My boyfriend and I thoroughly enjoyed the wildlife park itself - all of the free talks we visited throughout the day were very interesting. There was plenty to do and see, and all of the animal enclosures seemed to have lots of enrichment and suitable terrain for them.

The Tea with Tigers was incredibly disappointing and not worth the money at all! Whilst our guide was very knowledgable and professional, that was as good as it got. All of the talks she gave, any member of he public could listen in on (for free, when we all paid). The only ‘behind the scenes’ aspect was a small bit of road near the lions which got us the smallest bit closer than the general public could get.

The afternoon tea was a buffet, by the time we got up there, there was not much left. The sandwiches looked quite squashed and tasted and felt stale. Inside the cafe, there were only two tables where you could view the tigers. Our table was right at the back of the cafe and we could not see anything, however we paid the same amount as the two tables who sat at the front.

Overall, it was a real waste of money and we both felt so sad and dissatisfied at the end.

Paradise Wildlife Park and it’s staff is a fantastic place to visit whether young or old. It has an indoor ball park for little ones; paddling pool; loads of shows and animal encounters and talks. The keepers really love the animals and the animals respond to them well. We’ve been visiting at least twice a year for over 20 years.

Ok so positives! Lovely and friendly and clean and some great animals to see aswell. The bird show was good and the staff are very knowledgeable.
Daughter liked the play parks the most as well as the lemurs and goats!
Negative! The burger was the most disgusting burger I have ever seen, one bite was more than enough! The train - why do you charge for this? And there were no coffee/drinks kiosks??
Last neg was the small enclosures but the animals looked really cared for so that's the main thing.
A good day out with daughter and daddy and would go back.

This was my second visit to Paradise Park this year, and it did not disappoint.
The weather was perfect and all the animals were out enjoying the sunshine.
Again they all looked in good condition and very contented and seemed to enjoy
watching us watching them.
There is always plenty to do here, especially for the kids, many of them were really enjoying the dinosaur park, and all the restaurants/tea kiosks seemed to be doing a
good trade, not sure about the prices as I take a packed lunch, but tea & coffee very reasonable.
Saw several animal encounters going on, which was very entertaining, and the White
Tiger (Baikal) when his feed time came, he was really playing to the crowd.
Everybody was enjoying it, including him as he paraded around his pool before
collecting his meat.
Again the enclosures were very clean, and the staff as I have always found were
very helpful and informative. Also saw people in mobility scooters, they seems to be enjoying themselves. If you love animals then this is the place to visit as
they are so many different species to enjoy. A super day.

So, our family are 2 ever tired parents, a dinosaur mad 3 year old and an 11month old.

The day started AMAZINGLY! The dinosaur trail is absolutely brilliant for kids. As near as you are going to get to Jurassic Park! My son asked on more than one occasion if the dinosaurs were real or not. The animatronics were very, VERY good.

Another good thing here is the kids playground. A pirate ship, a fire engine, a train a mini tree house and numerous things to climb and play in. Can’t fault this at all. You could quite easily spend a couple of hours there.

Now... here are the gripes.

1) The smallest, but still annoying was paying £2 each for a smallish train ride inside the park. We paid £50 for us all to get in..! SURELY this should cover that?! Face painting £5 each! Both of these are free at our local zoo. Just smacks a bit of a rip off for me.
2) Some areas, including the soft play area has seen better days. The laminate flooring as you walk into the soft play has absolutely had it, the carpet and furniture felt grubby and there isn’t really an area for early pre schoolers to do anything. I’m not usually a big one for moaning about grubbiness (just mutter under breath and forget about it usually) but it really wasn’t inviting. Despite this our eldest seemed to have fun in there.
3) Most importantly for me.. It is a wildlife park. We have been to Whipsnade, which isn’t too far away and we loved it. There seemed like there was so much room for the animals to run around and enjoy. In my opinion, the enclosures at Paradise Wildlife Park are WAY too small for too many of the animals. It actually made me feel very uncomfortable to see the Big Cats cooped up in such small areas. They advertise that you can get up close to the Lions, Tigers and Cheetahs, but I’d rather them be a few more metres away and have better enclosures to live in. I’m not an animal rights activist by any stretch of the imagination, but I felt so bad about this that I wouldn’t go back. If I’m paying for a wildlife park, I want to know those animals have the very best conditions possible. Again - and this is my opinion - some of animals I saw today definitely didn’t and that’s not something I am willing to witness again, no matter how good the dinosaur trail is.

Took my kid down here and he loved it!

Plenty of stuff to blow kids minds dinosaurs included!

