Dolce in Bolton

Not a lot of animals to see went October 2024. Last went about 15 years ago and was a lot better loads more animals

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the place. They have organized it exceptionally well. I recommend making an advance booking to ensure a smooth experience. Upon entering, you will be provided with all the necessary booklets after purchasing them. Additionally, you can download their application for further convenience. Within the safari, you have the option of exploring via vehicle trail or foot trail. The vehicle trail lasts approximately two hours and takes you along a path where you can observe various animals. Remarkably, the animals often come very close to the car, which was particularly exciting for my child. You are permitted to re-enter the safari multiple times until the last allowed entry time, which is 3 pm. There is also an excellent amusement park that both children and adults can enjoy. Notably, events such as the sea lion show and birds of prey display are offered free of charge. Overall, you can easily spend the entire day exploring the safari and amusement park and still have a few activities left to experience.

Me and my partner had a day Fantastic day at Knowsley Safari. No queuing whatsoever..the drive through was great. Went to most of the shows, the birds of pray and sealion shows were our favourite. All the staff were professional and friendly, highly recommend we will be back.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amazing day out. We bought our tickets at the entrance (it was cheaper) 😲

Kids go free with paying adults. Kids loved it

I been with my two small girls. My personal opinion its not worth the price . Max 3 stars 🌟

A large and interesting park where animals move freely in huge, spacious enclosures. Of course, the greatest impression comes from visiting baboons, but you need to keep in mind that they try with interest and even enthusiasm to tear souvenirs from the car, primarily windshield wipers. The children were delighted with the entire park.

Great day out for all the family. The wristbands for the kids rides is well worth it, no wait to get on the rides despite it being the school holidays and kids went free into the safari. Animals looked well looked after, staff were friendly. Thankfully the monkeys left our car alone as they were too busy ripping an audi to bits 🤣🤣🤣 think they like Audi's. Food was nice and not expected as usually it's not nice at places like this, there was a wait for it but it was worth it in my opinion.

We visited Knowsley Safari Park over the October halfterm on a holidays deal. Great day out, they’ve made some good improvements and it’s very family friendly, perfect for all ages. The kids enjoyed the rides which adults get on for free with a paying child. We took a picnic as the food is expensive but treated ourselves to fresh doughnuts. We were there for approx 6 hours and went round twice and did all the walking routes as well.

A great trip out and very entertaining. Got stuck behind 2 slow moving Rhinos on the road. Massive horns so could inflict some real damage. Plenty of other loose rhino herds around the reserve. The monkey enclosure was an experience. Enter at your peril. First monkey jumped on the bonnet with part of the windscreen wiper of the car in front in its teeth. Thought it could strip mine but sped up a little then braked. Be wary and don't go in if your not prepared for damage. The amount of cars exiting with twisted wipers, trims sticking out, excrement and mud over the bodywork. Hilarious!! The wardens do their best to repair. Then straight into the lions. The final foot safari and sealion display is excellent. Kept us and the grandkids entertained. Good value during half term when kids went free with each adult. Would recommend and definitely go again. PS I think the monkeys are secretly building an escape vehicle. AKA Madagascar!!

Visited on a cold grey day but it was still fun. Nice to see lions close up. Don't do the monkey drive through if you value your car. Lady doing bird if prey was excellent. Must buy tickets in advance. Don't arrive more than 15 minutes early but it's OK if you are late.

The Safari is surprisingly active with a lot of if not all the animals to see. They don't generally hide which is nice. The staff are helpful, kind and understanding as we had an incident driving over and they were happy to postpone our visit to later that day or another date.

Absolutely amazing safari drive. Lots to see and very close too. The foot safari however was not so great hence the 4 stars. It's not very well sign posted, not a tiger or giraffe in sight which was very disappointing. Food was absolutely amazing and very well priced costing £35 for a family meal deal (family of 4) would definitely recommend and return even if its just to see the tigers 🤣

The drive through the safari park is great fun and if you are lucky you can get very close to species of animals that you rarely get the chance to see, never mind drive a long side. Be warned that if you go in with the baboons, there is a good chance you will end up with some of your car missing ( there is an option to miss this part out). The little fair that is on site isn't too bad, although it did feel a little dated and is more geared up to smaller kids. The sea lion show was good fun and very well presented and the area that you can walk around to view some of the other animals was well laid out ( a couple of maps dotted around would have been helpful). The restaurant was excellent and quite fairly priced ,the portions were a good size and there was very little wait. There is a small gift shop that wasn't too expensive with a good range of smaller items if you're on a budget. Most importantly for these kinds of places, the animals all seemed well cared for.

