Love the Elephants at Twycross. Overall, it's a nice family day out aimed towards children. Thank you very much for your lovely feedback and we are happy you enjoyed your visit to the zoo. They are a really funny bunch and especially the two young boys love to mess around, while the adults try to enjoy some quiet food time. I probably wouldn't go back again. We are currently contacting all bookings that were not able to go ahead due to our closure to rearrange a new date. She ran everywhere. The Keeper Experience is only valid on the date of booking. I was fortunate to have a 'Keeper for the day' experience on 4th October 2017 at Twycross, which also just happened to be International Zookeepers Day. Thank you very much for your feedback, we are really glad to hear that you enjoyed your 'Junior Keeper for a day' experience at Twycross Zoo.

Registered No. It was clear to me that the zoo's keepers are enthusiastic about their work and really care about the animals that they look after. Twycross Zoo: Junior Keeper Experience - See 3,562 traveler reviews, 2,226 candid photos, and great deals for Atherstone, UK, at Tripadvisor. This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC. It’s a perfect way for aspiring young zoo keepers to get an insight into this exciting and busy job! Twycross Zoo is renowned as a World Primate Centre and has a wide variety of monkeys and apes including the UK’s only group of bonobos.

In total we have over 500 animals across 150 species.Rather than give our animal toys they are encouraged to display the natural behaviours as they would in a wild situation, our keepers work very hard on a daily basis to provide different types of enrichment, that involve foraging for food, introducing new smells using herbs and spices, redesigning enclosure regularly by adding branches, Christmas trees and different substrate.We do not have many empty enclosures but we do give our animals the choice to move between their indoor and outdoor area, so this may be why you feel there were lots of empty enclosures. However, trying to find any other indoor place to eat on a chilly October Sunday was pretty difficult and all staff members that were asked repeatedly directed us to the CLOSED outdoor buildings. Thank you for bringing to our attention that certain staff were unaware of this; Twycross Zoo prides its self on exceeding visitor expectations, Please be assured that we be taking the nessacery steps to ensure that this does not happen again.In reference to the prayer flags above the Gift shop. 01060956 The Keeper Experience is only valid on the date of booking. I met many keepers who were all knowledgable and polite. These include donkeys, goats, guinea pigs, lamas, rabbits. The Junior Keeper for a Day experience at ZSL London Zoo is a day where young people (aged 11-15 years) can work alongside a zoo keeper with a variety of animals who live at the Zoo. The keeper for a day experience takes in the usual aspects of animal care including cleaning, food preparation and feeding, and aims to take in pets, primates, elephants and birds.
But they share one trait: they are all very intelligent. Twycross Zoo: Junior Zoo Keeper Day - See 3,787 traveler reviews, 2,432 candid photos, and great deals for Atherstone, UK, at Tripadvisor. Eventually, we had to eat outside on a bench, in the slightly cold and windy weather - I would have much preferred to eat inside and I'm very glad I didn't have children with me. The staff are amazing!

I had learnt a lot about what it takes to ensure the well-being of all the animals at the zoo.Anyway, that was MY day. Keeper for a Day experiences are available for up to 2 adults (from the same household). The Prayer flags are in theme with this, you will find them often strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas.As Twycross Zoo is a registered charity we rely on the income generated from our paying customers and we do really value your support which helps us to care for the animals that live here and support conservation projects all over the world. The health and safety of our animals is our number one priority therefore we ask that anyone suffering or showing symptoms of a contagious disease (Covid-19, flu, cold etc) do not take part in the experience. The keeper won't mind if you decline!Lunch was at 1pm in the Himalaya Restaurant. I had a tea break at 11pm in the staff canteen.

We also hold a range of other species including Asian elephants, snow leopards/cubs, penguins, meerkats, tapir, and the world’s rarest big cat, the Amur leopard and the two new cubs. It also includes refreshments, lunch and a certificate for the Junior Keeper to take away. Thank you very much for your feedback, we are really glad to hear that you enjoyed your 'Keeper for a day' experience at Twycross Zoo.

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Our busy keepers need a hand with the dirty bit as well… You will help with the cleaning of some of the primate enclosures: sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, while you will be watched by many monkey eyes! junior-keeper-web-1.jpg. Some of the food I fed to the animals included live mealworms and insects. Today my youngest daughter did her first junior Zoo Keeper day which she thoroughly enjoyed. We hope to see you again soon.

You not only can learn about their unique social structure (where the females are boss), but you will also help to feed one of our Bonobo groups. At the end of the day which finishes at 1pm, my daughter was presented with a certificate and teddy and received a lunch voucher.

Very knowledgable and make the day so interesting. If you do not redeem the Keeper Experience on the date it is booked for, it will cease to be valid and no refund or extension will be offered. You can learn about one of the world’s rarest big cats, the Amur leopard and the top predator of the Himalaya, the snow leopard. Visited here as a family with a 6 year old and we were really quite disappointed. I also stuffed two plastic drums full of hay and straw for the ellies to eat. You will watch a group training session and hear from the keepers about how we train our apes for voluntary medical procedures. You will then go to our gorillas to view the family playing and socialising in the off show area whilst the keepers give the apes some of their favourite fruit tea and chat about our gorilla family. Keeper for a Day. We want you to learn about their personalities, what excites them and how they make our zookeeper’s life full of fun (and sometimes a bit of chaos). Once the enclosures are cleaned its then time to give them their breakfast and checking on them all. Twycross Zoo is a registered charity (number 501841) which exists to support conservation, education and research. The day runs from 9am to 1pm the first part of the day is cleaning the animals enclosures in pets corner then a breakfast break in the staff canteen. solely in a positive way, these guys can teach you a few tricks! I drove home with lots of memories of a brilliant day.


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