Animal Experiences

Beale Wildlife Park’s Animal Experiences offer the unique opportunity to get up close to our animals and learn more about them with our Zoo Keeper Team!

Find out more about each available experience and booking below:

Ages

6+

Meet a Meerkat

Join our keepers and feed the meerkats from within their enclosure.

The 10-15 minute experience is bookable online. The price is £16.50 per person for adults and children aged 6+, with spaces limited to six people. This does not include your park entry. Available seven days per week until 11:00am.

Available 7 days a week, until 11:00am

10-15 minute experience

£16.50 per person (park entry also required)

Please note, for any children enjoying an experience without a parent or carer, their supervising adult must be present outside the enclosure.

Ages

6+

Meet a Ring-Tailed Lemur

Join our keepers and feed the ring-tailed lemurs from within their enclosure.

The 10-15 minute experience is bookable online. The price is £16.50 per person for adults and children aged 6+, with spaces limited to six people. This does not include your park entry. Available seven days per week until midday.

Available 7 days a week, until 12:00pm

10-15 minute experience

£16.50 per person (park entry also required)

Please note, for any children enjoying an experience without a parent or carer, their supervising adult must be present outside the enclosure.

Ages

12+

Meet the Tapir and Capybaras

Go behind the scenes and meet our tapir and capybaras for an unforgettable experience.

In this immersive 30 minute session, you will enter the enclosure of Nev, Gary and Sharon and learn more about these incredible South American herbivores. You will have the opportunity to feed them, have photos taken and ask questions of our experienced keepers. The price is £60 per person for adults and children aged 12+, with spaces limited to one booking of up to five people per day. The price includes your park entry. Available seven days per week at 2.30pm.

Available 7 days a week, at 2.30pm

30 minute experience

£60 per person (includes park entry)
£47 per person (members price excluding park entry)

Please note, for any children enjoying an experience without a parent or carer, their supervising adult must be present outside the enclosure.

Ages

16+

Must be
pre-booked

Carnivore encounter

Come and meet our carnivores up close and personal with the chance to join our experienced carnivore keepers on their daily rounds!

Due to the nature of this encounter, it is only available for those 16 years of age and above and may include any of our carnivore residents such as our Lynx, Binturong, Genet, Tayra and Arctic Foxes. The experience is priced at £70 with park admission or £57 without admission, with spaces limited to one booking of up to two people. This experience is available seven days a week at 2pm and must be pre-booked at least 48 hours in advance.

Available 7 days a week, at 2.00pm

45 minute experience

£70 per person (includes park entry)
£57 per person (members price excluding park entry)

The final line-up cannot be guaranteed – while we try to include as wide a variety as possible, specific animals are subject to change without notice. Please note that some of our reptiles are carnivorous and can be fed live insects or frozen rodents or chicks.

Ages

8+

Oddballs encounter

Come and meet three animals of your preference from the list below!

In this 45 minute experience, you can go behind the scenes with your favourite animals, have photos taken, and learn from our experienced keepers. The experience is priced at £60, including admission tickets, or £47 without, for adults and children aged 8+. Spaces are limited to one booking of up to two people. See the list below for all the animals available in this experience and their age restrictions. This encounter is available seven days a week at 2:30pm.

8+
16+
Reindeer
Binturong
Pigs
Porcupine
Tarantula
Genets
Wallabies and Emus
Cus Cus

Available 7 days a week, 2.30pm

45 minute experience

£60 per person (includes park entry)
£47 per person (members price excluding park entry)

Please note, for any children enjoying an experience without a parent or carer, their supervising adult must be present outside the enclosure.

We cannot guarantee that every animal will be available on any given day; however, we will do our best to honour your preferences.

*Please note that we have minimum age requirements for each experience (as above). Ages will be verified before entry and no refunds can be o􀉪ered if participants are under age. Suitable clothing (ideally long trousers) and footwear with closed toes (such as trainers, wellingtons or sturdy boots) should be worn. A free Carer discount is provided for all our animal experiences; however, please note that some of our enclosures are not accessible via wheelchair. Please contact us if you have any questions on the suitability of our animal experiences.