Ventura Wildlife Park

It’s that time of week again for #FossaFriday. Stevie loves striking a pose for the camera! #ware #hertfordshire #zoo #vwp #fossa #carnivore #madagascar

Don't forget that this Saturday (22nd September) we have the #HertsHogline team on-site for a day of fun activities! We are delighted to be working alongside this team of dedicated individuals, in helping to provide a safe release site to return #hedgehogs back to the wild, once fit and well. We hope to see you guys there, showing your support for such a great cause. #zoo #ware #Hertfordshire #eventdays #familyfun #weekendactivites #daysout

The sun might not be shining but we still have plenty of animals for you to come and meet inside our #CritterCove exhibit! One of our #LesserTenrecs is already up and about, waiting to see you this morning! #zoo #vwp #ware #hertfordshire #indooractivites #daysout

Why not head down to the park this weekend to visit our baby #llama, Inca! At nearly a month old now, shes growing up super quick! The park is open daily from 10:30am. #vwp #zoo #ware #hertfordshire #familyfun #weekendplans #daysout

#SnakeSaturday! Despite their name, green tree pythons are in fact born bright yellow or red and only turn green when reaching a year old! Why not come down and visit some of our #scaley species inside #CritterCove today! #vwp #zoo #ware #hertfordshire #greentree #snakes #indooractivites

FUN FACT! Did you know that #Reindeer are the only animals that can lie down in the snow without melting it? This is down to their specially designed #hollow hair coat, which is great insulation from the cold! #ware #vwp #zoo #funfacts #weekendfun #visitherts

One final weight check today by a small team of volunteers from #VenturaWildlifeParm, Redmond Group Ltd. and #VenturaWildlifeServices and tonight they will be ready for release. #Conservation #Hertfordshire #BirtishWildlife Ventura Wildlife Herts Hogline

With the little ones heading back to school, don’t forget to make the most of our #afterschool saver deal! Either one adult and two children for just £10, or one adult and one child for £8, from 3:30pm onwards! Come and catch our #RaccoonDog feed and talk at 4pm! #vwp #ware #zoo #hertfordshire #termtimedeals

Our team have been busy working in collaboration with Herts Hogline and #VenturaWildlifeConservationFund to set up our first release site in Hertfordshire with the support of Redmond Group Ltd. who have provided access and funding for our teams to create soft release sites within their large private #woodland in #Hertfordshire. #SavingSpecies #Conservation #Hertfordshire #Ware #Hertfords #Hatfield #BritsihWidlife

Its almost the weekend everyone! As the summer holidays are soon coming to an end, why not head on down and visit our animals at the park, whilst enjoying our summer timetable activities! We are open daily from 10am! #summerholidays #grantszebra #vwp #zoo #ware #hertfordshire #daysout

Here at the park our care for wildlife goes far beyond our entrance gates. We are delighted to announce our latest project that looks to support one particular British animal found across #Hertfordshire, the #Hedgehog. Sadly recent reports suggest hedgehog numbers in the British countryside are said to have fallen by almost half since the year 2000! There are a number reasons that are causing this fall including increased traffic flows on the roads, greater use of pesticides... and greater housing development. Together with our parent organisation Ventura Wildlife and our non profit partners the #VenturaWildlifeConservationFund (VWCF) and Herts Hogline we are helping to release previously sick, injured or orphaned hedgehogs back into the wild across the county of #Hertfordshire. Over the coming weeks we will be releasing hedgehogs across the county in carefully selected safe locations where they can start a new life. #Conservation #BritishWildlife #SavingSpecies #Ware #Hertford #Hertfordshire #VenturaWildlifePark #EastHerts Visit Herts Hertfordshire Mercury Hertfordshire Hertfordshire County Council
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A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our naming competition for our new baby llama. There have been some amazing suggestions across our social media platforms but the winning name we have chosen is 'Inca' suggested to us by Sarah Thomson on Facebook. #llama #babyllama #zoobabies #zooborns #wildlifepark #ware #hertford #hertfordshire

A huge congratulations to the winners and runners up of our Papo Dinosaur Hunt. It has been wonderful recieve over 2500 entries from visitors helping to find our dinosaur fact sheets hidden around the park. #familyfun #Wildlifepark #daysout #Dinosaurs #ware #Hertfordshire #fun #Hertford Thank you to Papo France for providing prices and to all those who took part.

