Blair Drummond Safari Park

📸📸 Congratulations to the winners of our animal photography competition.
Thank you for sharing your lovely pics with us.

Well done to all those who guessed correctly - it was one of our Asian Short Clawed Otters!
Did you know otters can close their ears and nostrils to keep water out? Learn more here:
https://bit.ly/2ngyFf6
... Visit them in Pets Farm.
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🦓🦏GUESS THE ANIMAL🦁🐧
Can you guess who's snout this is? Answer revealed later on today.....

Photography competition 📸 📸 📸 **WIN tickets to Blair Drummond Safari Park**
The Safari Park is the perfect place for animal photography and we love seeing all your amazing pictures.🦏🦒🦁
... Post your best Safari Park animal photos below for your chance to win a family ticket for two adults and two children.
We'll pick our favourites on Monday 6th August.
- - - T&C Entrants must only submit photos that they have taken themselves. The prize is a family ticket to Blair Drummond Safari Park for two adults and two children with no cash alternative. Winners will be notified by private message and the judges' decision is final. 📸 Happy snapping!
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🦏LAST MINUTE SPACES ON ADULT SAFARI SCHOOL🐒
Our #SafariSchool weeks have been amazing this year.
We are hosting our first ever Safari School for Adults soon - August 13th to 17th (18 years plus). We have two last minute spaces available!!!
... Do you know someone who would love this?
First come first served. Email education@blairdrummond.com
https://bit.ly/2OFSqZY
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Our big, blue astroglide slide is the perfect place for an action shot.
Post your photos📸📸 below and we'll choose some of our favourites.

🦏 Well done to all those who guessed the correct animal - it was Bonnie, our youngest southern white rhino, on the day she was born! 🦏
Can you believe she is going to be two next month?
Did you know there are five different types of rhino still alive today? Three are native to Asia and two to Africa.
... https://bit.ly/2Awh2RJ
📷D Warren
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🐾🐯🐪🦁GUESS THE ANIMAL🦓🐘🦒🐾
Can you guess who this curious little eye belongs to?
Answer revealed later today.

❤️Win tickets to see Alice in Wonderland at Blair Drummond Safari Park❤️
M&M Productions, one of the UK's largest touring theatre groups, will be visiting Blair Drummond Safari Park on Saturday 25th August to stage two performances of children's classic Alice in Wonderland.
We're offering you the chance to win a family ticket for two adults and two children to the 12:30pm performance. This prize includes full entry to the Safari Park.
... To enter just let us know who Alice follows down the rabbit hole at the start of her adventure.
We'll choose a winner at random on Friday 3rd August. Remember to like and share!
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The fourth #SafariSchool of the season is going well!
The students not only got to see behind the scenes in the chimp house when the chimps were on the island - they got to test out some of the play equipment!
Week after next .... our first ever Safari School for adults!
... https://www.blairdrummond.com/education/s afari-school
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Aw.... you've been making great use of our Blair Drummond Safari Park selfie frames this summer. Post your best shots below and we'll pick our favourites. 🦒😀📸

Curiouser and curiouser!
Tickets now on sale for Alice in Wonderland at Blair Drummond Safari Park.
A reminder that Blair Drummond Safari Park Members were offered priority booking for this event and the opportunity to purchase tickets at the incredibly low price of just £1 per person.
... If you are a member and would still like to take advantage of this special offer, please email enquiries@blairdrummond.com
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M&M Productions, one of the UK's largest touring theatre groups, will be visiting Blair Drummond Safari Park on Saturday 25th August to stage two performances of children's classic Alice in Wonderland.
The performance, which lasts an hour, will take place in the Safari Park marquee. This event is suitable for children of all ages.
Adult tickets will be priced at £18.00... Child tickets will be priced at £15.00 (for age 3-14 years) There is no charge for infants aged 0-2 years
Ticket price includes entry to the Safari Park on Saturday 25th August.
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🦁 BIG CAT RAFFLE WINNER 🦁
Thanks to all those who entered our Lion experience raffle over Big Cat Weekend! You helped us raised hundreds of pounds for our #LinktotheWild initiative which protects wild lions (AfriCat Foundation) & tigers (The Corbett Foundation).
The winning ticket was light blue 445. Denise our lucky winner - check your inbox!
... www.blairdrummond.com/conservation
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We have had Have You Got The Bottle? in for several weekends this summer. Did you meet them during your visit?
"Donald and the brilliant restaurant team @BlairDrummondSP pledging their support to the #depositreturn system. Also working hard to find alternatives to single use plastics in their restaurant. @yougotthebottle @ZeroWasteScot @APRScotland @mcsuk"

