Visited with grandchildren aged 5 and 10 and spent about 5 hours there. Great variety of animals and all of them had large enclosures and were all very active. Went into the lemur area but they were too busy sunbathing to take notice of us humans! What struck me most was the cleanliness everywhere you went, and how happy the staff all seemed to be. We took a picnic but there are plenty of places to eat and get drinks. The kids loved the splash park, so take swim gear and towels. Went on the train which was fun as were the free rides in the very large play area. The animals take centre stage though, and loved watching the beavers, giant ant eater and all the different monkeys and their cute babies. The fresh cooked doughnuts are very good, which we has as we walked back to the car. Highly recommend Drusillas and will definitely return.

A very good day out

Had an amazing time with family,enjoyed every second,staff doing a great job,fantastic care about visitors especially the little ones,can't wait to go back.

Great dayout lots to do. Nice parks water bit , animals and rides

Perfect for little ones , lots rides and animals also, very ideal for a 2 year old

Such an amazing zoo always a great day here.

Large park with animals, playgrounds and a small waterpark. Friendly staff.

It’s the hottest august bank holiday every and as expected everywhere is packed, so you have to expect there to be people around or else the place would not make any money and shut down. However, we originally came on the Sunday before the bank holiday and again on the Monday as we had such a good time on the Sunday, we upgraded out tickets for the annual pass (2 adults and a child cost less than 1 merlin annual pass). It’s great for young kids (pre-teens) but I would imagine older kids would not enjoy it as its clearly aimed at the younger ones.

Its half a zoo with plenty of smaller animals (no big cats, elephants or Giraffes etc but that’s ok for our little one anyway, and the other half is made up of some rides (tea cups, hippo ride, hello kitty rides etc), a kids play area with a play ground and a mini water park when its hot. There is also food etc at very reasonable prices for a captive audience (around £6-£9 for a meal) and the food is also surprisingly good.

As for the queues, considering it’s the busiest time of the year, we didn’t have to wait more than a couple of minutes to go on any rides, and there where plenty of tables around and the queues for food in the larger (canteen style) of the two main areas was very short at 2pm when we went, however the first one you come to (Oasis) was busy as it was more of a fast food burger place.

All in all a very nice day out for the kids and parents (happy kids = happy parents) and daddy’s wallet liked it too. We could have gone to one of the big theme parks like Chessington and spend an hour just queueing to get into the car park then another one to get tickets and get in, then hours waiting for each ride before finally giving up and queueing to leave. But luckily you don’t have any of these problems at Drusillas. I have probably put my foot in it now and encouraged people to visit and it will be packed the next time we go!

We’ve visited Drusillas many tines before, last visit about 10 years ago, and with fond memories and glowing reviews on here we were excited to be returning whilst on a family holiday to the area. So we were surprised and saddened to leave disappointed - and over £100 lighter on entry fees alone.

Appreciating it was a sunny bank holiday weekend, queuing for half an hour with young children having purchased tickets online wasn’t a great start. However, this reflected that very quickly the park was was too packed, too soon, with limited space to move around in the zoo area and beyond. Popular areas, like Get Wet, were far too busy to get into or enjoy. It all felt very cramped - which isn’t something we’d remembered or have really experienced at other zoos and attractions.

Shade was very hard to come by, food outlets provided limited healthy choices (perhaps they’d run out) and drinking water involved more queuing. For an attraction targeted at young families this feels like basics.

Am sure this would be a different experience with babies and toddlers on a week day, as seeing the animals was lovely; however with slightly older children the lack of space made it far less enjoyable.

It was so busy we gave up and left after 3 hours - which was an expensive half day. Having returned home and read comments and responses on the entry fees we’re just as disappointed - Drusillas ticket prices are very similar to London Zoo, Chester Zoo, Port Lympne and others, all far larger and brilliant for young families. Sadly I’m not sure we’ll be back.

Five stars as the kids loved it. Perfect for the younger children even my youngest could enjoy some rides. Nice day out for the family would recommend it 😁 also good for a budget day out we took a picnic. Go for it is what I recommend

When we are on holiday in East Sussex we always have a day out at Druscillas. It has lots of things for everyone. Difficult to get a cup of tea as long queues, where food is sold. No tea/coffee kiosk. If we lived nearby we'd be members. Expensive for a family of four. Great that there are separate sections for play areas, so even the 2/3 year old gets to have a go. Zoo is lovely. Feeding the necture to mini parrots is always enjoyed by all.<br>A petting zoo area would be a great addition, but I expect the number of visitors is too numerous to be able to make it fun for the animals too.<br>The kids love collecting the stamps for what you've seen & testing their skills in comparison to the animals.<br>See you all again next time we're in Sussex.<br>Thanks to all the staff.

Love this place - great for the kids

I was great for the family could be more games to win prizes but other than that it was good

Can't fault this place

Ik vind dit echt een geniaal park, veel dingen te doen voor kinderen en dan gecombineerd met een relatief kleine dierentuin. En het waterpretpark gedeelte is ideaal op warme dagen. Personeel is over het algemeen vriendelijk. Dat parkeren gratis is vind ik ook super, voelt vaak zo oneerlijk dat je ook nog eens veel geld moet betalen voor parkeren bij een pretpark. Zoo Olympics vonden de kinderen ook leuk. Kinderen boven de 12 zullen er niet zoveel meer aan vinden, denk ik.

What a lovely place ! We weren’t sure what to expect but we had a lovely family day out. A lovely combination of animals to see, exhibits to handle and then rides to enjoy! What more you could ask for for a younger family! Polite friendly helpful staff and a lovely clean environment! Would definitely come back if we were on holiday in that area again ! Keep up the good work!

Great day out. Loads to do for kids! Bring the kid's swimmers if it's hot!

It was wonderful. Children really enjoyed water park and animals

Really good place to go for kids

I used to go to this park when I was a child and now I take my children too.

There is so much to see and do and the animals are so well looked after and look so happy.

The children loved being able to get soaked in the water fountains - kids, sunshine and water a great combination!

The restaurant was good and the gift shop had a great choice - we came away with a Meerkat called Mikey :-)

Overall a very nice place to go. Animals look well cared for and plenty of fun things to do for the kids. Prices of treats are pretty reasonable too.

It is a lovely day out for children. What's nice is all the staff are friendly and helpful and seem happy so adds a nice feel.<br>Personally I think the prices during summer especially are very expensive, and some of the okay equipment is much too big for smaller children. There isn't really a section for the littlest ones that is separate and easy for them to get in and out of. Which means that whole area isn't really something you can use.. but zoo part is lovely, animals have lots of space and are well looked after, water part is brilliant too and lots of food options.

The best place I ve ever visited.

Monky

Took our grandson who is 5 what a great experience to be able to get close to the Lemurs a walk through enclosure then learning about Farm animals and how to milk a cow Then be running through the water in the park after riding on the fairground rides included in the admission price of £49 Which included a half price deal for our boy He said he had the Best Day ever so that was good enough for me