Animal Experiences - North East
Some of our most popular posts lately have been animal based posts, so I thought I would put together a handy Half Term Guide of animal experiences throughout Half Term.
I am thinking of keeping this post as a regular and just up date it seasonally. My next one will be for the Summer Holidays. Please note most of these attractions offer a lot more than just the experiences that I have listed.
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⭐Alpaca trekking with Pennine Lodge Alpacas (lick here to save now) just £18 per person! We recently did this and it was Brilliant. You can read more about our experience HERE
⭐Valais sheep walks is absolutely one to do for the animal lover.
You can read our experience HERE and find booking details
⭐25th/30th Pond Dipping at WWT Washington
⭐26th/31st Minibeast hunt WWT Washington
⭐26th - Otter Spotting walk at Preston Park Museum ( Meet at the entrance to the museum at 10am) No booking needed and this is a free event
⭐29th Donkeys at The Green Howard Museum - Richmond
⭐ 30th-1st Crazy Creatures at Brockbushes Farm - Must book your place
⭐Potters world is a cheap and fun day out with lots of free flying birds
⭐Wetheriggs animal rescue will be open throughout half term
⭐Butterfly world Stockton is a fantastic value day out and you get to enjoy the butterflies. There's also some creepy crawlies, meerkats and birds
Hall Hill Farm
⭐24th - 1st Highland Cow Experience - Feed and Stroke the gorgeous Calf's
⭐25th - 27th Sheep shearing
⭐Small animal handling
⭐Meet the baby chicks
and lots more through out Half term.
Included with Admission
Tweddle farm
⭐As well as the regular goings on you can also take part in Handling sessions and bottle feeding from 26th - 1st Included in admission
Whitehouse Farm Centre
⭐Feed the animals including the lambs
⭐Animal handling sessions
⭐Critter encounters
⭐Groom a pony or a goat
⭐Bird of prey Meet & Greet
⭐Goat Yoga ( although this one is not included in your admission)
There's so much more to enjoy too
Down at The Farm
⭐Lamb Feeding
⭐Meet The Chicks
⭐Groom the Donkeys
⭐Meet the small furries
Included in admission
Northumberland College Zoo (FKA : Kirkley Hall Zoo)
⭐Meerkat experience
⭐Lemur experience
⭐Reptile experience
⭐Squirrel Monkey experience
⭐Half day zoo keeper experience
Extra charges for the experiences on top of your admission
Flamingo Land
Be a Zookeeper for the day
Experiences with Lemur, Giraffe, Penguin and Meerkat
I have heard that the sealion show is no longer going on due to upgrades in the house.
You can get a discount on entry by clicking HERE (ad)
Northumberland county zoo
⭐Beekeeping experience
⭐Zookeeper experience
⭐Lemur experience
⭐Bat experience
⭐Otter experience
⭐Small mammal experience
Extra charges for the experiences on top of your admission
Monk Park Farm
⭐As part of there All creatures Great and Small event for Half Term you can become a vet for the day and give the Guinea pigs a check up, along with various other activities.
⭐Guinea pig cuddling
⭐Meet bugs & Crawlies
Included in admission
Adventure Valley
⭐Petting and Encounters in the farm yard
⭐Creature corner
⭐In the animal barn you can meet the llamas, pigs, rabbits and more
Included in admission
Big Sheep Little Cow - Bedale
⭐As part of the 'The Chicks are coming' event you can meet the chicks, feed the lambs, animal handling experience
Included in Admission
Piglets Adventure Farm
⭐Meet the animals
⭐Meet the chicks
⭐Meet the goats
⭐and snuggle with the guinea pigs
(lots more for half term going on)
included in admission
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