The white tiger was great and was very easy to see during feeding time.

Loved it here, I like zoo’s anyway, have never been here before. Short drive from home. Loved all the animals and managed to catch a few feeding times too. Lots of stuff for younger children to do, lots of activities and parks etc. Never seen so much for the kids to do, they’ve took the time to make sure everyone is catered for. Animals are well kept (although never enough room for them) but would definitely recommend. Enough eateries and not too expensive either and they even cater for gluten free diet (my hubby has coeliacs) so was a bonus. Spent around 4 hrs here, took lots of pictures. Would’ve like to have seen an aquarium, there’s only piranhas in one tank. And couldn’t really see the tarantulas either, but overall a good day. The dinosaur park was brilliantly done too.

2 adults and 3 children aged 8,6 and 5. The children loved the dinosaurs. Realistic movements and noises plus enough information for children. Owe thought the train ride through the dinosaurs was expensive at £2 for 3 minutes! Revisited this section on the way out.
The animals looked happy although their cages are small.
The water snake was sooo big!
Alternated between play park and animals.
The lagoon is a paddling area and suited to smaller children.
We all had a great day.

Excellent day out for families of all ages. There are slides & swings, animals, sandpits, splash area, soft play & even Dinosaurs!! It isn't cheap to get in but you can spend the whole day there and not be bored.

This was an absolutely fantastic day the main car park is very well laid out with walk ways, the park is well kept and clean with plenty of bins, the dinosaur land is brilliant and well thought out for bigger and young children and the young at heart.animals are well kept but found the enclosures a bit small. That is good toilet facilities. Good eating areas but very good picnic tables so I would advise to take a picnic as the food and drink fairly expensive.ther is really good play areas and a small pool . All in all this is a fantastic day out.

Paradise wildlife is a lovely little zoo with lots of different animals to see,an can get up nice an close to the animals to get great pictures

the dinosaurs park was brilliant my kids loved it

1 big disappointment is all the extra bits that cost more money you can't avoid them crazy golf, train ride(waste of money),slides rock climbing arcades
Food to buy to feed some certain animals(which they didn't eat as they have probably been eating all day)
i understand they have got to make money but with 3 kids gets really expensive

Entry price was a bit pricey just shy of £97 can go to a bigger zoo for less an spend a whole day out

But its great to see them improving the zoo an building new enclosures or updating old one

overall we had fun an a great few hours

We visited the park on August bank holiday Monday, although busy, queues for entry to the park and attractions were short. We specifically went to see the selection of big cats that the park has onsite and were not disappointed !!! The park also has dinosaur world, a children's play park, indoor soft play area and 18 hole crazy golf course. A fabulous day had by all.

Visited this place in past couple of times, first time this weekend since new addition - Dinosaur site. Having a little dinosaur fanatic, we had a chance to sample several dino attractions, this however was a very good quality, exhibits look realistic, moving, making dinosaur noises, pleasant enviroment, great settings. Dino train is additional bonus, as well as gift shop offering great variety of not too expensive toys and souvenirs.
Park offers wide variety of animals to see, great attracion is feed the parrots (additional charge of £1 per person applies, restricted hours only).
Park is constantly improving - in terms of additionals enclousures being built, new animals being added - biggest anaconda in captivity at the moment on display!! - great outdoor, as well as in door playground since weather here can be a little unsettled.

Only downside is extremely long waiting time in restaurant - during peak time for lunch , we had to queue for over 40minutes! ...on another note food is great value and good quality.

We definitely will be back again.

A great full day . Plenty to keep all age ranges occupied throughout the day . Well thought out viewing areas for the children to see most animals . Plenty of feeding times and educational signs and lectures . Several fast food outlets and picnic areas . When the children have had enough and want to let off steam then several play areas to explore .

The children enjoyed the dinosaurs section the most, they had a great time in the children's play area also.

Excellent place with very friendly staff and a lot to see. Most of it is accessible by wheelchair.
Talks in the animal park are very informative.
The foods at the various outlets are reasonably priced.

We visited on a very wet and miserable day so it wasn’t very busy overall. We didn’t have any small children with us so can’t really comment on the play areas but what we did see looked quite old fashioned. No queues for anything and we were easily able to get close to the animals but I do wonder how much we would have seen if it had been a sunny day when the park is busier. It was amazing to get so close to the big cats in particular, however, this did appear to be because the enclosures are so small. I was glad we had eaten before arriving as the food places didn’t seem to be up to much, the main cafe had lots of trays of half eaten food left on tables. Not sure I’d want to go back.

