South West - Somerset

With a host of impressive animals indoors and outdoors, including our African elephants, white rhino, feisty big cats and family of gentle giraffes you’ll be amazed at the variety of nature you’ll see within our sprawling 110 acre park. Want to feed our animals yourself? Grab a bag of animal feed from our farm Shop and the kids can hand feed some of our farmyard favourites as you enjoy exploring the park.

In case the increasingly autumnal weather can’t be relied upon for wall-to-wall warm sunshine, enjoy our large warm undercover play barns this season, now fully heated for all indoor play and eating areas! Bring the family along today to Bristol’s award-winning ‘all day, all weather’ attraction. Enjoy 12 exciting adventure play areas, an indoor Animal Village and covered Animal Show Pens. We now offer over 25,000 square feet of heated areas around the 100 acre park to make your visit enjoyable whatever the weather.

Visiting as part of a group or school trip? We offer great value group rates to make your day cheaper if you come together! Groups of 10 people or more are eligible for discounted entry, see our website for prices. Bring your birthday party and the birthday child goes free, the rest of your group enjoys our cheap birthday group rate. Want a fun educational trip for your class or year group? We host over 20,000 school children in organised educational trips each year, a popular choice of South West schools! Check out the Education section on our website to start planning your trip today.

Part of every great day out is of course stopping for a relaxing snack or lunch, a chance to rest the legs and enjoy a tasty lunch or warm drink. With outstanding views from our popular café veranda, we offer an excellent lunch menu at great value with locally sourced food, handmade cakes and a range of hot and cold drinks. Along with our main café, Noah’s Ark offers 3 further kiosks around site for drinks, snacks and ice creams perfect for family pit-stops whilst you walk around the park.

We know that although the stars of the zoo are our animals and kids will love the play areas; for busy parents you’ll want to ensure the chosen venue for your day out offers top facilities and services for your convenience. Knowledgeable staff, clean toilets, a well-stocked café, free parking – we’re confident you’ll find we tick all those boxes which make a good day out, great.

If you really loved our animals, why not adopt one? From £35 for the year, you can adopt one of many of our animals and help contribute towards their upkeep. The Adoption gift box includes a cuddly toy, a certificate of adoption, a factsheet about your adopted animal, a free day ticket, a pencil and a car sticker, as well as your name displayed outside your chosen animal’s exhibit. Adoptions can be purchased over the phone or online.

If you think you would do a great job looking after some of our animals, why not come along and have a go for yourself?! We offer the excellent opportunity to get hands on with our animals in your very own Keeper Experience. Experiences include; Elephants, Primates and Small Mammals, Big Cats, Junior, Big Zoo Animals, and Scales and Feathers. Whether you are a child or an adult, there is a perfect Keeper Experience for you! Working alongside our zoo keepers, you’ll get the opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at a morning in the shoes of a keeper. You’ll learn all about animal husbandry, and you’ll get well acquainted with our amazing animals. Experiences are available for purchase online or over the phone.

For those who really enjoyed their day out at Noah’s Ark, we offer a great value annual membership scheme. Prices start from £45 for the entire year, with access any time and any day during opening times. Discounts are available for families and concessions, and day tickets purchased within two weeks of membership purchase, can be deducted from the cost of membership!

Want to save the pennies? Buy your tickets online in advance and save 5% and quicker entry on arrival.

For a fantastic family day out, walk beside nature’s giants at Noah’s Ark this season!
 

2015 Opening Times:
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm is open Monday- Saturday and all Bank Holiday Mondays until 19th December 2015.
We are closed on Sundays.
Open 10.30am- 5pm (February- November)
10.30am- 4pm (December and January)