Local Reviews
In August 2025, Karl Russell said about Paradise Wildlife Park
Fantastic arrangement of things to do and see.
Well worth the money.
Well worth the money.
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In September 2025, Olga Robu said about Paradise Wildlife Park
It stood out to me how clean the place is and the animals look well looked after and healthy. It seems they've done some refurbishment too. Me and my family had great fun there
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In May 2025, Daniel P said about Paradise Wildlife Park
Excellent zoo
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In June 2025, Riley Harris said about Paradise Wildlife Park
As an adult I was disappointed. The dinosaur part of the zoo was brilliant but animal wise nothing to see. Zebra area was cut out zebra as were other animals. Saw one male lion in the distance, two camels nothing much else. Fine for little children as they like to run around. Lots of little school children who seemed to be enjoying themselves.
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In July 2025, Booney Inc said about Paradise Wildlife Park
We enjoyed it
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In July 2025, mike coupe said about Paradise Wildlife Park
Brilliant day out
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In July 2025, Clare Elsey said about Paradise Wildlife Park
Kids enjoyed the visit
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In August 2025, Liam Sinclair said about Paradise Wildlife Park
This zoo was a little gem! As someone who is a regular visitor of zoos, I can say this felt different. The walk from the car park to the entrance had a certain energy from the get go. With Planet Zoo-esque music playing it built an anticipation that felt foreign, almost theme park like (in a good way).
The entrance fees were high for what I anticipated the value to be from a 30-acre collection that I knew nothing about. One thing I did notice was you could purchase keeper experiences on the day at the entrance, there was a board that had a list of experiences and the majority were crossed off, I presume this was working very well for them.
Once you get into the zoo, the energy remained different, it was palpable. You start in a commercial food courtyard area with an attached dinosaur world trail with animatronic dinosaurs. Music is playing the whole time and created an atmosphere that created a more than just a zoo "vibe". It was really noticeable; I have never really realised just how much music can alter perception.
You leave the food courtyard to enter the animal collection, a nice segregation between the music and the animals. The animal collection was beautiful and wonderfully themed. The bird display area was fantastic; the flight display was full of reminders that it was opt in for the birds and they could leave and return to their enclosures at any point if they wanted to tap out (which some did). The staff knew when to nip a segment in the bud and move onto the next bird, some were out for a few minutes and others longer. Whatever the birds wanted.
The reptile collections boasted nice large enclosures, I was particularly impressed with the giant constrictors space. Large elaborate, complex habitats with a myriad of choices for the snakes. It was great to see.
I had reservations regarding the big cat enclosure sizes, but even though they were smaller, they were certainly complex with cleverly designed elements. Enrichment was visible in nearly all enclosures. From a visitor perspective, the theming around the enclosures were second to none, clever engaging signage and interactable objects really got members of the public to stop and read. Imagine that.
The inside areas for the jaguars and sun bears were particularly impressive, the jaguars had a very tall den area with platforms and branches reaching up above views from a ground perspective. From a wooden walkway above you could see just how tall and complex this really was, must have been 30ft or so. Educational material about how they would climb up into the rainforest canopy really tied it all together. It was a similar story for the sun bears but not so tall.
The only area that let the collection down was the back right of the map where the zebras, tapirs and capybara were. The zebra enclosure was near appalling. Other enclosures in this area were just as shocking.
However, I could see this was a much older tired looking area of the collection so I can only presume there are plans to fix up this remaining area of the zoo. You never know what plans are already in place or what budgets, grants etc they are waiting on so I won't harp on too much on it. In my opinion, I would place the two zebras, the capybaras, the tapir, the emu etc on surplus and get them off to other collections and level the area or just make the whole thing just for zebras. Again, this might already be shared thinking. But it is noticeable for now.
All in all, I think this zoo has a very bright future, I think they have gotten the commercial elements right, its forward thinking in many areas. As for the zebra area, as I can see the zoos vision and I expect they are working on it. They just need a little bit of grace afforded to them as they work on it.
One of the best zoos I have visited in a while.
The entrance fees were high for what I anticipated the value to be from a 30-acre collection that I knew nothing about. One thing I did notice was you could purchase keeper experiences on the day at the entrance, there was a board that had a list of experiences and the majority were crossed off, I presume this was working very well for them.
Once you get into the zoo, the energy remained different, it was palpable. You start in a commercial food courtyard area with an attached dinosaur world trail with animatronic dinosaurs. Music is playing the whole time and created an atmosphere that created a more than just a zoo "vibe". It was really noticeable; I have never really realised just how much music can alter perception.
You leave the food courtyard to enter the animal collection, a nice segregation between the music and the animals. The animal collection was beautiful and wonderfully themed. The bird display area was fantastic; the flight display was full of reminders that it was opt in for the birds and they could leave and return to their enclosures at any point if they wanted to tap out (which some did). The staff knew when to nip a segment in the bud and move onto the next bird, some were out for a few minutes and others longer. Whatever the birds wanted.
The reptile collections boasted nice large enclosures, I was particularly impressed with the giant constrictors space. Large elaborate, complex habitats with a myriad of choices for the snakes. It was great to see.
I had reservations regarding the big cat enclosure sizes, but even though they were smaller, they were certainly complex with cleverly designed elements. Enrichment was visible in nearly all enclosures. From a visitor perspective, the theming around the enclosures were second to none, clever engaging signage and interactable objects really got members of the public to stop and read. Imagine that.
The inside areas for the jaguars and sun bears were particularly impressive, the jaguars had a very tall den area with platforms and branches reaching up above views from a ground perspective. From a wooden walkway above you could see just how tall and complex this really was, must have been 30ft or so. Educational material about how they would climb up into the rainforest canopy really tied it all together. It was a similar story for the sun bears but not so tall.
The only area that let the collection down was the back right of the map where the zebras, tapirs and capybara were. The zebra enclosure was near appalling. Other enclosures in this area were just as shocking.
However, I could see this was a much older tired looking area of the collection so I can only presume there are plans to fix up this remaining area of the zoo. You never know what plans are already in place or what budgets, grants etc they are waiting on so I won't harp on too much on it. In my opinion, I would place the two zebras, the capybaras, the tapir, the emu etc on surplus and get them off to other collections and level the area or just make the whole thing just for zebras. Again, this might already be shared thinking. But it is noticeable for now.
All in all, I think this zoo has a very bright future, I think they have gotten the commercial elements right, its forward thinking in many areas. As for the zebra area, as I can see the zoos vision and I expect they are working on it. They just need a little bit of grace afforded to them as they work on it.
One of the best zoos I have visited in a while.
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In August 2025, Danny Woolston said about Paradise Wildlife Park
Lovely day out here, dinosaur bit is brilliant. Bit rough to charge for the train ride though, staff were friendly enough
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In August 2025, Yadollah Rostami said about Paradise Wildlife Park
We had a great day
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