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Camperdown Wildlife Centre Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Dundee. A wild day out for the whole family! Come and see our European Brown Bears, Ring-tailed Lemurs, Meerkats and much more.
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Open 10-3:30pm • Last admission 2:45pm

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https://www.camperdownwildlifecentre.co.uk Fancy a fun family out with lots of amazing animals? Then you are in the right place ... Camperdown Wildlife Centre is open all year round and we have lots of happy animals that are looking forward to your visit. So come and explore Camperdown Wildlife Centre with us! You will find us within the beautiful Camperdown Country Park, just 15 minutes away from Dundee City Centre.

11/10/2026

Leaping through the weekend 🦘

Our new wallabies are settling in nicely and are excited to meet you! Who are you making plans with for your visit to the Wildlife Centre to say hello? ❤️

Ps we are adding more to the mob next week!

10/10/2026

Adding to the mob..

We have had another intake of newbies arrive at the zoo!

This new troop is going to build in stages, who knows, we might even add some more next week...👀

The enclosure will take a bit of time to get it to where we want it to be, please bear with us as we work away at getting it finished ❤️

07/10/2026

New arrivals! ❤️

We have had some new arrivals to the Wildlife Centre.. can you guess what they are..?

This is stage one of a new exhibit that we've been working away on behind the scenes to get it ready for you to come and visit ✨

Winter hours have begun! 💙With the days getting shorter, from now until March 2027, we will be open from 10am - 3:30pm w...
06/10/2026

Winter hours have begun! 💙

With the days getting shorter, from now until March 2027, we will be open from 10am - 3:30pm with last admissions from 2:45pm

05/10/2026

Animals on the move..! ❤️

Donkey and Molly the Pony were on the move this morning to their new home, further into the zoo. During the civilised stroll through the park before opening with head keeper Catriona and keeper Katie, they stopped off for a viewing of the Roundhouse Art Project and were squawked at by the Hyacinth Macaws before trotting into their new digs.

Donkey needed a bit more persuasion to have a look at their new house, but with some good scratches and a couple of carrots she seems to have settled in 🥕

Their move is the beginning of some exciting changes to the front area of the zoo, something we have been working on for a few weeks and will be revealing more to you soon!

You'll be able to visit Donkey and Pony later this week once some final touches have been done ✨

The results are in..!FAT BEAR WEEK 2026 complete 🐻Katmai National Park & Preserve have announced their Fat Bear Champion...
30/09/2026

The results are in..!
FAT BEAR WEEK 2026 complete 🐻

Katmai National Park & Preserve have announced their Fat Bear Champion as Bear 89 'Backpack' ✨ big congratulations, it was so much fun watching the tournament unfold!

Our mini version had our three brown bear contestants in the running - comparing photos from them in spring vs photos of them now to see who has bulked up best. We have totted up the votes with...
(Drumroll please...)

MAJA coming out on top as the most ready for winter! 🤎

Brum was pipped to the post with just 2 votes less!
Brumma on the other hand, was definitely in last place and maybe needs to be first place in the lunch queue.

Thank you to everyone that took part in our fat bear tournament! 🐻

FAT BEAR WEEK! 🤎Which of our three brown bears do you think has done the best job of bulking up for winter? Let us know ...
25/09/2026

FAT BEAR WEEK! 🤎

Which of our three brown bears do you think has done the best job of bulking up for winter? Let us know who you think deserves the crown! 👑

Simply like the photo of the bear you think should win and we’ll count up the votes and announce our winner on Tuesday 29th September! ✨

Every year Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska holds its annual Fat Bear Week tournament, celebrating all the wild brown bears that have successfully prepared for winter. So we thought we’d do a mini version, comparing photos of our three brown bears from spring with how they’re looking now!

The photos show some of the fun our bears had this year: Maja opening birthday presents at their 11th birthday party in May, Brumma ripping apart a delivery from the Amazon Wishlist and Brum... enjoying a new toy! 🧡

If you want to find out more about the original Fat Bear Week and vote for some of the enormous bears living in Alaska, visit explore.org/fat-bear-week

Their knockout tournament finishes on Tuesday 29th September, so we’ll tally up the votes and crown our winner on the same day 🏆

Just hit the like button on your favourite bear’s photo to vote! (if you can't decide, you can vote for more than one..!)🤎🐻

THANK YOU! ✨We have had a flurry of Amazon Wishlist deliveries over the last couple of weeks and we want to say a huge t...
21/09/2026

THANK YOU! ✨
We have had a flurry of Amazon Wishlist deliveries over the last couple of weeks and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has sent things to us - we are so grateful!

We love when you send your gifts with notes attached and we can thank you individually 💌 along with the generous parcels with no names included, we want to say thank you to Ms S Bruce and Courtney Bayne for your thoughtful contributions! ❤️

We'll be updating the list on the run up to Christmas too for any Christmas present ideas for the animals! 🎁

Link to our wishlist is here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3JWVHNYLCR4XM?ref_=wl_share

Happy Sunday ☀️🐻Our three brown bears are starting to wind down for winter and they're already getting pretty snoozy! Th...
20/09/2026

Happy Sunday ☀️🐻

Our three brown bears are starting to wind down for winter and they're already getting pretty snoozy!

They will soon be heading inside the den for their long sleep until spring, so there are just a couple of weeks left to visit them until next year ❤️

📷 photo: Rebecca Hamilton

11/09/2026

Meet Jaxx and Cusco 🤍

Our 3 year old male Bearded Emperor Tamarins

They are gentle natured primates who have been us for about 2 years. Their distinctive features are their large white moustaches and their long orangey-red tail. Cusco is the bigger twin and is generally more dominant and confident

They like to sunbathe and eat! 🌽Their favourite veggies are cooked sweet potato and corn on the cob. As a treat, they get tree sap which they would sometimes find in the wild. Marmosets would typically do all the hard work and gnaw through tree bark to get into the sap and then tamarins would come along after and get the goods without much effort! Our keepers put the sap in special feeders or spread on branches to mimic natural behaviours.

We occasionally do keeper talks with our two tamarins, so keep an eye out on our stories for the talks schedule to learn more about them! 🤍

Address

Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Camperdown Country Park
Dundee
DD24TF

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm
Thursday 10am - 4:30pm
Friday 10am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10am - 4:30pm
Sunday 10am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+441382431811

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