Paradise Wildlife Park
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Great family day out and suitable for all ages. Well laid out and very well maintained it has lots of excellent animal viewing areas and animals have lots of space to live. Good selection of food and drink available and prices reasonable. The Dinosaur World exhibit was our favourite and the soundtrack added to it. Will visit again.
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The kids had a brilliant day aged 2 & 6
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What a lovely evening we had for a family outing, wide age range, lots to see and information about animals. We really enjoyed it
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Stopped here on our way home from holiday, and it was a gem of a place. The kids loved it, the food was reasonably priced and there was plenty for the whole family.
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Amazing place. Recommend 💯, 💯 🥰🥰🥰
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Visited on a Saturday with my two kids, 8 and 6 as well as my parents. Great weather so got to experience the whole park including the splash pad. Started on the animal side of the park which is over the road from the dinosaur and play area. Good safety to stop cars and pedestrians colliding which is manned at all times. The animal park seems smaller than other parks we have been to but it's well laid out and is full of interesting animals and facts. There are plenty of photo opportunities and seating areas to rest up and grab a break from the kids running ahead. The animals seem well looked after and have nice enclosures, better than some others. The dinosaur area was the highlight with every animal moving on a pir sensor, interesting facts and well maintained. Highly recommend this park and will return
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Really enjoyed our visit here. I like the way the zoo has a lot of higher platforms to see all the different animal enclosures. There is a variety of animals to see as well.
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Great for kids with soft play, splash park, multiple play areas and animatronics. They have clearly invested recently e.g. sun bear viewing platform & cafe. However animal enclosures can feel a little small for the large animals
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5 stars For NATIONAL SPEEDWAY MUSEUM ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2 men’s Told us so much of the history we left so surprised.
Thank you both of you for excellent time !
2 men’s Told us so much of the history we left so surprised.
Thank you both of you for excellent time !
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Always lovely to go back each time... park is always changing with great improvements
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Interesting
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Well managed park with talks relating to many of the animals. Must see are the white lions, tigers, snow leopard and jaguars . Ate on site and found food very good and reasonably priced.
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We went in the evening it was great no overly busy
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Nice place for kids, wouldn't recommend under 2s going to the dinosaur section as they get a little scared but the main animal section is nice. No elephants & giraffes so bear that in mind. Lots of play areas, lots of walking so take that into consideration. Parking is good and free and they have a few shows everyday. Food stalls are available throughout the park. You have to buy tickets online, no options at the entrance.
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Brilliant. We went on the summer evening night event. The zoo, entertainment and staff were so nice. Our toddler went free as he is under 2 and for the both of us it cost £32.40 (we had a discount code so got £3.60 off). It's small and not huge. No queues or rush. We got to relax and enjoy it. Highly recommend it.
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Bust place as you woukd exspect with the kids of school. But great place to go. Dinosaur Park was brilliant
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Brilliant evening out. The park is clean, friendly and the food outlets are very reasonable and the food is good quality. Strongly recommend a trip here
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Amazing place to be with family and friends
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I brought the kids (5 and 8) here and it was a great day out. They loved the dinosaur area so much they wanted to go round a second time later in the day. There are a few play areas that they loved too. There's not a huge number of animals so I think if you're visiting without kids then expect maybe half a day rather than a full day.
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Fantastic day out foor the family. Grandchildren met the 3 boys, and they were great. Thank you to all the staff who were super helpful.
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Not cheap but loads of animals and great dino park. Gran kids loved it
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A smaller but very satisfying zoo with a nice range of animals
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Great place for a day out for the kids. Dinosaur walk was great, zoo was nice and easy to walk around. Didn't use the splash park but will do next time. Plus the Rolo donut was incredible!
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I've been coming here since I was a tiny child with parents and on school trips. So much has changed in 30 years but I love that there are still some of the original playground equipments, like the Fire Engine Slide and Mother Hubbard's Shoe. Very nostalgic!
Paradise has always been what I would call a 'nicer zoo'. It's a conservation zoo and the animals don't seem miserable like they often do in captivity. Some of the enclosures, eg. the sweet bears, are very impressive.
The recent updates to the park are great. The whole park was accessible by wheelchair. I can't comment on accessible toilets as didn't use them.
There are several eateries and several picnic spots too. Disappointing vegan options and the cafes only serve machine coffee which means oat milk added into black coffee, which curdled. Yuck. There was a vegan ice cream scoop option (vanilla) and I spotted vegan Magnums too.
There's an animatronic dinosaur trail which has more models than anything similar I've seen and is very impressive.
There's also a large paddling pool area with sun loungers and picnic benches, and changing facilities for youngsters in swimwear.
This would make a very full day out for children up to, say, 10 years old. There's indoor soft play for younger children plus a little train that does a loop around the dinosaur area (£2 per ticket, purchase at ride). There's also an outdoor stage with character performances.
I think it's a real shame to rename it 'Hertfordshire Zoo'. It isn't really a 'zoo' as, looking at the map, more than half of it is not animals, it's play areas and other entertainment. PWP is renowned and will lose the familiarity it has for so many, which is sad.
Paradise has always been what I would call a 'nicer zoo'. It's a conservation zoo and the animals don't seem miserable like they often do in captivity. Some of the enclosures, eg. the sweet bears, are very impressive.
The recent updates to the park are great. The whole park was accessible by wheelchair. I can't comment on accessible toilets as didn't use them.
There are several eateries and several picnic spots too. Disappointing vegan options and the cafes only serve machine coffee which means oat milk added into black coffee, which curdled. Yuck. There was a vegan ice cream scoop option (vanilla) and I spotted vegan Magnums too.
There's an animatronic dinosaur trail which has more models than anything similar I've seen and is very impressive.
There's also a large paddling pool area with sun loungers and picnic benches, and changing facilities for youngsters in swimwear.
This would make a very full day out for children up to, say, 10 years old. There's indoor soft play for younger children plus a little train that does a loop around the dinosaur area (£2 per ticket, purchase at ride). There's also an outdoor stage with character performances.
I think it's a real shame to rename it 'Hertfordshire Zoo'. It isn't really a 'zoo' as, looking at the map, more than half of it is not animals, it's play areas and other entertainment. PWP is renowned and will lose the familiarity it has for so many, which is sad.
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The World of Dinosaurs was fantastic. My children absolutely loved this part and the train ride was a nice touch. The zoo was OK. A lot of the animals were difficult to see or weren't there. Lots of things to do for children. Great day out!
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