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South Lakes Safari Zoo - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

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• (4.77 mi) Holiday Inn Express Barrow-in-Furness, an IHG Hotel
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“ The zoo has a very open door policy, lemurs, emus , kangaroos are all allowed fairly free roam (within limits). ” in 5 reviews

“ The South Lakes Animal Park, although smaller than many zoos still offer a wide range of wildlife including giraffes , lions, tigers and monkeys etc. ” in 4 reviews

“ Much cheaper than Chester Zoo , but then, they do have far few animals and fewer facilities all round. ” in 2 reviews

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Broughton Road

Dalton In Furness LA15 8JR

United Kingdom

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South Lakes Wild Animal Park - soon to be South Laks Safari Zoo is the UK's 1st and best unique safari experience on foot. Walk freely amongst many of the animals,hand feed penguins,Giraffes,Kangaroos,Lemurs,get close to rhinos, Tigers, Bears, Primates,Vultures.The ultimate interactive animal experience …

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Great place for the family and reasonable priced. On certain days you can feed the animals!

The zoo was great and the kids loved it....weather was good so it helped the overall atmosphere and experience

Wow. This is a great place. Really good value for money and well worth it. Firstly bit of a drive for Manchester but on a sunny day it's a lovely drive. It doesn't look much from the initially exterior but when you get in there immediately you see animals walking and flying around. It has a feel of a zoo, Safari park without the car and Jurassic park of course without the dinasours. We fed the giraffes. Saw the rhinos wandering around. Watched the tiger jump to the top of tree for food. Cuddled a penguin. Stroked an ostrich. Gazed at the great lion that was only a metre away. Through the glass of course. Saw a snow leopard rubbing itself up the fence like a playful pussy. There is a typical food place but you can take your own picnic in and there is indoor and outdoor places to eat. The monkeys are hilarious and very entertaining. And the indoor vulture pen is amazing. It is a great day out. Cheap too compared to other zoos. Only £30 for three of us. The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend it. I left a tip too!! X

Without doubt one of the best wild animal parks in the country, and we've been to a few! The zoo has a very open door policy, lemurs, emus, kangaroos are all allowed fairly free roam (within limits). Visitors can help feed the penguins, lemurs, giraffes. And food is sold to feed the emus, ducks etc. The tiger and lion feeding is unique, with the cats having to climb for their food rather than just being given food. A nice restaurant, where in the summer its possible to eat outside and watch over the giraffes and rhinos.

When I found out that there was a place that might possibly let me hand feed penguins within a 50 mile radius, I was practically in the car, ready to go, within 5 minutes. Well, that's not quite true, but I was pretty keen. Of course, I had my reservations. I'd only seen the website and have been let down before by the comparison of fancy website to poor zoo conditions. Plus, Chester Zoo isn't that far away and is always a safe bet for a great day out. But I've been there enough times in the past couple of years and fancied a change. So off we went to Dalton in Furness in the hope of seeing something a little bit different, and with any luck, I'd get to feed some penguins On arrival, we were a bit wary. The car park was tiny, so we assumed there wouldn't be much to see. However as we walked further into the park we realised there were several bridges and walkways spanning through and over the large enclosures, meaning that you could see the animals really well and that they had much more space to play with than we'd originally thought. The admission price was fair, at £7. Much cheaper than Chester Zoo, but then, they do have far few animals and fewer facilities all round. It kept us entertained for about 4 hours, all in all. The animals look happy and healthy, with a fair amount of space to run around in. Some are kept to themselves, whereas others are mixed in together, which is nice to see. We particularly liked the way that you could walk into some of the enclosures and get up close to the animals. and also the fact that some of them (the cheeky lemurs in particular!) seemed to be allowed to just roam about certain parts of the park. The real bonus was the feeding times/talks. The tiger feeding talk really brought home how rare the animals are and the keeper talked about the conservation work that the animal park were able to fund in Indonesia. And the absolute pinnacle of the day? Well, the penguin feeding, of course.