Another alpaca birthday today - the awesome Stanley is 3!
Do you think he is cuter now or when he was a baby??
😍

Day one of Big Cat Weekend was great - the weather didn't put us or the visitors off!
We are delighted to have one of our charity partners the AfriCat Foundation here all weekend.
Come along tomorrow for more fun & games:
... https://www.blairdrummond.com/events/big- cat-weekend
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🦁 Would you like the opportunity to get behind-the-scenes and see our lions up close? 🦁
Come along to our Big Cat Weekend and enter our raffle! All funds go towards the conservation of tigers & lions in the wild.
We are lucky enough to have our charity partners, AfriCat Foundation, here all weekend.
... https://www.blairdrummond.com/events/big- cat-weekend
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It's not often we have a visitor at the Safari Park in her wedding dress 🎊🦒
Congratulations, Alexandra & Chris!
https://bit.ly/2v6Eijh

was there yesterday with my grandchildren, first time i have been in a lot of years, We all thorougy enjoyed our day, to the extent that they didn't want to leave, the eldest is17 and she was like a big wean. the youngest 7 the others 10 and 14 and they all loved it just as much. a great day for all ages.

We were here just yesterday and although it rained nothing dampened anyone's spirits. Was so nice to see so many people out enjoying themselves. Entry price was good although I think you should get the book thrown in as at 3.50 felt a bit steep but my 7yr old heard her so felt had to buy it. Animals were fab. Sea lion show was amazing and we loved seeing all the other animals non more so than the elephant who put on a wee show for us reaching up for his food was such an amazing thing to see him do. My wee one and friends wee ones were mesmerized was just beautiful highly recommend as a day out. Lots to see and do whatever the weather. And friendly bunch of staff too who clearly work so hard to keep the place running so well.

Me and my sister made a last minute decision yesterday to go to the safari park! We had a brilliant day, we must’ve looked like the biggest kids at the Safari Park. We had a great day and love how suited the safari park is to all ages.

Love the safari park been there too many times to count , this is the first time I have had to come by bus . I loved it .Got the safari bus in the park to go see the animals, the driver was brilliant told us a lot of good information. My granddaughters loved it . Great value had loads of tokens left , so another visit I think to use them up . See you soon

It's a brilliant park with plenty for the whole family to enjoy. I've been quite a few times before and really enjoyed it. If i had one criticism it would be the waiting times for the trampolines .We qued for over 40 minutes but other than that, we had a brilliant day.

It was mine and my little girls first time on Saturday, price was reasonable and food places wasn’t to bad either will differently be coming back with rest of the family so I would recommend to others.

Had an amazing time. We were there all day and still think we never got round the whole thing. The only down fall was that you had to pay for some of the kiddies rides. Staff were all very friendly. If you get chance then make the trip you will not be disappointed

Had a fantastic day yesterday with my mum and my boyfriend, as the last time I was there was about 30 years ago and don't remember much back then and now that I was there yesterday I can have fantastic and fabulous memories about being there with my boyfriend and my mum. I don't think I can have one favorite moment of being there as I loved it all and loved the sea lion show and seeing the meerkats up closer than I would do at the zoo.

Had a fabulous day at Blair Drummond safari park well worth the money plenty to do everything was nice and clean definitely would go back without hesitation a lot better than Edinburgh zoo only one thing that I feel needs attention is the toilet facilities within the cafeteria had a lot to be desired I know it’s a very busy area more so to have someone attending to them through out the day .

First time here in about 20 years....

