South Lakes Safari Zoo

Visited on Weekday Wait time Up to 10 min Reservation recommended Yes More
May 2nd, 2023

We had a nice day overall at the zoo, but 2 things let it down, hence 2 stars... 1, the staff on the quad bikes in my opinion go around the zoo too fast and do make me conscious that my child is in danger. The 2nd point is that you are now not allowed to bring in your picnic to the zoo at all now, not even the play area. This meant that we were forced to eat our picnic on the floor in the car park in an empty car parking space... Definitely not great. Sort these 2 points out and it would be 5 stars
May 3rd, 2023

I had a virgin experience voucher for the sloth experience. It says 'you and 3 others will get to meet the sloth for 30 mins'. Luckily it was only me (no one else booked on) but because of that I did think they might let my husband come in but hey, no biggie. The sloth lives with the giant tortoises so they are in the way an like to tred on your toes so watch out! I enjoyed feeding the sloth and the keeper was knowladable and obviously loved the sloth. You can touch the sloth (not all sloths just this one) so I was very disappointed about that (I really wanted a hug!) but it was great to be up close The zoo in general was great we saw loads of amazing animals, pack of wolves howling! Honey badgers (not many places have these) and every animal Is so close and there is also a walk through bit. All in all a great day. We went Monday 24th April so out of season, so nice and quite
May 2nd, 2023

Visited on Weekend Wait time No wait Reservation recommended Yes More
May 2nd, 2023

Visited on Weekday Wait time Up to 10 min Reservation recommended Yes More
May 2nd, 2023