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Absolutely loved it! We came from Barrow and it was really easy to get to, well sign posted! I'd recommend going early in the morning, we arrived around 10.30 and the queue was already down the drive to the car park, we only had a day to do everything we wanted so we left around 1 and the main carp park was already full up and people were having to park half a mile down the road at an over flow field car park, and on the road. Loads of animals and great interaction with them too! Highlight recommend it, a lovely place and a lovely day out!

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This is without a doubt one of Barrow (or rather Dalton's) top attractionsit's like being on safari, except that you're in a tiny town in North West England and it's probably raining! It is a true 'wild' animal park - everything from cute little lemurs and penguins throgh to rhinos, lions and tigers. Do not miss the tigers being fed at 2pm every day; they have to work for their food just as they would have to catch their food in the wild - amazing, something you will never see again! The animals are all given plenty of space, and you can tell they're well looked after, making this a fun day out without the worry you sometimes get at zoos! Very child-friendly too - plenty of picnic areas, and a little train that goes through the park that the kids will love to ride on. Not to be missed! A tip for you - a reciept from Barrow's Asda or M+S store will get you entry into the Park for £5 (it's usually £10.50 for adults) - this is a well-kept secret, really meant for locals rather than tourists, hence you won't find it in any of the guidebooks. Bargain!

The South Lakes Animal Park, although smaller than many zoos still offer a wide range of wildlife including giraffes, lions, tigers and monkeys etc. It is very easy to get round in just a couple of hours so you may want to plan something additional to do if you are going for a day out. The food at the on site cafeteria is pretty reasonable and if you check online they often offer free admission and other deals making this an affordable day out for the family.

I love this place its the best animal conservation of any kind that I have seen. Its spilt into different areas and certain animals roam free and you can feed some of them, there is lots of feeding time and I enjoyed the speeches which were not boring. This place beliving in preserving animals are they are and not as lazy caged zoo pets. Should be more examples of this place.

A brilliant park for getting up close and personal to big cats, the wildlife park is a must for any budding photographer. A nicely laid out park where the animals have plenty of room to move about.

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The Animals of South Lakes Safari Zoo

We’ve been hoping for a chance to visit this zoo for a while and yet if we’d allowed ourselves to be influenced by some of the reviews on TripAdvisor we might never have done so. I’m so glad we decided to see for ourselves and enjoyed a great day out here.

The zoo is located in Lindal-in-Furness which is, as the name suggests, in the south of The Lake District. We were staying nearby (if an hour by car is nearby) but otherwise this is way too far out of the way for a day trip for us.

Between myself and Delilah we got some awesome shots of the animals in their collection.

White Rhinoceros

The White Rhinoceros are the largest of the non-extinct rhinos and the second-largest land mammal in the world. Their name comes from the West Germanic word “weit” which translates at “wide” and refers to their mouth.

There are two subspecies of white rhino, the northern and southern white rhino. The northern white rhino is almost extinct with just two females surviving that live under 24-hour armed guard.

West African Giraffe

The giraffes at South Lakes Safari Zoo are Kordofan giraffes. This is a subspecies whose territory covers a huge area – Chad, the Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, the northern Democratic Republic of Congo and probably South Sudan. There are thought to be less than 2,000 remaining in the wild.

Feeding the giraffes is one of the animal experiences you can pay extra for at this zoo. Our girls loved it.

No, it’s not a giant guinea pig! The capybara is the largest living remember of the rodent family and is a native of South America. There are a number of them living at the zoo and you can feed these, as well as other animals, with food that you can purchase at the entrance.

As Verity discovered, they don’t necessarily want to be fed!

Safari Zoo has both the Black Vulture and King Vultures in residence as well as condors. They all live in a huge walk-through aviary where you get the distinct feeling you are being watched! If you are lucky you will get to see them feeding on something rather smelly like we did.

White Handed Gibbon

Also known are the Lar gibbon, this species of gibbon is found in the tropical rainforests of southern and southeast Asia. They are under threat due to rapid habitat loss.

Ring Tailes Lemur

Probably the most well-known lemur due to the distinctive ring striped tail and, like all lemurs, is endemic to Mdagasca. They are highly social animals and often live in groups of up to 30. They are extremely vocal and you can often hear the gibbons calling across the zoo.