This is one of my absolute favourite days out we've had. I brought the entire family this time and even my teenager was entertained. We had some incredible experiences on the safari and I highly suggest going round at least twice, once earlier in the day and once later as you see so much. However they do bring the animals in to bed near the last entrance time but that means you are more likely to see them walking up the road. Which is INSANE!!! We loved it all, we didn't risk our car in the Baboons but we watched some people loosing wipers and licence plates 🤣

Brilliant day out, even on a bad weather day

Fab experience and the kids loved it, be warned the monkeys will trash your car and all animals were visible on our visit. Will definitely return.

First time visiting today as an adult couple only expected to spend a couple of hrs here as we don't have children but ended up spending the full day there! Did the safari drive 3 times and the main park! Loved the shows and the food. Overall found it to be amazing value !

Absolutely had an amazing time here! Do keep an eye on the time though, at a certain time you're not allowed to look around again. We sadly found that out too late after having a cup of tea and wanted to go back. Also, to reserve the bus before hand. We wanted to go through the baboon area but not in our own car but were sadly nor able to But despite, that we had an incredible time! Perfect little day out for the whole family

Car trashed by monkeys. Kids loved it.

Great day out for children and adults

Great experience kids loved it. Good value kids went free. Don't go in baboon enclosure if u don't want ur car damaged or pooped on 🤣

A family favourite. Always a great day out. No matter what time is the year the place is always buzzing with activity. Still our favourite family day out

Really lovely day out. Good food, and helpful and enthusiastic staff. Good facilities throughout. Well catered wheelchair access. Some improvements in direction signage would be good.

Great day for kids. Rides are not included so you have to buy separate wrist bands for kids which adds on to the costs but one adult can ride free with a child. Could not see the bears or tigers as they did not leave their houses. No view point to see them inside so be prepared to not see them at all. The sea-lion show is worth a watch. Overall good day. Smelly toilets though. Staff were really nice. The train is £2 for adults each but you don't really see anything. We bought a picnic but also got a margarita pizza from the oasis which was nice. Overall a good day just wish could see the bears and tigers. The safari it self was good. Got to see rhinos, baboons and lions up close. The Giraffe were also really cool.

Pleasant visit even on a rainy day.

Great day out for the family. We have the monthly pass for £6.50 per adult cheap for children and they also include the ride wristband and believe it’s worth it. Overall not much to complain about, except the baby changing in the males toilets. This was below average and not what you would expect to see in the safari park. It was a wooden table with a changing mat on top, looked dirty and worn. No privacy the male urinals just a couple of feet away. Obviously no pictures taken in the toilet but not a nice site. Having a 4 month old we ended up using the disabled toilets that had a changer in them. The passes give you a discount in the shop and on food. Plenty to entertain children from the animal shows to the rides. Plenty of shows to see and talks to attend, if you use the safari app you plan your day so you know you won’t miss any of the events taking place, great little bit of advice as times runs away with you. Overall a positive experience and we will return back to again, great just to get out the house for a few hours.

This morning we did a tiger experience with Heather and alisha wow it has made my year the 2 keepers where amazing thank you so much

Safari Park is a great day out..kids love to go..the only thing that annoys me is the cost for adults..I have two granddaughter's and it's a very expensive day out..why do adults pay same as a child.. we don't go on rides and spend a lot of money in cafe and for wrist bands..a membership is recommended as I had with my grandson when he was younger the girls are now 8 an 9 so don't want to go that often..please think about the adult admission price ..but a great day out ..

Lovely experience but recommended the Baboon bus 🤣..... finished off by rides. Only downside is some of the rides are always down... the snake one has not been working since the first time.e we went there. Sort the rides out and will update score to 5 stars.

A good place to visit would recommend.

Can't beat seeing lions up close and personal.

We love the tour. It was amazing 🤩🤩.

A fun filled day for the grandchildren

Just a great place for a day out. The staff at the theme park were all really nice.

half closed no cafes open no food on sale would not recommend.

We loved it. However, I was booking for the next day at 5 minutes to midnight and the tickets for the family were about £60 but then at just gone midnight the price escalated by about £25 and I had little choice but to pay. Just a word of warning for you all!

