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We went for the sloth close encounter experience, one of mine and my husbands bucket lists is to meet a sloth. It was such an amazing experience, Julie the keeper was very informative and very kind throughout the experience. This is my first time at this zoo but certainly won’t be my last, this zoo has won me over. Staff were all very friendly and smiling, zoo in general very tidy and easy to get around. Great for kids and adults.

Not worth the money at all. Many other parks half the price. Totally money driven. My opinion is that the staff are drilled not to try and help buy the best prices tickets and to try and get as much money as possible. I drove 39 mins with a family of seven there, Had an offer kept flashing up constantly, kids half price as out of season, got there, the guy on the door just said "it's an online offer online" so I then replied "no problem, I will pay online" and in response he said you can't buy the tickets on the day of arrival. So he wanted nearly 200 pounds to go in..late in the afternoon. Maybe an hour and half left before closing.

Was great lots for the kids to be entertained . Queues were not to bad for the rides

We love Drusillas, we have an annual pass and can’t recommend it highly enough. It never gets old seeing the variety of animals, the play areas are ideal for the kids too.

Visited here with my 19 month old grandson. We had a wonderful day out and really enjoyed. The animal enclosures are really good with glass windows down to floor level so the little ones can see. Lovely selection of animals and they all look very well kept. Good restaurant to have a meal in and a nice gift shop. Very impressed and will definitely be returning soon.

Warning: Take your grandchildren here and you and they will take a week to recover from all the activities and fun. The zoo is clean and fun but educational. The play park is brilliant.

Really good day out for a family. Only criticism is that there is no family discount. You have to pay for everyone separately. For a family of 5 that's £175!

I think everyone decided to go as it was a 2 for 1 offer. It was ok for the £60 for the 4 of us. An affordable family rate would be a better way to encourage more families to visit throughout the year . Just a bit too busy that day. Loads to see, big play area and the rides are good for young children.

Such a fun day out with kids and adults of all ages. Really enjoy our days there. Plenty of places to stop for a picnic or grab some food. Endless play area and softplay to enjoy. Recommend the annual pass if you like locally.

Great day out with my family yesterday. The zoo part is lovely with all animals looking well looked after and happy. My daughter loved all the interactive bits answering questions and doing challenges. Rides were nice and staff manning them were friendly and welcoming. The play areas and free arcade are fab. Cafe nice but quite limited choices and you had to wait for some things to be cooked but this could have been as we visited on a weekday in school time. Overall a nice day and value for money.

Smashing little zoo great for kids and oaps.

Absolutely loved our experience feeding the Capybaras and Beavers at Drucillas. Had a good look round before. The keeper was fantastic at telling us how the park was run...we had a good time with the animals and it was fantastic feeding them all. I'd definitely go back and do another experience. A great spot for kids and adults alike!

Absolutely fabulous as always, brought my kids and now grandchildren who had an amazing time. Staff are without fault so friendly and knowledgeable and keen to chat about the animals. Great day out even at this time of the year

Very busy. Long waits for rides and difficult to view animals because of the crowds. Probably would not visit again at the weekend for this reason.

Be prepared to pay a little more for admission but once inside it's a great place. Other zoo's have larger animals that in my opinion make you miss the smaller ones. This zoo gives you a great opportunity to view the smaller animals over longer periods of time.

Really great day out, even in October (the weather was amazing actually!). A fantastic range of animals to see as well as play parks, rides and other entertainment mostly included in the ticket price. Worth the ticket price, but even more worth it probably if you get an annual membership! Some opportunities for 'up close and personal' with lemurs and lorikeets and they offer zoo keeper etc. experiences for those who want it (and have the cash!). Highly recommended!

A great day out with family it's refreshing that they don't charge extra to go on the rides

Brilliant day out and plenty for the kids enjoy. Book tickets in advance

Amazing experience for kids and actually for adults too:)

First time here on way home from camber sands. Kids loved every bit of it even they were ok standing waiting for rides to open as they had skeleton crew on. They had a special on buy 1 entry get 1 free. so for 6 of us made it worth every penny

Great day out with the kids. Loads of animals, splash park, indoor and outdoor playground and rides all inclusive. Will definitely be back soon