This was the first time I had visited here and it was a brilliant day out. Lots to do for all the family. We took a picnic do didn’t buy from the restaurant but the food did look nice. We will definitely be coming back again

We recently took 2 of our grandchildren for a day out here. The weather was dreary but the mood certainly wasn’t. My husband and I have senior membership which I would certainly recommend. Prices for the young children is quite expensive but they were occupied all day. We had a fun time visiting the animals and they particularly loved the penguins and lions. They loved the train and new dinosaurs trail. Time was spent in the splash pool and playground where we had a lovely picnic.

Amazing and so informative. Shirley our guide was excellent. She was so knowledgeable about all the tigers, snow leopards and lions. We were fortunate enough to witness a training session with the white tiger. There was some confusion about the afternoon tea but spending more time with the big cats was worth the wait. The location of the venue for the afternoon tea was breathtaking with the tigers roaming nearby.

We revisited after 3 years, and wow it didn't disappoint. The animal part of the park isn't massive but it's just the right size to walk around and enjoy with little ones (mine are 4 and 7). The dinosaur park and spalsh zone have been added since our last visit they were both brilliant both of my children loved them. It's really nice to sit down and take a break while the children play on the many play areas around the park. Mine especially loved the diggers. We took a picnic for lunch but the food being served looked delicious. Pop into the tree top cafe to get amazing photos and views of the tigers. We'll definitely be returning and I would recommend a visit to everyone.

First visit with family including a 5 year old that loved it so much for him to do from dinosaurs to animals and play area that he didn't know what to have a go on first

Had a lovely day out 4 adults 1 teenager and a 1 year old.Booked on line and used the further 10% code so £80 for all of us was a great price.
Granddaughter loved the dinosaurs as we all did but to charge a further £2 each for the train was a bit steep.So didn’t use it.
So glad we took a picnic as the food was very expensive and looking at the tables looked awful and not eaten.
We all enjoyed the animals.
We would visit again in the future

We had a great day at Paradise Wildlife Park, it’s got an interesting and slightly random collection of things to see and do...

Firstly prices for 2 adults, 1 x 5 year old and 2 year old twins it was nearly £100 to get in. All things considered that’s a bit steep, the membership deal is ok if you live locally and I suspect it was members that turned up in the afternoon when it got really, really busy. I don’t think it’s right to charge full child prices for 2 year olds. Especially when inside things like the train and crazy golf cost extra plus every 5 minutes there’s another machine or water gun that require money to play. This is why it loses a star.

First we visited the moving dinosaurs which are great, realistic enough for the kids to be really scared and good snippets of interesting info for the 5 year old. They all loved the sandpit at the end digging up stones. Parents didn’t love the £2 a head dinosaur train!

The kids really enjoyed the animals, lions, meerkats, tigers, gibbons etc. I agree with other reviewers who said the cages are small, they may meet regulations but I’d much rather be an animal living somewhere like Whipsnade. That being said the small cages meant the kids could actually see the animals which isn’t always so easy in the big zoo’s when they have huge enclosures. We also went to an animal show that was Ok but possibly not worth a special effort, you learn some interesting stuff about rats.

The play areas were great, they’ve clearly come together over many years and are a bit random
but the kids loved the slides and fire engines etc.

The lagoon is like a big puddle of freezing water that’s got a tiny slide - I thought it looked a bit rubbish but the kids absolutely loved it.

Soft play was truly overrun by the time we got there, it’s a good soft play but seemed to have pretty big kids in it.

Other bits include a UK woodland bit with foxes, deers etc. a slightly random dance show, speed way museum, birds & a bird show.... like I said an interesting collection of things.

Food wise we took a picnic for the day and at the end of the day headed 2 minutes to the lovely woodman and olive put, where you get amazing food at great value vs Paradise.

All in all kids had a great day, came away happy and shattered. Worth a visit

I visited today with my sister in law and we had 6 children with us.
There is a lot to do at the park and it was good value however I would agree with some of the previous comments. We took our own food but noticed tables with almost full plates of food which people had left and the burgers etc did not look good.

I noticed a lioness pacing for a long time in the enclosure which was upsetting. I did appreciate that you were able to get a good look at the animals and get quite close however this is probably because the enclosures seem much smaller than other zoo’s I’ve visited.

My main issue with this place was the toilets. They were awful and got worse as the day went on so obviously no-one was checking them. There was dirty paper on the floor and many were very blocked with the contents floating round at the top 🤢. We visited two different sets of toilets on the park and they were both as bad.