Good place to drive and see the animals, seeing the lion Close is an experience , beware of the baboons...they will rip of the car

Pretty expensive. Not really worth the money. Been there weekend but barely any trails opened. Hardly any animals to see. Not even tigers etc..I suggest Chester Zoo and others.

Disappointed, there were not many animals 😞 😔 😕

We absolutely loved this place we had a fantastic time

Great place to visit with plenty of talks from the keepers, bird of prey display for example was good

Good drive thru to the park. Felt like I was in Africa in Merseyside lol. If you love your car don't take it to the baboon lane they will literally damage your car just book the bus online safe and secured.

Good value day out for all ages, unfortunately some of the animals were camera shy.

Good experience. Got to see lots of animals

Great place to visit with grandkids, although last time lots of parts were closed and was told I would get an email to book again for free but never got it

It was a very enjoyable day for me and the family, as we visited Knowsley Safari Park for my nephew’s birthday on Sunday. We only live 15 to 25 minutes away from here and some of the family, including myself, haven’t visited here before. Despite the weather being terrible, it didn’t limit what we could do or the activities we enjoyed. The first thing we did was venture for the Baboon Bus; the driver, Eddie, was very knowledgeable on the safari and animals who live in their habitats and even added a bit of humour to the facts he shared! The journey lasted around an hour and despite it being on a minibus (we thought would have been a regular bus) you can still see a lot of the safari park and animals from your seat, and we took some wonderful pictures and videos of the experience. Sadly, no animals landed on the vehicle and we couldn’t see many of them, but it was probably due to the bad weather. However, we still had a great time and all enjoyed it. Next, we went to the Sealion show, which was okay, but found the music very noisy, and I’d recommend that to be turned down slightly in the future. The show, only lasting 20 minutes, was fun, enjoyable and the sealions (Louie and Arthur I think they were called) showed us a lot of tricks with the trainer and we all found that quite amusing to watch. After that, we decided to have lunch in the outdoor café; we had meals like hot dogs, burgers, chips and chicken nuggets. I decided on their chicken nuggets and chips, but was disappointed with the meal; as I thought the chips were overdone and the nuggets tasted horrible. Regardless of my personal experience of the food, most of the family enjoyed theirs and we all had an ice cream afterwards, which albeit expensive, was tasty and had flavours like bubblegum and cookies and cream. We then went around and enjoyed talks about the Andean bears, meerkats and giraffes, and enjoyed spotting some of them during the facts. We didn’t think these were going ahead, as it was heavily raining outside at the time, but still had found them fascinating and enjoyed learning new facts. We also had a woodland walk in the forests, which I liked doing and thought it was very peaceful especially during the rain. Finally, before the end of the day, we had some fun on the rides, you have to pay extra for this before attending; still, some of the family went on the pirate ship (I’m afraid of heights) and had a lot of fun on it; it was also funny hearing some of the family scream on the Star Dancer! | We also had fun on the carousel, the jeep and the teacups. Before leaving, we had a peek in the gift shop; and bought teddy bears, fridge magnets, ballpoint pens and figures. I thought the price of the pens and fridge magnets were expensive of £3.50 each but bought them as a memento of our time here. Summarizing the day, it was good, despite the weather, and we had a lot of fun, but thought the prices of most of the items in the shop and the tickets were expensive. That said, I would come back here again.

Nice place to visit with family. Lions are the star of the show and you can go round as many times you like to see them.

Great place amazing to be able to get so close to the animals from your car! If you care at all about your car don't drive through the monkeys 🤣🤣🤣

Great day out. Animal drive through area is fantastic, some areas was more standstill in the car than others depending on the animals in they area. Some cars just did what they wanted a overtook just to cut back in to see the animals faster. The Babboon area isn't greatly sign posted as we almost made the left hand turn to head into it. There is a safe route you can take and see them on other peoples cars within there enclosure, whilst you drive along the fence line. Next stop was the walk in zoo area which was lovely. The restaurant is slightly on the expensive side and we had long ques but we also visited during school holidays so we didn't mind. My little girl loved it and we'll be back soon!!

Arrived at 11.00 am left at 14.15pm, pouring with rain, a lot of money wasted. Rides additional charges, food poor and expensive. Animals under shelter due to rain.

