of space to exercise and live in a suitable habitat. As a keen amateur photographer, the enclosures also offer a clear and relatively close view of the animals which allows for some wonderfully close portraits with a suitable zoom lens - this is often not possible in most animal parks due to the distance between where you view the animals and where the animals are actually located.
This is in addition to the walk through areas with the lemurs which gives ridiculously close access to these beautiful animals. There is also a walk through area with rainbow lorikeets and a walk through area with bats and a sloth.

We spent about 2-3 hours at the park viewing all the animals and felt we got our money’s worth.

I would definitely visit again in an attempt to get some more photos of the animals, particularly the ones that were sleeping when we visited. However, I will likely time it during a quieter period - possibly a weekday not in the school holidays to make it more bearable for a childless adult to enjoy. This is not a criticism of the park as it was to be expected, but purely my own personal preference.
They advertise a photographer specific experience which would certainly be of interest

TLDR: Good variety of animals. Excellent enclosures that are very photographer friendly.
Gets very busy during school holidays with lots of very noisy children and lots of buggy traffic which can inhibit movement through the zoo part of the park.
Adults without children can still enjoy the animals as there is plenty to view but with the caveat that there will be lots of noisy children present.

It's ok the zoo is good altho not a fan of zoo's in general. I understand the conservation side of things. I love to see them in the wild. Along side that if it wasn't for people. There would not be the need for conservation. We enjoyed our family day there. However if I had paid full price. I'm not so sure I would have been so happy. Nannys club card boost paid. It's clean and well organised and I'm glad Iv been. Once is enough for me.