Incredibly busy but not surprising with a very good offer in September. Just up the road from us and we visited without children to see what's new and of course the many animals. Entering the park later in the day saved us from queueing at the entrance, it always feels crowded in those immediate indoor areas but once outside there was plenty of space for everyone, Drusillas has kept plenty of the heritage interactive attractions that we have loved for years and brought in many new things and it is the perfect blend. We enjoyed 4 different rides and as the cycle length was short the queues didn't get too bad. Was good to try (badly) the shooting game and lots of modern coin operated attractions both games and rides were all free to play. Service in restaurants was a bit slow especially for coffee but the potato wedges were some of the best I've ever had. Very pleased to have such a good attraction literally on our doorstep and long may it prosper

This park is amazing - even on a day of torrential rain and wind, we were able to access every part of the zoo and saw all of the animals. You can see the inside of enclosures if the animals aren't wanting to be outside. We went on the Capybara and Beaver Close Encounter with our keeper Amber, who made the experience so special and informative. We felt safe every moment we were with her and would book again in a heartbeat. Well worth the 5 hour drive from the Midlands to see!

Good day. Rained abit in the morning, but stayed dry all afternoon. My family and grandkids are a good time.

Nice little zoo with many other attractions for the kids and most of them included in the price, food isn't cheap but not extortionate and what we had was good value for money, overall recommend.

Took my little one on Friday here and we spent the entire day. So much to see and do, we'll worth the money

Kids absolutely loved the park! We started with the zoo, stayed in the splash zone for a while, and ended up in the playground. Wonderful day out with the family!

Used to visit loads as a kid so when we got invited along for a family day out we couldn’t say no! My daughter absolutely loved the rides and had not stopped talking about the rides so we had to take her back! And even better they had a 241 offer on! Staff are very friendly! Rides and play areas great. Can’t comment on the food as we never purchased any. Toilets clean! Would visit again! Great day out .

Very fun place to take out the kids, my nephews loved the place. I wish i was a kid myself so i could enjoy the big playground they have in there and climb it to the top and come down on the slide.

Really good day out for the little ones only down side and it's a little one is the first part of the zoo was uncomfortably busy but soon settled down other than that a good day out

We paid £170 for a spider phobia course for my son for Christmas. We travelled from Sandhurst, Berkshire only to be told when we got here that only my son was allowed in to the course! I couldn't even go in to take photos. There was no mention of this at any point before arrival. Very disappointing!

My dad lost me here when I was 7. 10/10 experience,would go again

Fantastic place, very educational and lovely animals to see

We had a Really lovely day out here with children. Not much of a wait to get in. Spent over 5 hours here, so much to do and re do! Only down side is how expensive coffee and snacks are. We luckily bought our own lunch. Definitely be visiting again.

Great adventure park. You need at least 4h to see everything they have in there and it's a lot. They have enough space for parents to chill and enough entertainment for kids. I love it

great place for kids, returned after a few years away, still good and improving all the time, but mainly for smaller kids

Good, but always more money than you want to spend

As per usual a lovely day spent with one of our grandchildren.

I have been to Drusillas over the years and enjoyed the zoo every time. On Tuesday the 4th of April, I booked my sister the close encounter with meerkats. We were met by zookeeper Simon at the visitor centre after being given our badges and certificates. Simon was so welcoming and warm, incredibly friendly with 15 years experience at the zoo! We were shown how food is prepared for the animals and then taken to the enclosure. They really do look after you and the animals at all times. Simon even took some amazing photos of us and the meerkats together. I couldn’t ask for a better experience for my sister. Best birthday gift goes to me!

Every bit as magical as it was during my childhood. So much to do, great for kids Great layout

This is such a lovely little zoo. I really enjoyed my day here today. The animals are so close to the pathways and the pens are sensitively designed to give the animals enough space & a pleasant living area. The staff are all so friendly & eager to help & share their knowledge.

It was so much fun to see the animals, we had experience feeding the red pandas and it was amazing the girl who was with us had so much knowledge and she was so friendly, I highly recommend visiting.

My son and his grandparents had annual passes so went all the time as my son loved it. Each time they went they spent time exploring different areas. When I went with him we spent a whole day there playing inside and out, looking at the animals and going on the rides. There really is something for all ages and I loved how once you have paid to get in there are not extra charged for rides, arcade machines etc and with an annual pass you get discounts on food and drink in the cafes etc.

An amazing day. The staff and facilities are great and tailored for children with additional needs.

Nice day out kids really enjoyed themselves. We used our kids pass discount which helped with the cost otherwise tickets would have been pricey considering children pay the same as adults!

