Why We Loved Our Saturday Morning Stroll Around Paradise Wildlife Park

*I was a guest at Paradise Wildlife Park and provided with complimentary
access in exchange for coverage but all words and opinions are my own

I am a huge fan of zoo’s/ wildlife parks and they’re generally one of the first things I look for when I’m going away somewhere, the Berlin zoo is one of my all time favourites. But strangely enough, I’d never been to Paradise Wildlife Park located in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire less than a half an hour drive away from me which is pretty crazy, to be honest.

Before Christmas, I was invited along to Paradise Wildlife Park to see what the most-visited tourist attraction in Hertfordshire had to offer so I jumped at the chance. I went near the end of January and usually, I’d think otherwise about going to a wildlife park in the Winter but it was actually such a great experience and here’s why I loved my day out.

Paradise Wildlife Park: It wasn’t very crowded

I’ve been to plenty of zoos in the Spring and Summertime and it’s been so crowded that you have to battle your way to actually see into some of the enclosures. Because zoos tend to be family days out I’m not going to push a child out of the way or obstruct their view in order to see so sometimes I don’t spend the time actually looking at the animals that I’d like. Going in the winter time I did find that I had all the time I wanted to really experience the animals, plus the good thing is how open a lot of the enclosures are.

Paradise Wildlife Park: The big cat territory

Now I don’t know if I don’t usually pay much attention but a lot of zoo’s tend to have about 2 or maybe 3 big cats at max, usually lions, tigers and that’s about it but Paradise Wildlife Park have the ‘big five’ including jaguars, leopards, snow leopards, tigers and lions. I don’t remember seeing jaguars in many zoos so this was quite a treat to see especially as all the enclosures are quite open so they were all pretty easy to spot even on a colder day when they probably just wanted to huddle up and keep warm.

Paradise Wildlife Park: Lion Pride is set to open Easter 2019

Now I am a huge fan of lions and the white lion enclosure is already pretty impressive at Paradise Wildlife Park but for Easter 2019 Paradise Wildlife Park are opening their new animal habitat, Lion Pride Lands, for the four white lions which live there. The new and much larger habitat will be the very first thing that visitors see when they come through the entrance and building work seemed to be getting on very well when we were there.

The new habitat will include a tree at the heart of the area that people can walk into and have the lions surround them alongside a large house area so people can see the lions indoors. I’ll definitely be trying to make a trip back to see how it looks.

Paradise Wildlife Park: They have some amazing experiences on offer

Most zoo’s offer zookeeper experiences and chances to feed the animals but Paradise Wildlife Park seem to offer some bits I’ve not seen as often including ‘Snow Leopard Champagne Breakfast’ where you’ll get a guided tour before the park opens, a chance to hand feed the snow leopards and a champagne breakfast which is pretty special. I have my eyes on some of the photography courses which I have been meaning to look into for ages, imagine getting the chance to get closer to some of the animals while learning some more about photography?!

Paradise Wildlife Park: There’s plenty for the kids to do

Now I don’t have kids so we didn’t look too deeply into exactly what’s on offer but there seemed to be plenty to keep the kids occupied from play areas through to Dinosaur World which is definitely geared towards kids. When we were there most of the other people there were parents with their kids and it must be such a great day out with the kids as there’s so much to look at and the animals are truly fascinating whether you’re old or young.

Do you like zoos and wildlife parks?

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