Thought we were just going to drive through through enclosures and maybe get a bit of food.



Didn't realise there was so much for kids (and big kids) to do.



Ended up buying 2 annual passes for me and the wife and we'll be back several times over the next few months!

Fantastic day out for my sons birthday, only down side was a lot of animals were hidin due to the heat which cant be helped i guess. The water sprays were a bit dodgy would work with tokens sometimes and sometimes not. Apart from that we enjoyed bird of prey show, sea lion show etc :) x

Fantastic day out for all the family well worth the money for a day out here so many beautiful animals elephants 🐘 are my favourite my grandchildren had a ball and were sad to leave at end of the day well worth a trip to Blair Drummond for any family highly recommended with five stars ✨ ✨✨✨✨

Been here a few times now but yesterday was the first in many years. The safari park is a brilliant day out for kids. Entry fee is reasonable (much cheaper than the zoo). The park is very clean. We had two bbq stands booked and the man in charge was great setting it all up for you and going round topping up when needed. The play area is 2nd to none and also vey clean. After all this I almost forgot about the animals! Saw lots and the sea lion show was great. Will be back soon

Been a few times now with the kids and it gets better each time we go. Most definitely worth the admission price with the flying fox etc included. The play fort is amazing and the kids spent 2 hours there and could’ve no doubt spent the whole day there! A well kept park and a terrific family day out :-)

Had a great time with my neice yesterday, the only thing I would say is maybe you should get a member of staff to pick up litter around the play area. I know it's not your fault that people are disgusting and leave the rubbish for others to deal with but it really annoys me that they can't walk over to one of the many bins that you have.

Fun day was had by my partner and I, my niece and nephew. The only thing I was not impressed with were the female toilets especially with the Volume of traffic coming and going there, no one around to clean them, they didn’t flush, stacked full of toilet tissue. Other than that was an enjoyable wee day, but for me to come back would probably have to keep adding newer attractions.

Blair Drummond was a great day out for my three year old and partner and I. We spent 5 hours with loads to do and it felt we could have spent longer if it wasnt closing time. Only issue we faced was with the boat captain in boat one threatening to put us to the back of the queue as we politly requested to wait for the next boat so we can get a side seat i stead of the middle. He actually argued with us despite us insisting that we would rather wait - after us waiting 40 minutes already. People like that should not work in a children’s tourism venue! Overall a great day out for a family and three year old.

Admission price is great. I got free admission as a carer, however, I don't believe the criteria is very clear online. Online it states "Proof of entitlement, such as a letter from the DLA, a carers letter or a carers ID badge, will be required." I used a DLA letter as proof of my child's disability, but they said next time they need proof I'm a carer, not that he is disabled, although they said they will accept it this time. :/



There was so much to do, actually ran out of time to do everything. Really enjoyed the seal lion show, play park is amazing, however I would like to see some accessible play equipment there too though, as my 5 year old is in a wheelchair. A massive plus for us is the changing places. It makes the day out so much easier as I don't have to worry about where I can change my son.



The animals looked well cared for and kept.





Food was ok, not bad, just fine.





Couple of cons-



Firstly I was over charged twice. The 1st time was in the restaurant, they charged me for a drink that should have been in the kids meal deal. I did notice straight after I paid and looked at the receipt, and was refunded. The second time was at a snack bar, and they over charged me by a pound, and only realised about 5 mins afterwards when i thought it was rather expensive, but as I didn't get a receipt I didn't bother trying to contest it. So double check every time you buy. Some of the drinks and food were over priced. Didn't help that a coke was really flat, and the slushes were not very nice at all.



It would have also been nice to be able to see the height restriction on the flying fox online before going, or on the site map. My eldest son is about 5cm too small for it, and was hoping to go on it, and if I could have explained to him earlier that he was too short, it would have avoided tears after a few hours of hopes that he would have been able to go on it. It wasn't a big problem, but I'd have rather of prepared him for before for that, as it was the last area we went to.