We visited on Wednesday 28th August, during the summer holiday. This was our second visit there since our first 6 years ago. We visited with our 9 yr old and 6 yr old. The animals and zoo area are brilliant and the kids loved walking round them all. The rides are definitely for the younger kids(6 and under). The playground was fun,but we didn’t use the splash park as it was too hot and busy when we were there. Food options on site are the usual overpriced burgers,pizza,nuggets. Glad we took a packed lunch. We wouldn’t come back again as feel the kids are getting a bit too old for it, plus the distance and price for us is too much.

Had a great full day at drusillas on Thursday. I was very happy to see the animals didn't look stressed and their environments were very clean and lots of water provided for the hot weather. Although I'm sad that it's a bit of a bottle neck situation at the beginning of the zoo due to lots of people crammed inside the small area. But once you get pass the barn animals you get alot less people. I found the entire grounds of drusillas wheelchair accessible to me (in a powerchair) the disabled toilets by the amazon adventure cafe were very spacious with an ceiling hoist, adult changing table, adjustable hight sink as well as 2 separate red cords which were hanging freely! But unfortunately the disabled toilets in the men's by the hippo ride was very small and I could barely fit in there, as well as no red cord. I was able to enter every shop I wanted as there were ramps and adequate space to get around. Prices in Teddy's jungle safari (which you have to walk through) were surprisingly reasonable, brought two teddy's for £22!! The walk through lemur and lorikeets were all on flat ground too and was fine for me to go through in my wheelchair (as long as someone can help you with the doors and the plastic flaps) Will definitely be visiting again

We have had over a decade worth of memories made here ,its absolutely brilliant. Highly recommend

Great fun for younger kids and families, plenty of animals to see and a play zone near the end, plenty of gift shops around.

Great fun for a mix of all ages. So much more than a zoo. A great mix of things to do for the kids. Rides, softplay, splash park, biggest sand pit I have seen, character meet and greets. Disabled friendly with a good changing place bathroom for those who need to be hoisted and it actually works. The train can also accommodate big wheelchairs and a person along side too. The animals look happy and fun interactive parts that help you learn more about the animals. Good experience overall will come again. Cheaper to pre buy tickets online even by the day before.

We had a fantastic family day out! We visited on a bluey weekend ! My 3yearold loves coming to drusillas there is so much for him you do! The splash park is his favourite. We always take a pack lunch to have in the picnic area as food can be pricey. We will definitely be returning!

Excellent zoo. Great friendly staff

A fantastic zoo/amusement park in an easy-to-access location. The animals are great, nice range of rides and entertainment for the kids and really enjoyed the whole day.

Been twice and would go back again for the kids

Went here primarily for an experience with the capybara and beavers and what a great experience it was, the keeper was very knowledgeable and it was great to be so close to the animals. The park itself is very good with a wide range of animals and plenty of rides and amusements for children.

We (Birmingham PHAB camps) visited drusillas this week and had the best time ever! We had 9 children all with a range of additional needs and there was something for everyone at Drusillas. The children loved the sensory room, rides, animals and play area! The staff were so accommodating and made getting ride access passes so easy when we arrived. A special shout out to Andy Brown who allowed our children to ride on the train 3 times because they loved it so much! He really made our experience so enjoyable! Thank you on behalf of Birmingham PHAB camps!

We had a brilliant day, lots of activities to do along side seeing the animals. The play parks were great and our son had an amazing time as did we. Definitely worth a visit.

Beautiful park! Beautiful play area! Fantastic day out!

I really like Drusilla's as there is plenty to see and do and you can easily spend all day here. My only niggles are the crush of people as you go in, everyone seems to crowd in the first part of the zoo. And it would be nice to have picnic places closer to the big park - the tables near it are for the cafe customers only. I like the new climbing wall in place of the old bus!

Friendly staff and our young one loved it

Amazing place. Heaven for kids. So much to do.

Great day out, lots to do and lots of animals to see. Knowledgeable, friendly keepers and animals had space and well kept enclosures. Lunch was good and not crazily priced.

Great park with excellent staff. We booked for our 8 and 10 year olds to do the reptile experience. Simon, our host, was amazing. He was very welcoming, engaging and insightful. He is a huge asset to the park.

Absolutely brilliant, it's well worth the money for the tickets, the animals are beautiful and well looked after, the play areas are fantastic, and the rides although not high and fast are brilliant for youngsters and adults haha. The wet and wild was brilliant and my son who has Autism and other difficulties absolutely loved everything about the park and enjoyed getting wet. I would recommend taking a picnic as food & drink is a bit expensive. Other wise just go and enjoy the day.