Black-tailed Prairie Marmot

They are everywhere and they are extremely cute! They are natives of North America and have the most complex social systems of all prairie marmots. Social groups are called “coteries” and they live together in “towns”. Towns can number thousands of individual marmots and the largest ever recorded housed 400 million prairie marmots and stretched for 65,000 sq km!

Andean Bear

The Andean Bear, as the suggests, is a native of South America and the only bear native there. They are found mostly in the Andes mountains of western South America. You may also know this bear as the Spectacled Bear, so-called for the rings around their eyes. Did you know that Paddington Bear is a Spectacled bear?

Cotton Topped Tamarin

This species of tamarin are natives only to a small area in northwest Columbia. They are a critically endangered species with their greatest threat coming from loss of habitat due to deforestation.

Giant Otter

This is one of the most endangered species of South America due to rampant hunting for their valuable fur. In the wild, they can mostly be for in north-central South America in the Amazon River.

Canada Lynx

This elusive big cat was staying firmly indoors during our visit to the zoo. With a bit of crouching, angling my long-lens upwards and keeping close to the glass I was able to get this shot of this majestic creature staring down at me. The Canada Lynx feed mostly on showshoe hare in Alaska, Canada and the contiguous United States. They are amazing swimmers with one account apparently recording one swimming 2 miles across the Yukon River. They are classified as endangered.

Snow Leopard

The snow leopard is an elusive, solitary big cat that is native to the mountainous areas of central Asia. We passed their enclosure a few times during our visit and each time I found them both fast asleep on these rocks – what a life!

The largest of South America’s big cats, Jaguars are compact and muscular animals. We were fortunate to see one lucky youngster feeding the jaguar one of the zoos animal experiences. I got this shot using my 70-200mm lense at F/4. Using a wide aperture like this and focusing through the chain link fence renders the wires of the fence invisible and you get a great shot like this. Isn’t she magnificent?

Arctic Wolf

As a dog lover, I was fascinated with the arctic wolves. The distinctive, kennel-like smell emanating from their enclosure was very recognisable to me. We saw them feeding and observed the behaviour and hierarchy of the pack. This alpha male was keeping watch over his pack from high ground.

It’s not a particularly threatened species but they do face decline through weather limiting their food supply of hare and muskoxen.

African Lion

This isn’t the best shot of a zoo lion I have ever taken but it was the best chance I had during our visit. This one was calling out with one of those deep, rumbling roars that echo around you.

There are plenty of peacocks around the zoo and they really are beautiful birds. They have a distinctive all that reminds us of the bird ‘Kevin’ from the Disney file Up!

Not, it’s not Christmas yet but the zoo is home to some. The ones I saw were both wearing head collars suggesting they are domesticated. I was quite impressed by the set of antlers on this one.

South lakes Safari Zoo is well worth a visit in our opinion if you are in that area.

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Brilliant open zoo, lovely to walk round.

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South Lakes Safari Zoo

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SOUTH LAKES SAFARI ZOO: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

• Sun - Sat 10:00 - 17:00
• (1.14 km) Number 19 Guesthouse
• (1.68 km) High Haume Glamping
• (1.13 km) The Black Dog Inn
• (4.31 km) Abbey House Hotel
• (7.63 km) Holiday Inn Express Barrow-in-Furness, an IHG Hotel
• (0.55 km) Charnleys Home & Garden
• (1.61 km) Nicha's Thai Kitchen
• (0.88 km) Railway Inn
• (5.32 km) Bengal Rose South Asian Restaurant
• (1.87 km) Hartleys
• (0.97 km) Wax Lyrical Outlet
• (5.74 km) Bardsea Alpacas and Llamas
• (10.12 km) Path to Adventure
• (5.66 km) Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre
• (4.31 km) Furness Abbey

South Lakes Safari Zoo

Top ways to experience nearby attractions

Most Recent: Reviews ordered by most recent publish date in descending order.

Detailed Reviews: Reviews ordered by recency and descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as waiting time, length of visit, general tips, and location information.

SOUTH LAKES SAFARI ZOO: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)