Wasn't impressed this time. It's several year ago since we last went so was really exited to go this weekend. Was a bit of a let down. Animals on safari were very repetitive. You now can't go up the platform or inside to see giraffes and no bat house anymore nor did we see ostrich this time (I might mean emu). Because we didn't have time to do any pack up to eat we had to use the cafe. It was quite pricey - as you'd expect, but the food we had was really nicely presented and was really nice. We had a nice day as a family, but don't think the entrance price reflexs whats inside.

Great safari park. Long drive through with plenty of animals to see. Walk round safari with birds of prey show and sealion show which I would recommend you see both. The vulture in the show is so funny.

It was OK not what I was expecting it to be

Good but 75pounds for 3 people is very pricey. No cheetahs or leopards or any wild animals. Saw 3 lions and one tiger. Also the cost does not include any rides.

There is a foot safari to see the tiger and giraffes but the lion would be by car

We spent from 1 to 6 pm kids had a ball not cheap but we took packed lunch brought back happy memories for a nanny

Excellent full day out, kids loved the animals (twice) and the little fun fair was great

Excellent experience Animals very well looked after Reasonable price

It was a worth a visit but I wouldn’t go back. The monkeys were awesome but they were about the only animals other than deer we saw on the safari. The main zoo bit was also a bit lacking in animals although the tiger enclosure was massive and well set out but for only one tiger. The place was set up to take more money all the time, it felt like unless you bought the experience packages you couldn’t see the animals. Half the zoo was shut off and the only way to see a portion of it was on the railway which we didn’t see a single animal on. I appreciate animals hide but it felt more like they didn’t have any rather than they were hiding. Also without the (paid for) rides we would have been done in around 2 hours.

Great day out for the grandkids

It's worth going just to see the sea lions. Apart from hearing interesting things from the sea lions trainer, their timing 'on stage' was as good as Ant and Dec. I really could not believe two sea lions seemed to understand and respond to both trainer and audience reaction. Afterwards, go to their pool with window below the surface and watch their gliding through the depths as if they were making a silent movie. This was all amazing.

Had a fantastic birthday treat here today loved it most staff are amazing gift shop ladies let them down food very good value for the money and really nice didnt get to see all animals on foot has it was raining but had the best day ever would like to buy gifts of the actual animals that live there

This very very shop is very bad is service is no good.

Good day out, sea lion shows, bird of prey shows, drive around & walk around. Just stay out the baboon part if you value you car 😂

I went with my little girl for a sea lion experience. The staff were really friendly and we got to do loads with Arthur the sea lion. After the experience we drove arpund the park and then went to watch a show. There's so much to do other than just driving around the park and a great day out especially for children who love animals. I highly recommend getting a sea lion experience. A massive thankyou to all the staff who were all really friendly and helpful.

We went to Knowsley safari park as part of my daughters birthday in a week's time. Absolutely enjoyed it, would recommend it to anyone. Seeing the monkeys was an experience, but the staff was always on hand to make sure you were safe. Watching the sea lions show is definitely a must, very educational as well as enjoyable to watch.

Not worth the money at all, went with a group payed over £200 hardly any animals. Better to go to a zoo

Great full day out. The prices are very reasonable especially the concession for Iver 60s. The safari was very exciting and lots to do once it is over. There was sea lion showsand birds of prey displays all included I'm the price of entry. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience, thank you

Went in a coach that was all good got there the ticket office said it was ok to go through the baboons bit as we didn't have skylights went round the zoo got to the baboons and was told to reverse back and wasn't allowed to enter in a coach said we don't have skylights they said it didn't matter so had to go round the outside of the cage so didn't get to see them this needs sorting when people book these trips so we can decide to go in or go else where

I was quite surprised at how few species of grassland animals there were. The place is small and a bit underwhelming. Not in the same league as Longleat for example which has many breeding programmes on going

A wonderful place, no matter if you're visiting alone, with a partner or the whole family. Purchase the tickets online beforehand, sometimes there are offers available. There's a lot to see, educational offers for all ages, food&drink and an integrated funfair for children. The foot Safari is quite extensive and great if you like long nature walks. For the car Safari part, I'd recommend the non car friendly route, simply because you'll see a lot more and it's much more immersive. The baboons kept one of our windscreen wipers, but it was worth it lol

I liked the birds of prey and seals, but too much was closed off and it was impossible to see animals like bears and tigers.

