Home to around 180 species and set in 60 acres of parkland and lakes, Colchester Zoo hosts many different habitats, from the humid home of our Komodo Dragons to our very own Africa plain, …
Home to around 180 species and set in 60 acres of parkland and lakes, Colchester Zoo hosts many different habitats, from the humid home of our Komodo Dragons to our very own Africa plain, Kingdom of the Wild, home to white rhino, giraffes, ostrich, zebra and kudu.
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Mar 14, 2025
The animals were absolutely amazing me and all my friends loved the experience. The staff were so friendly and helpful.face painting was very good loved my tigerFull review by Alfie R
Mar 7, 2025
Each visit .. this is 3rd/ 4th this year has been amazing as we catch sight of the animals in various stages- been so fortunate to see cubs, aardvark bubba, wolves and so much moreFull review by Elizabeth P
Mar 3, 2025
Best zoo in England by a mile absolutely love this place the animals are so well looked after a credit to the zoo staff. Keep up the good work Colchester zooFull review by Colin B
Has anyone done the giraffe feed? How was it? How long do you get?
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We booked the giraffe feed in June - think it was £20 for up to family of five, but was just the two of us. Lovely staff and you’re taken into an enclosed area by their field, but was a lot …
We booked the giraffe feed in June - think it was £20 for up to family of five, but was just the two of us. Lovely staff and you’re taken into an enclosed area by their field, but was a lot more people feeding than we’d hoped - think there was about 16 of us so you get divided into groups and take it in turns to have your own family time for about 5-10 mins with one giraffe - they had two giraffes to feed, a third wasn’t playing ball . You get given a large plastic pot with herb stalks - you hold one up at the designated high fenced area and the giraffe leans over and gently takes it - amazing long tongues. Little children were on parents shoulders feeding them, so gentle. My 30 yr old daughter loved it - I was taking the photos. So would definitely recommend doing it - not cheap but it’s memorable. Just be prepared to share the experience with others - we’d assumed it’d be a fairly exclusive thing to do. Nice moneymaker for the zoo though…
We bought online which as others have said is cheaper but o believe it is absolutely possible to buy on site. Also, buying online enabled us to add on things like feeding …
We bought online which as others have said is cheaper but o believe it is absolutely possible to buy on site. Also, buying online enabled us to add on things like feeding experiences (which were actually really reasonable) which have to be pre booked in advance.
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