Isle of Wight Zoo

...spent a morning at the Isle of Wight Zoo. And there wasn’t a single horse in sight…thank goodness for that. ***GETTING THERE*** Hop on a ferry / fast ferry / hovercraft from Portsmouth or Southampton and within half an hour you’re there. Wightlink (www.wightlink.co.uk) are the biggest ferry operators with approximately 200 crossings a day and offer three routes onto the Island. For example: A sailing from Portsmouth to Fishbourne or Lymington ...
...*THE BIG CATS* The Isle of Wight Zoo is home to 20 Tigers, 3 Lions, 2 Jaguars and 2 Leopards. Most of the big cats live two to an area and whilst we were there, sat sunning themselves in the glorious sunshine. There are so many Tigers at the Zoo because the Zoo has specialised to become known as ‘The Tiger Sanctuary’ as over 95% of the wild tigers in the world have vanished forever. Through ‘The Tiger Sanctuary’ the zoo aims to promote the survival ...

Critchyboy 14.06.2004 · Read full review
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...have just been to the Isle of Wight and as it was October and sunbathing wasn't an option I decided to make the most of nature and wildlife both native and imported. Location: ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Isle of Wight Zoo also known as the Tiger Sanctuary is located on Sandown front, it is accessible from the main beach road (B3395) and overlooks the sea and next to Browns Golf. There is a car park on the site. My other half had visited the Tiger Sanctuary (Isle ...
...and learn about them. I think the work done at the sanctuary is admirable and when you think about how much the likes of London Zoo charge and what profit they make, it makes me want to support the Isle of Wight Zoo further. Website ~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.isleofwightzoo.com ...

Absy_Baby 31.10.2009 · Read full review
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I visited the Isle of Wight Zoo in June 2008 during a day trip to the island. We were camping in the New Forest and decided to hop over the channel to visit the zoo after picking up a brochure and discovering that the zoo was home to 'ITV's Tiger Island'. The Isle of Wight Zoo is situated in Sandown on the south east coast of the island. It is built around an old Victorian fort and is easy to notice by its large, thick walls upon which stands a huge ...
...per adult ticket to the Isle of Wight Zoo it was not breaking the bank. Children and seniors tickets are £4.95 each, while under 5's get free entry. The zoo also offers discounts for families, groups, campers and island residents so you can be sure of an inexpensive day. We arrived at the zoo just in time to catch 'Jeepers Creepers' - one of the many keeper presentations. The talk was inside the insect and reptile house (not the place to go if you ...

Gladallover 17.07.2008 (04.08.2008) · Read full review
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Isle of Wight Zoo.... The Isle of Wight Zoo is open throughout the months of March to October. There is a charge of around £5 to enter the Zoo but you can spend as long as you want looking round the grounds. The Zoo has just had a re-vamp and is looking far better than it did a few years ago. They have a good selection of animals there and most famously have a white tiger. Other animals include monkeys, reptiles and lemurs. The Zoo has recently ...
...concentrated on the lion and tigers from the zoo. The area that the zoo takes up is not overly large and I do not think it is a whole day out attraction. You could spend an afternoon there quite easily but I think the whole day would be stretching it a bit far. There is a café on sight selling food and drink at reasonable prices and they also have a gift shop which sells the usual zoo gift shop gifts and slightly high prices. All in all though the ...

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...week long stay at the Isle of Wight. And I must say, it was brilliant. really peacefull and quiet in the evenings but loads t o do in the day, I would recomend it to anyone. But any way, back on topic. Before we left fro the Isle every body was always telling us how amazing the zoo was, how it was the best atraction on the island, how if we didnt go we would be missing out! So naturaly when we found ourselves outside the entrance one day, we headed ...
...the zoo, they charged us a huge amount (around £30 for a familly of 4) to get in and the entrance was really nicely done. but then, it all went downhill. It started off with the "Creatures of the Night". Now me being used to Bristol Zoo thought that this would be a huge place filled to the brim with animals and wonderouse creatures of the night. So i was slightly disapointed when i found this the "creatures of the Night" was a room about 5x10 meters ...

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