Exotic Zoo Wildlife Park

“Such a lovely hidden gem of a zoo! We came here as I booked an armadillo encounter for my boyfriend’s birthday a couple months ago, and it didn’t disappoint. With purchase of the encounter, you also get entry to the zoo. They had loads of animals, and some I haven’t seen at any other UK zoos before like skunks and maras. As soon as you enter you have a capybara and call duck exhibit and a sea otter exhibit. The sea otters were adorable, I’m a bit biased though as they’re one of my favourite animals! They were very vocal with loads of little squeaks. We looked around for about an hour, and even got to go into the rabbit enclosure and feed them some veggies while getting strokes in. You can also buy some farmyard food at entry to feed the wallabies, maras, goats and horses, which was so worth it to feed the adorable horse they have! We had our armadillo encounter with Kennedy and she was absolutely amazing. She was so knowledgable on the little “armoured dogs” hehe and she was so kind and friendly. We held one of the two 3 banded armadillos while he curled up, these were housed with some marmosets which loved playing with my phone and perching on our shoulders! We then fed and stroked/gave back scratches to the two girl 6 banded armadillos. Kennedy told us we got lucky as usually they were tired after they’d eaten and they would lie under their heat lamp, but they loved exploring around our feet and standing up on their hind legs to get a better view of us! Our experience was about 30 minutes and it was perfect, I couldn’t recommend it more! I already want to go back for their otter experience haha. Thank you Kennedy and the other lovely staff at the zoo, it was a memory my boyfriend and I won’t forget!”

“Had an amazing time today at the Exotic Zoo in Telford All the animals looked happy and relaxed and the layout is perfect for families, young and old. There are great facilities including talks; opportunities to get closer to the animals, and a great seating area. The shop is lovely with reasonably priced gifts and the cafe is excellent. The woodland walk is full of information and great for children as it's not too far to walk, and the option to feed the farm animals as you go around is a nice touch. I loved every minute and feel the day was fantastic value for money. Brilliant to see such passion and genuine concern for animals and their habitats. A great day out at a reasonable cost!”

“Lovely place with friendly and knowledgeable staff and volunteers. We did the lemur feeding experience with Kennedy who was a wonderful host; happy to answer any questions we had. Rose, Bramble, Julian, and Juliet were a joy to meet! It’s especially lovely that all proceeds from the lemur experience go towards the Plant A Tree Madagascar charity. We also loved looking at all the genuine fossils in the small museum, as well as learning about the legless lizards at the keeper talk! Would absolutely recommend and visit again :)”

“What a lovely Zoo. Great selection of rare animals. We especially liked the Rainforest part, where Ollie, the volunteer, was very engaging, answering all our questions, telling us all about the animals and allowing to touch the stickman which was walking on his hand. Thank you , Ollie!”