Zoos in Britain with Capybaras

If anyone has any more detailed information about visiting capybaras in Britain I would be very grateful for this information. I am particularly keen to find out about zoos or petting zoos where people can interact with the capybaras. I also wonder if there are any people with pet capybaras in Britain who welcome visitors, as is often the case in America.

A few zoos may allow you into the capybara enclosure to pet or feed the capybaras but the going rate for this wonderful experience may be as high as £50. In Australia, zoos charge about AU$50 to interact with their wild animals. At Nagasaki Bio Park there is no extra charge for entering the capybara enclosure and you can stay as long as you like.

In America there are quite a few people who keep exotic animals as pets or have small petting zoos, and who welcome visitors. Often there is no specific entry charge and they rely on donations, usually $10 per person.

Shepreth Park near Cambridge charges £50 to enter the capybara enclosure and interact with their capybaras.

I was warned by one zoo, Beale Park near Reading, Berkshire, that if the weather was not to their liking the capybaras might remain inside where I would not be able to see them, rather than coming out into their enclosure. I suspect this will be true at quite a few zoos in Britain.

Chessington zoo allows some children to interact with the capybaras on occasional weekends if the family have paid to become members at the zoo.

 

Below is a list of zoos in Britain which have capybaras as of March 2019:

ALFRISTON / Drusillas Zoo Park

AMAZONAZO / AmazonaZoo

BASILDON / Beale Park

BEKESBRNE / Howletts Wild Animal Park

BELFAST / Belfast Zoological Gardens

BIRMNGHAM / Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park

BLACKPOOL / Blackpool Zoo

BRANTON / Yorkshire Wildlife Park

BRENT LOG / Hanwell Zoo

BURFORD / Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens

CHESINGTN / Chessington World of Adventures, Ltd.

CHESTER / North of England Zoological Society

COMBE MAR / Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park

DARTMOOR / Dartmoor Zoological Park

DUDLEY / Dudley Zoological Gardens

ESHOTTHEU / Northumberland Country Zoo

EXMOOR / Exmoor Zoological Park

FIVE SIST / The Five Sisters Zoo Park

FOLLYFARM / Folly Farm Leisure Ltd

HAMERTON / Hamerton Zoological Park

ISL AM AD / Amazon World

KNOWSLEY / Knowsley Safari Park

LDWP / Lake District Wildlife Park

LOTHERTON / Lotherton Bird Garden

LYMPNE / Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

MALTON / Flamingo Land LTD

MARWELL / Marwell Wildlife

NEWBALL / Woodside Wildlife and Falconry Park

NEWQUAYZO / Newquay Zoo (Cornwall Animal World)

NORTHUCOL / Northumberland College

PAIGNTON / Paignton Zoo Environmental Park

REASEHEAT / Reaseheath College Animal Centre

SHEPRETH / Shepreth Wildlife Park

SHUTTLCOL / Shuttleworth College Animal Centre

SO LAKES / Safari Zoo

TAMWORTH / Drayton Manor Park Zoo

TILGATE / Tilgate Nature Centre

WILD DSCV / Wild Discovery

WOBURNLTD / Woburn Safari Park

WRAXALL / Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm

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