Used to love coming to Blair Drummond,have fond memories of going with my dad as a child and wanted to share that with my own daughter as my own father has now passed away sadly. We have been a few times before and always had fun but yesterday when we came it was very different. It was a really hot day so can understand when most animals hide away in the shade, but we saw hardly any animals and there used to be loads, there was one elephant a couple of lions, monkeys and a tonne of goats and deer! .. I thought it was supposed to a wild life park not a farm? Even the petting zoo had a few chickens and Llamas that were away out in a field so couldn't get near to pet anything � .. every show or demonstration was over crouded too.

However we did have a reasonably priced lunch in the cafe , Macaroni cheese was delicious and great portion sizes and we had some ice cream which was also very nice. Great sized play park and sand pit to take the weight off for 5 mins, I'm just so disappointed that we paid £57 To get in and X amount for food and it wasn't great � x

was there yesterday with my grandchildren, first time i have been in a lot of years, We all thorougy enjoyed our day, to the extent that they didn't want to leave, the eldest is17 and she was like a big wean. the youngest 7 the others 10 and 14 and they all loved it just as much. a great day for all ages.

We were here just yesterday and although it rained nothing dampened anyone's spirits. Was so nice to see so many people out enjoying themselves. Entry price was good although I think you should get the book thrown in as at 3.50 felt a bit steep but my 7yr old heard her so felt had to buy it. Animals were fab. Sea lion show was amazing and we loved seeing all the other animals non more so than the elephant who put on a wee show for us reaching up for his food was such an amazing thing to see him do. My wee one and friends wee ones were mesmerized was just beautiful highly recommend as a day out. Lots to see and do whatever the weather. And friendly bunch of staff too who clearly work so hard to keep the place running so well.

Me and my sister made a last minute decision yesterday to go to the safari park! We had a brilliant day, we must’ve looked like the biggest kids at the Safari Park. We had a great day and love how suited the safari park is to all ages.

Love the safari park been there too many times to count , this is the first time I have had to come by bus . I loved it .Got the safari bus in the park to go see the animals, the driver was brilliant told us a lot of good information. My granddaughters loved it . Great value had loads of tokens left , so another visit I think to use them up . See you soon

It's a brilliant park with plenty for the whole family to enjoy. I've been quite a few times before and really enjoyed it. If i had one criticism it would be the waiting times for the trampolines .We qued for over 40 minutes but other than that, we had a brilliant day.

It was mine and my little girls first time on Saturday, price was reasonable and food places wasn’t to bad either will differently be coming back with rest of the family so I would recommend to others.

Had an amazing time. We were there all day and still think we never got round the whole thing. The only down fall was that you had to pay for some of the kiddies rides. Staff were all very friendly. If you get chance then make the trip you will not be disappointed

Had a fantastic day yesterday with my mum and my boyfriend, as the last time I was there was about 30 years ago and don't remember much back then and now that I was there yesterday I can have fantastic and fabulous memories about being there with my boyfriend and my mum. I don't think I can have one favorite moment of being there as I loved it all and loved the sea lion show and seeing the meerkats up closer than I would do at the zoo.

Had a fabulous day at Blair Drummond safari park well worth the money plenty to do everything was nice and clean definitely would go back without hesitation a lot better than Edinburgh zoo only one thing that I feel needs attention is the toilet facilities within the cafeteria had a lot to be desired I know it’s a very busy area more so to have someone attending to them through out the day .

First time here in about 20 years....

Thought we were just going to drive through through enclosures and maybe get a bit of food.



Didn't realise there was so much for kids (and big kids) to do.



Ended up buying 2 annual passes for me and the wife and we'll be back several times over the next few months!

