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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Apr 19, 2025
A fantastic zoo for children and adults alike. We had an amazing day and saw lots of animals. Lots of places to stop for a rest and lots of signs with interesting facts.Full review by BigBego
Apr 19, 2025
We had a wonderful day on the VIP experience. Kelly was so knowledgable and knew everything about all the animals! We got to feed some of them - penguins, giraffes, otters, the tiger. It was a very …Full review by Claire S
Apr 19, 2025
Colchester zoo has been one of the best zoos I’ve been to. It was very clean the enclosures were big and there was an enormous variety of animals.It also had my favourite animals which were the chimp…Full review by zakhb2023
What’s the reason for the awful smell around the entire zoo? You can smell it on the lead up and become worse over recent years, smells like blocked drains and not an animal smell (same smell can be smelt across the park). It’s one of the biggest downsides and I hate to think how bad it will be this summer if it’s already bad in Feb/March. Never known a smell like it at any other zoo.
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…
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