Wonderful day out with younger children (5 and 7 year old). Loved the whole day.

So much for our toddler to see and do, animals, rides and play areas were all well presented and looked after, staff friendly and helpful, definitely recommend for younger children!

We came for the sloth experience for my daughter, we were so impressed with how well run and clean and tidy the park is. Staff were all extremely friendly. Lots of animals to see and plenty to enjoy even if you don’t have young children. Food we had was also very nice. Would highly recommend.

Came here with my husband and 2.5 year old. The park is perfect for younger kids - it’s a whole mini theme park and zoo at a reasonable price. We arrived at midday so there was no queue at all, by 4pm the park has quietened down (not that it ever felt too crowded or busy) and we took advice on the website to do the theme park first and then the zoo for the best experience and to avoid crowds which is what we did and it worked out perfectly. We walked around much of the zoo area on our own! Would definitely come back here! Very impressed

Very expensive. Nice park, if you go just for the animals and not the children's stuff, then be advised it takes only just over an hour to walk around. At a push two hours to do two rounds.

Waste of money! I took the little girl I nurse for (she's in a wheelchair with complex needs). I was beyond disappointed for the animals mainly. They charge each person, adult and child £40 entry and the animals have enclosures smaller than my small bathroom. The only animal I thought had a decent home was the mice and that's because of their size. Honestly.....when you're charging THAT much money for entry, in today's age.....I could have closed my eyes and been in a zoo in Asia.....it would have made sense. I'm embarrassed that this zoo was in the UK and that with the knowledge we have today, it should be better. Play stuff for kids is nice.....basically.....humans are the priority here, not animals. They should probably relocate the animals to a nicer place and just make it a much bigger play area for kids....it would be far better that way! I will never visit again or advise anyone else to. Drusillas....please help your animals!

It's hugely expensive and, if you've seen the animals before, then it's poor value for money unless you're animal mad. I'd like to take my grandson but it'll cost me £75 to get in, plus extra for food etc. They charge the adult price for children aged two and over. That's just not acceptable.

Great day out with little ones pricey but good

A fun day out for the family. They mainly have "smaller" animals (no elephants, tigers, gorillas etc) but it is still enjoyable and the theme park/water playground (which is included in the price) is a nice way to end the day with a picnic.

This is and always has been a great park to enjoy a day out with kids. Always very clean with well cared for animals. Even the cafe is worth a visit. I excellent food served by pleasant people.

Kids loved it so much that we upgraded our tickets to annual passes. Loads of animals, playground and things to see and do. Computer games hall, giant slide, and attractions. Recommend getting tickets the night before for a discount, more expensive on the day.

Had a meerkat experience was really good highly reccomend.

A brilliant day out with lots of variety for the children. Plenty of activities.

Beautifully laid out park! Amazing choice of activities for children under thr age of 10. It did put us off due to the price however we used club card vouchers to gain entry. The splash park is ideal on a sunny day we did have rain unforgettable but it didn't stop the children having fun! Amazing day out and once I have more vouchers we will go again.

I've not been to Drusillas for over 8 years, it's always been a brill day out. They have a great variety of animals to see and can tell so much care has gone into the enclosures. Although have to say the Otter enclosure didn't look very enriching for them with just one small muddy pool. And the otter we saw didn't seem well at all (perhaps not due to the enclosure, but was sad to see an otter so stationary n coughing). We did let park staff know to check on the otter before we left.

I usually avoid places like this during the summer holidays but it was actually pretty good fun. It didn't feel manic, and loads to keep the kids busy, kept a four yr old and nine yr old entertained from 10 until 4. Expensive but you get a full day's fun for your money.

We live locally in Brighton (about a 20 minute drive) and this visit our first (and now will be last) visit. I pre-booked and paid for two tickets and then a carers ticket for me as my son has SEND needs and has been given a Compass Card from AMAZE who support disabled children on behalf of Brighton Council. They have also provided me with a Carers Card. Upon arrival at the counter I was told my sons Compass card and my Carers card were not sufficient proof for a carers entry. I spoke with a supervisor/manager who also said the same. I argued that these cards for my SEND child and myself were provided by Brighton council but was met with the answer of "How do we know the Carers card and SEND Compass card are connected?" - THIS IS APPALLING and you should be ashamed of yourselves. Have a child with a disability is difficult enough without then being questioned and frankly told that his disability isn't sufficient enough to warrant a free carers entry. SHAME ON YOU! This is a 1 start experience. Completely not how to treat customers. The park itself was good. We spent four hours there. My son enjoyed himself on the rides and the splash zone. Overall everything was slightly overpriced from the ticket price to the food. You could not pay me to go back and i'll be sharing this experience on all social platforms and review sites.

