Best places: Wildlife and safari parks in Rushcliffe, United Kingdom

Local animal park offering demonstrations, feedings & hands-on wildlife encounters, plus a tea room.

A small wildlife sanctuary caring for over 30 different species of exotic animals and birds of prey.

Wildlife park with walking safaris through a lion reserve, as well as tigers, meerkats and lemurs.

Zoo specialising in bird collections and with small mammals including rare warty pigs and meerkats.

Zoo with more than 100 parrot species, a quirky Rainforest Diner, Cockatiel Bar and play area.

Birdspotting, wildlife and walks on a 360-acre site with ponds plus a cafe with local, organic food.

👍👍 Me and my husband came along for one of the guided tours on the golf buggys. We learnt so much! Our tour guide (who's name I have forgotten-sorry!) was so knowledgeable and caring about what they are doing at Watatunga. It really was a fantastic and unique experience. It was lovely seeing the animal...

😠 This place isn’t much of a sanctuary. The owls are tied to a post all day with no sort of exercise or enrichment. They then get put in pokey, run-down sheds at night. The guide revealed to us that whilst they do re-home some birds, they also buy from breeders, which in an already over-crowded facil...