Paradise Wildlife Park - Big Cats and Big Fun

If you live in the East Herts area and haven’t yet been to Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne, what have you been doing?!!

The Park is an amazing place to visit, and is open every day of the year, with the exception of Christmas Day. Tickets are reasonably priced at between £14 and £19 for adults and £9 and £16 for kids/senior citizens (depending on the season), but good discounts are available by booking online.

And you can easily spend a full (long) day at the Park. Of course, there are the animals. PWP has a huge collection of over 400 animals, with the big cats being the major attraction. They include white tigers, white lions, snow leopards, cheetahs, leopards and more, and you won’t believe how close you can get to them. If you have young children, I’d advise keeping away from the enclosures near to feeding times, though. They may not be keen on seeing half-eaten animal limbs littered around the cage (although my son thought it was “awesome”…).

You must make sure to visit the red panda enclosure, but be prepared to ‘ahh’ yourself until it hurts.

The reptile house will appeal to those who want to check out various snakes, alligators and dragon-type creature (not so keen myself).

And the bat house won’t disappoint if you enjoy watching strange-looking, noisy creatures hanging from the ceiling (ditto).

The penguins are super cute though, as are the meerkats, and you shouldn’t miss out the farmyard animals, particularly if you have younger children.

But Paradise Wildlife Park is about so much more than the animals. There’s a huge adventure play area (well, officially, three different adventure parks), soft play centre, a woodland walk, dance & magic shows, a paddling pool, kids stage shows, pedal cars, a woodland train, face-painting and more.

The only thing that’s a slight negative, in my opinion, is that there’s also an area full of coin-operated ride-ons, etc. If I’ve spent money on getting into the Park, lunch, etc I begrudge being put in a situation where I’m battling with my son about a £1 Simpsons ride on top of that outlay.

But that’s just a tiny thing. The Park is fantastic and worth a visit whether you have kids or not. Definitely recommended.

AND we have a family pass (two adults, two children) to give away for free to one lucky Parenting Daily reader. All you have to do is email us at editorial@parentingdaily.co.uk telling us you’d like to enter the prize draw.

Closing date for entries is Wednesday October 1^st and the winner will be announced on Friday October 3^rd.