First visit, absolutely loved it. Everything was clean and well maintained. The zoo was brilliant, with good exhibits (even saw a red panda, after many years of trying). Recommend to anyone with pre teen kids.

We went on a Friday during the summer holiday. Booked online and went straight in. It was busy, but there is plenty to look at and move around. Little wait for the rides, but some we got straight on. We loved the animal themed rides. A great range of animals to see and could interact with animals. Very clean all around and friendly staff. We thought the pricing was a little step for a family of six, but we were there for the full opening hours and felt we had our moneys worth. Highly recommend and was worth the over an hour drive

Amazing place, we come at least twice a year, always lovely, clean, animals are well looked after, always have so much fun, daughter absolutely loves it!

A place for the whole day - from morning to evening. The animals are all clean, cheerful and odorless. Wet play area is very fun. Do not forget towels and bathing suits for children. In my opinion, there are not enough points of healthy, useful food

It’s good but it stinks of fish innards for some reason

Great and Fun place to visit for the children. Expect for the animals there isn't much to do for the adults.

We came to Drusillas for an experience day and really, really enjoyed it. We got to help make the feed for the capybaras/beavers and go and feed them and give them a good cuddle. The staff throughout the day were extremely helpful and friendly. The experience was one of the best I've ever done and I definitely have a new favourite animal now in the sweet beavers! The range of animals at Drusillas is fantastic and they are so so interactive for the kids. There are activity booklets dotted around free for the kids to use and a huge playground that looked awesome. There are plenty of food areas to choose from, a free arcade, a cute little train, a maze.. I can't list all the reasons you should bring kids here. We will be back for the Anteater experience!

Was taken on a surprise birthday trip with friends with an animal encounter with the two Anteaters. Thoroughly enjoyed my day out, the animals were obviously well cared for and you could see active effort taken in improving enclosures which was lovely to see. There are parts of the park which seems dated but ultimately you get to laugh at and enjoy anyway (the singing chickens and Dracula was a highlight) Parts of the park seem quite cramped but weren't day ruining at all but something to consider if you enjoy larger spaces to walk around. The animal encounter was fantastic, the keeper was informative and I got to see behind the scenes and have a generally nice chat with a professional and safely feed and interact with the animals in a way that they obviously enjoyed. All staff (keepers, admin and hospitality) were helpful, informative and friendly. Down a star because a small handful of enclosures were not necessarily ideal space wise or design wise and at times the park is very loud with animatronics and other stuff. However, it is clear that enclosures are being updated in areas. The capybara enclosure was beautiful to see.

Fantastic day out , extremely clean and so much fun.

Great family day out with lots of animals to see. There is also a splash park and big adventure playground.

Amazing. once you pay to get in lots of free things to do. it's cheaper to buy tickets online before you go.

Great day out gorgeous younger children. The animals although not particularly spectacular, are great to look at and all seemed pretty happy. My favourite was the sloth who lives with the bat's. The rides were free and plentiful. Picnic areas are provided and there are food outlets on site. All I'm all a lovely day out

It was a nice day out with the family.

Food for children wasn't a great choice, but the animals etc were all enjoyed

We went here for the first time yesterday and even though it was the summer holidays it wasn’t busy at all! Our son was entitled to the ride access pass and this was given to us at the entrance. We didn’t ask for this and was given it automatically, we were so grateful as he really struggles with queuing due to a medical condition. Although, we didn’t use it once as there were hardly any queues anyway. The zoo is lovely and really well kept. Everywhere is clean and tidy and the staff were polite and helpful. We were very impressed with Drusillas and will definitely be returning.

Went here on a school trip for my son’s school. A lot to do here. Was good to see so many of the animals.

Lovely place to visit with small children. Wait times for rides were fantastic and the park area was amazing. Well thought out for a great day with little ones.

More than a zoo. The carers are happy to tell you something about their protégés. There are also rides and a huge playground here. We were here all day. If the weather is nice, don't forget your bathing suit.

We had a fablous time, it wasn't busy, but we were a little lucky. The food was super quick and good. Fantastic animals, some you can feed and walkthrough with them. There's also rides for younger children