Fantastic day out for my sons birthday, only down side was a lot of animals were hidin due to the heat which cant be helped i guess. The water sprays were a bit dodgy would work with tokens sometimes and sometimes not. Apart from that we enjoyed bird of prey show, sea lion show etc :) x

Fantastic day out for all the family well worth the money for a day out here so many beautiful animals elephants 🐘 are my favourite my grandchildren had a ball and were sad to leave at end of the day well worth a trip to Blair Drummond for any family highly recommended with five stars ✨ ✨✨✨✨

Been here a few times now but yesterday was the first in many years. The safari park is a brilliant day out for kids. Entry fee is reasonable (much cheaper than the zoo). The park is very clean. We had two bbq stands booked and the man in charge was great setting it all up for you and going round topping up when needed. The play area is 2nd to none and also vey clean. After all this I almost forgot about the animals! Saw lots and the sea lion show was great. Will be back soon

Been a few times now with the kids and it gets better each time we go. Most definitely worth the admission price with the flying fox etc included. The play fort is amazing and the kids spent 2 hours there and could’ve no doubt spent the whole day there! A well kept park and a terrific family day out :-)

Had a great time with my neice yesterday, the only thing I would say is maybe you should get a member of staff to pick up litter around the play area. I know it's not your fault that people are disgusting and leave the rubbish for others to deal with but it really annoys me that they can't walk over to one of the many bins that you have.

Fun day was had by my partner and I, my niece and nephew. The only thing I was not impressed with were the female toilets especially with the Volume of traffic coming and going there, no one around to clean them, they didn’t flush, stacked full of toilet tissue. Other than that was an enjoyable wee day, but for me to come back would probably have to keep adding newer attractions.

Blair Drummond was a great day out for my three year old and partner and I. We spent 5 hours with loads to do and it felt we could have spent longer if it wasnt closing time. Only issue we faced was with the boat captain in boat one threatening to put us to the back of the queue as we politly requested to wait for the next boat so we can get a side seat i stead of the middle. He actually argued with us despite us insisting that we would rather wait - after us waiting 40 minutes already. People like that should not work in a children’s tourism venue! Overall a great day out for a family and three year old.

Admission price is great. I got free admission as a carer, however, I don't believe the criteria is very clear online. Online it states "Proof of entitlement, such as a letter from the DLA, a carers letter or a carers ID badge, will be required." I used a DLA letter as proof of my child's disability, but they said next time they need proof I'm a carer, not that he is disabled, although they said they will accept it this time. :/



There was so much to do, actually ran out of time to do everything. Really enjoyed the seal lion show, play park is amazing, however I would like to see some accessible play equipment there too though, as my 5 year old is in a wheelchair. A massive plus for us is the changing places. It makes the day out so much easier as I don't have to worry about where I can change my son.



The animals looked well cared for and kept.





Food was ok, not bad, just fine.





Couple of cons-



Firstly I was over charged twice. The 1st time was in the restaurant, they charged me for a drink that should have been in the kids meal deal. I did notice straight after I paid and looked at the receipt, and was refunded. The second time was at a snack bar, and they over charged me by a pound, and only realised about 5 mins afterwards when i thought it was rather expensive, but as I didn't get a receipt I didn't bother trying to contest it. So double check every time you buy. Some of the drinks and food were over priced. Didn't help that a coke was really flat, and the slushes were not very nice at all.



It would have also been nice to be able to see the height restriction on the flying fox online before going, or on the site map. My eldest son is about 5cm too small for it, and was hoping to go on it, and if I could have explained to him earlier that he was too short, it would have avoided tears after a few hours of hopes that he would have been able to go on it. It wasn't a big problem, but I'd have rather of prepared him for before for that, as it was the last area we went to.

Used to love coming to Blair Drummond,have fond memories of going with my dad as a child and wanted to share that with my own daughter as my own father has now passed away sadly. We have been a few times before and always had fun but yesterday when we came it was very different. It was a really hot day so can understand when most animals hide away in the shade, but we saw hardly any animals and there used to be loads, there was one elephant a couple of lions, monkeys and a tonne of goats and deer! .. I thought it was supposed to a wild life park not a farm? Even the petting zoo had a few chickens and Llamas that were away out in a field so couldn't get near to pet anything � .. every show or demonstration was over crouded too.

However we did have a reasonably priced lunch in the cafe , Macaroni cheese was delicious and great portion sizes and we had some ice cream which was also very nice. Great sized play park and sand pit to take the weight off for 5 mins, I'm just so disappointed that we paid £57 To get in and X amount for food and it wasn't great � x