Here at the park we do lots of different enrichment with our animals, this doesn’t always have to be food orientated. For example, this is what citrus smells like to our Fossa Stevie! #enrichment #fossa #madagascar #carnivore #zoo #ware #hertfordshire #summerholidayfun #daysout

Help us name our female baby llama. We need your help to come up with a name for our latest baby. Please comment on this post with your name suggestions. #VenturaWildlifePark #llama #ware #Hertfordshire #hertford #summerfun #familyfun #daysout #wildlife

Ventura Wildlife Park are delighted to welcome the Herts Hogline team on-site for a day filled with fun activities. Herts Hogline are an award winning self-funding, not-for-profit organisation that cares for sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs. Ventura Wildlife Park are thrilled to be working alongside this team of dedicated individuals, in helping to provide a safe release site to return hedgehogs back to the wild, once fit and well.
Event activities include: -Herts Hogli...ne information table – come and learn some more about the excellent work these guys do -Hedgehog themed arts and crafts -Story time – running at 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm & 3:30pm. These are short stories and will last for approximately 15 minutes. -Daily keeper talks throughout the day. -Animal Encounter shows at 12pm and 3pm.
All activities are included in your standard admission ticket. Tickets can be purchased from the Welcome Centre on arrival. Come on down to help us raise awareness and help preserve this fantastic species.
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Red rumped #agouti on breakfast patrol. These fascinating rodents can jump as high as six feet from standstill! You can see them living alongside our #CubanHutia. They spend large amounts of time foraging for feed. Did you know- We are the only zoological collection in the UK where you can discover this species. #Hertford #Ware #Hertfordshire #Daysout #zoolife #Wildlifepark #Familyfun #conservation #GreatAmwell #rodents

We are delighted to officially announce the birth of our first ever #llama born at #VenturaWildlifePark to parents Tallarah and Gallahad. Mother Tallarah gave birth during the afternoon last week whilst the park was open giving visitors and even more amazing experience. The birth of this little female llama is made even more special by the fact it marks our two year anniversary! How's that for timing! You can visit her with her parents and our other llama and alpaca during the summer holidays. #venturawildlife #zooborn #zoobaby #Hertfordshire #Hertford #Herts #Ware #GreatAmwell #Zoolife #Education #Daysout

We spent several hours visiting as part of the Snake City meet and greet day. We all thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The wildlife park is relatively small but has plenty of unusual and endangered creatures you wouldn't normally see. We all really enjoyed the animal encounter presentation in the Explorers lodge, especially my daughter who got to hold a bearded dragon whilst we heard lots of interesting facts about it's natural habitat and behaviours. The Fossa were stunning, the tenrec so cute, the skunk was beautiful. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, and always ready to chat about the animals. Thank you for making it a great day!

OMG � We had our VIP Lemur Feeding Experience today and it was brilliant. We loved every minute of it and would recommend it to anyone. Amy was so knowledgeable and encouraged us how to get the most out of our time with the Lemurs.

In fact all the staff we met were so helpful, we asked lots of questions about the animals to various members of staff and they were all so lovely, even the young lady (sorry we didn’t catch your name) that was volunteering was so accommodating, and she obviously pays attention because she knew quite a lot too, and she was honest when she didn’t know an answer. We participated in the other animal encounters and again enjoyed them all. The Park isn’t that big but it was a perfect size for a lovely afternoon out. A perfect day topped off with a cream tea in the garden centre afterwards.

I've been twice now once for the lemur encounter and once taking my mum and dad for the lemur encounter. I have now booked for the wallaby encounter for the three of us which I'm really looking forward to. The wildlife park is what you make of it and those that say 'it's not worth it and you can walk round it in a short period of time' are not making the most of it. The keepers are really knowledgable and you can learn about the animals and how they are trying to keep species going. You can listen to ranger talks whilst they feed the animals, when a child is interested in conservation and looking after wildlife it's perfect.

A small selection of animals, nothing particularly exciting. Most were visible to see, some you had to look more closely to spot. Enclosures were simple but reasonable conditions. Took us 20minutes to go round with a child. Nothing to stay longer for but could have stretched it out for another 10 minutes if we'd wanted to. Overall worth a quick look as a one-off but wouldn't go again. Definitely not worth the £19 we paid for 2A & 1C. The cost is not really worth it for what it is unfortunately.