Overall, our visit was fine - nothing special but not dreadful. The driving route is fine, but not particularly exciting - I would not do it again, given that I have had much more regarding and interesting experiences seeing animals at other zoos and wildlife parks both in the North West and around the UK. The remainder of the park I would also describe as fine. My biggest issue was the cost and charging system. If I pay an entrance fee I do NOT want to pay extra for everything inside. Extra costs for rides, face painting, telescopes to see animals, no access to the giraffe viewing platform because it's for experience paying guests only. Very disappointing overall, albeit some of the staff were excellent including the bird of prey display.

Brilliant day out. Definitely don't go through the monkey are with your car unless you don't mind some damage. We didn't mind and it was hilarious - the kids laughed so much!!

they advert they close 18.00 actually 16.30 they close almost everything especially the lions

An absolute delight! What a fantastic day out! My 3 year old Grandson was mesmerised!

The visit was wonderful with a few surprises that included a baby rhino, two lionesses on the move, lots of baby baboons holding on to their mums, and lots of antilopes. Happily surprised by some healty food choices and even more happily impressed with having had my lost wallet returned via mail intact including cash. I can't thank the staff enough for going to the trouble of keeping it safe and returning. Oh and also a tiger, two giragfes and a delightful show of sea lions (which are not seals and now we know the difference). Thank you! We'll see you again next year!

we love knowsley as a fun day out with family or friends. the drive around section is always great for a rainy day, or bonus if it is sunny to explore the amusements and extra attractions such as meerkats, tigers and bears. knowsley is a must-visit for anyone staying in the area, and it’s somewhere i always take visitors, family and friends as it is such a unique attraction!

A weekend pleasure place to visit with kids. Safari and entertainment play area in one place.

Its just 'luck of the draw' to see the animals when driving around the park! Sealion show is awesome!

We visisted two weeks ago and had an amazing day! Only thing that could have made it better was if we saw the lions (they were sleeping when we drove round). We were planning to go again before we left for home but didnt realise the cut off was 4.30pm, even though the park shuts at 6pm. The kids were just having too much fun on the rides. So much to see and do. It was a lovely day out and we defo would return!

Ridiculously overpriced. Use your money more wisely and go to Chester zoo. £72 for two adults and one child

Brilliant day out for young and old although if you have dietary requirements you may wantcto bring your own food

Brilliant day out, staff was so friendly and very helpful sea lion show was the highlight. Enjoyed the birds of prey show too. Monkeys have taken my number plates off but luckily the staff member helped and i got it back later and covered the car in monkey poo but it was worth it for the entertainment. Plenty of parking spaces and everything is close so don’t need to walk far. Well worth the cost and will go again.

Drove around the zoo, no animals. Just empty Fields. Went for a walk, nothing around, 4 year old was too small for any rides or bouncy castle. Shes 97cm. They say she needs to be 100cm for bouncy castle. Went home after 1 hour. Waste of money. Wouldn't return.

Its been a while since our last visit. Nice to see a lot has changed . Had a great day

Great day at Knowsley. Baboon bus is definitely worth it. Ann was a fabulous guide, knowledge and had a wicked sense of humour. Obviously the best part is the baboons.

Visited today 27th August very disappointing hardly seen any animals don't know if this was to do with the weather raining all day. The monkeys were the most entertaining hardly seen a lion no tigers no giraffes, did see the camels but mostly deers.Sea lion show was good,food expensive ice cream for kids roughly £3.20. And we looked at prices yesterday when we went to book this morning price went up.

No Zebra No Elephant, very limited number of big animals. Good number of Rhinos and Lions were the highlight.

Would highly recommend visiting this place it's just amazing, and the sea lion show was magnificent 👌

An excellent and educational day out we love it

Very disappointed.there are hardly any animals left. They used to have tigers, ostriches, American bison. All they have now are plenty of deer , baboons. Waste of money and time. Goodbye

Boring hardly see any of the animals uploaded the only decent one we saw

Lovely open space but need more animals, 1 lion, 4 lionesses, 2 giraffes, 4 rhinos , 1 tiger , a couple of meerkats , 2 bears loads of deer and monkeys aren’t enough Good job the rides are there otherwise a couple of hours at most

The safari park is getting bigger. The is more animals on the way. If you haven't been in a long time to need to see what's new.

Came here in 2022 before a visit to Disney world as my non verbal autistic daughter loves giraffes. She loves all animals and enjoyed the park.

Great place. Amazing . Very well organised

Been wanting to come here for years and it didn't disappoint. Great facilities and the safari drive was brilliant. The demos were ace, our daughter loved the birds. It was a great day out.

Very big place but no any animals children are not happy