Bristol Zoo Gardens

A visit to Bristol Zoo Gardens with your friends and family is a trip into an amazing world of animals, all set within 12 acres of beautiful gardens. You'll meet over 450 species of exotic, endangered and extremely cute animals from the four corners of the globe.

Visit the primates in Monkey Jungle, stroll through the lemur garden or come face to face with the inhabitants of the impressive Seal and Penguin Coast. Other Bristol Zoo Gardens favourites include Gorilla Island, Reptile house, Asiatic lions, Butterfly Forest, Bug World, Twilight World and the Aquarium.

Don't forget to visit the Explorers' Creek exhibit, too, which has three exciting areas to explore. The first is Splash, a water-play area with streams, dams and the chance to get your toes wet. Next, follow in the footsteps of jungle explorers as you enter Forest of Birds, before feeding nectar to colourful parrots at the Feed the Lorikeets exhibit (note that a small charge applies for nectar).

More adventurous visitors can have a go on the aerial ropes course, ZooRopia, and swing alongside some of Bristol Zoo Gardens’ most popular animals, including gibbons and gorillas, before flying down the zip wire (note that some restrictions and charges apply).

If that's not enough, why not take in one of the daily animal shows, join an expert talk or pit yourself against the best of the animal world with the popular Zoolympics trail?

During the summer months, Bristol Zoo Gardens also becomes a fantastic backdrop for music and theatre events. Don’t miss the annual family festival, Boogie for Brizzle, in July! This event features fabulous live music, street theatre, dance, kids’ activities and plenty of surprises on the only night of the year that the entire Bristol Zoo Gardens stays open late.