Barbados Wildlife Reserve (Barbados)

The Barbados Wildlife Reserve is located in the parish of St Peter over the road from Farley Hill National Park. The entrance price for adults is (Barbados dollars) BDD$23 & BD$11.50 for children (3-12 years) (that’s about £6.50 and £3.20 respectively so it was extremely good value. There are a couple of washrooms at the main entrance as well as a small bar & restaurant serving snacks and guides on hand should you have any questions. It’s a natural ...
...animals in the reserve, although the animals are not tame. Besides the monkeys there a giant tortoises, turtles, deer, rabbits, peacocks, parrots, various other birds (including fowl, ducks, flamingos...), reptiles (snakes, iguanas, small alligators) as well as otters racoons & agouti. You may find the animals all over the reserve during your visit and you are encouraged as you walk along, to "take your time... look up... look down... look carefully ...

titchymichy 04.02.2004 · Read full review
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I’ve been here a few times and whilst I am against zoos, this place gives lots of space and I think has various breeding programmes in operation. It is famous for it’s population of Green monkeys that appear everywhere, but I had heard that these were used abroad for medical research, therefore the place should be boycotted. Don’t 100% know if this is true though. Lots of tropical greenery, birdlife, loads of (usually mating) extremely large tortoises, ...
...Last time I was there, there was a queue of tortoises waiting to clear up the snakes poo, which we all found highly amusing. The foliage is superb, as is the way the place has been set out. If you want a nice relaxing day out animal-spotting, then this is the place for you ...

tamara 04.10.2000 · Read full review
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