Animal Encounters Colchester

⭐️ It’s half term and we are open for your enjoyment everyday 10am-4pm apart from Thursday. So come and visit our animals, feed and learn more about them!

We apologise but the farm is closed today due to staffing levels.We apologise but the farm is closed today due to staffing levels.

Come and visit some of the great characters we have here at Animals Encounters Farm, we have a real joyful bunch that love interacting with the public! Open on weekends 10am-3pm, please check we are open ahead of visiting in adverse weather conditions.

We were pleased to welcome the children from Jenny's Day Care to Animal Encounters this week, they were able to interact with the animals, learn a bit more about them and have a spot of lunch with us. If you're interested in school, day care or similar group visit please message us.

NEW ARRIVALS FOR ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS. Our Silkie has had little baby silkie chicks! 😍
Our farm is still open on weekends Saturday & Sunday 10-3pm, Free entry, donations are welcome which go towards the running of the farm and animals.

🔶 CALLING ALL SCHOOLS 🔶 We welcome group visits from any schools to Animal Encounters FREE of charge, we'll provide a VIP trip around the farm and a chance to interact and feed the animals. We do please ask that you ring ahead and book, so we can make your time with us as special and as educational as possible. Donations are welcome to help with the upkeep of the farm.

The farm is closed today. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. We will be reopen tomorrow as usual 10am-3pm 👍🏼

If you are coming to visit us today don't forget to take part in our Reindeer Rescue hunt, please ask a member of the aquatics team if you would like to enter the farm on arrival.

Calling all children (and adults), we need your help! Santas reindeer are enjoying visiting the farm so much they are hidding, can you help Santa find them before Christmas? Each reindeer is carrying a letter which will spell a magic word, collect the letters and work out the Christmassy word so Santa can collect his reindeer and fly his sleigh ready for Christmas eve!

⭐️FIND SANTAS REINDEER!⭐️ Calling all children (and adults) get down to Animal Encounters farm this festive holiday and help Santa find all of his Reindeer so he can fly his sleigh on Christmas Eve. From the 15th of December at 10am. £2 per child over 3, includes entry to the farm, animal feed (excludes multi feed) and a small prize!

🔶 CALLING ALL SCHOOLS 🔶 We welcome group visits from any schools to Animal Encounters, we'll provide a VIP trip around the farm and a chance to interact and feed the animals. We do please ask that you ring ahead and book, so we can make your time with us as special and as educational as possible.

Thanks to Jimmy's Farm for allowing us to house Doctor and Hercules the goats, they are having a great time here at Animal Encounters Farm, who saw them last week on the Pumpkin hunt? We will be getting our very own towards the end of the year, so watch this space. Don't forget we are still open Saturdays and Sundays throughout winter 10-3pm.👍

Animal Encounters will now be back to our normal opening times of 10-3pm on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the winter, we are closed week days Mon-Fri. Watch out for our festive Christmas weekend coming up! ✨

Get your spooky faces on!! Here until 3pm and again tomorrow 10.30am-3pm 👍🏼🕸👻

SHOW US YOUR HALLOWEEN FACE PAINTING! We hope you've all enjoyed visiting the animals this week, the fun continues this weekend with special guest face painter 'Pretty My Face' from 10.30am-3pm Saturday & Sunday, share your pictures with us on here and we'll pick our favourite character next week and you'll WIN free animal food and VIP interactive tour around the farm! Good Luck! 🎃💀✨

💖 Hidden away in our guinea pig village are some very small and very cute baby guinea pigs getting used to their new home. Come and visit us this half term and join in the Animal Encounters fun! 💖

Who visited yesterday for the start of our Halloween pumpkin hunt? Did you have fun? We look forward to seeing you all again today and for the rest of the week 10am-4pm. Make sure you say a big hello to our new goats which only arrived on the farm this week, they can’t wait to see you all.⭐️👍🏼👻