Gerald Durrell’s famous zoo

The camping park is in walking distance of Gerald Durrell’s famous zoo. The Eric Young Orchid Foundation, which is world renowned, is also very near.

Durrell Wildlife’s visitors call us the “zoo that’s not a zoo”. But we think we are what ALL zoos should be – a crucial part of the effort to save wild animals from extinction.

Here our conservation scientists can work with the animals up close and learn what they need to maintain good health, breed, survive and thrive in their natural habitats. We can then share this vital information with our colleagues working with them in the wild.

Wherever possible our animals live in specially landscaped, spacious enclosures which closely resemble their natural homes – that way we can see them behaving just like they would in the wild. Like this tamarin who lives in our totally open woodland, scampering around as it would in the rainforests of Brazil.