Dartmoor Zoological Society

Dartmoor Zoological Society We're just 15 minutes from Plymouth City Centre. A unique zoo set in 33 acres of beautiful parkland just 20 mins from Plymouth.
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We have a fantastic collection which includes an impressive selection of big cats, wolves, zebra, meerkats, tapir and much much more. Our restaurant serves hot and cold, drinks and meals and we can cater for all kinds of events, including weddings. The Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Mee wrote a book about buying the zoo called, We Bought a Zoo. This later became the subject of a major Hollywood

movie of the same name starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johannson.

10 years on the zoo has been through a roller coaster journey but the conversion to charity in 2014 has strengthened it's future and opened up new and exciting opportunities.

Happy 7th Birthday to Lena! ๐ŸŽ‚The amazing signs were decorated by our Home Educator Snooze families! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ“ท Marketing Kira ...
09/09/2026

Happy 7th Birthday to Lena! ๐ŸŽ‚

The amazing signs were decorated by our Home Educator Snooze families! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐Ÿ“ท Marketing Kira

The cutest nose at the zoo ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ“ท Keeper Shannon
09/09/2026

The cutest nose at the zoo ๐Ÿ˜

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Snack time ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ“ท Keeper Shannon
08/09/2026

Snack time ๐Ÿ˜‹

๐Ÿ“ท Keeper Shannon

Join us next week for our next Tumble's Toddlers adventure all about peacocks! ๐ŸฏTogether we will be creating our own han...
07/09/2026

Join us next week for our next Tumble's Toddlers adventure all about peacocks! ๐Ÿฏ

Together we will be creating our own handprint peacocks as well as paying a visit to some of our wonderful residents. ๐Ÿฆš

Tumble's Toddlers is a fun, social, and educational group for 2-4 year olds to explore their wild side. The sessions help your little ones to grow in an encouraging and playful setting. We would love to see you there!

Book now: https://www.dartmoorzoo.org.uk/events/tumbles-toddlers/ ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

Santa's Grotto is a ticketed experience and is NOT included with general admission or annual pass entry. To receive admi...
06/09/2026

Santa's Grotto is a ticketed experience and is NOT included with general admission or annual pass entry. To receive admission to our Santa's Grotto you MUST have an accompanying general admission or annual pass ticket.

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ผ! ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ. ๐—ฃ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŽ

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜†: ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น.

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต... ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น.

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜!

Available Dates:
12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd December

Ticket Information: Approximately 40 minute experience, ยฃ20 per ticket for 1 child and 1 accompanying adultEach child's ticket includes a Christmas cookie and a hot chocolate (allergen alternatives available upon request)

Create magical Christmas memories with a festive experience the whole family will love!

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: https://www.dartmoorzoo.org.uk/events/santas-grotto/ ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

06/09/2026

Rolling around with Napo ๐Ÿฅน

๐Ÿ“ฝ Marketing Kira

Our little tapir calf is now one month old!! ๐Ÿ˜If you want to be in for a chance of meeting mum and baby, we're giving fi...
05/09/2026

Our little tapir calf is now one month old!! ๐Ÿ˜

If you want to be in for a chance of meeting mum and baby, we're giving five lucky winners the opportunity to enjoy a exclusive Tapir Experience, and one of those winners will even get to name the calf! ๐Ÿงก

To enter, simply donate to our CrowdFunder. Every donation gives you the chance to win while helping fund the care, research, and conservation of this incredible species. ๐Ÿพ

Enter now: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exclusive-tapir-name-and-meet ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

๐Ÿ“ท Marketing Kira

Today is International Day of Charity! ๐ŸงกSince 2014, we've been proud to be a charity dedicated to conservation, educatio...
05/09/2026

Today is International Day of Charity! ๐Ÿงก

Since 2014, we've been proud to be a charity dedicated to conservation, education and research, helping protect wildlife and inspire the next generation of animal lovers. Our work is always evolving, and none of it would be possible without the incredible support of our visitors, volunteers, and the wider community. ๐Ÿพ

There are lots of ways you can support our work and help us continue making a difference. ๐Ÿ’š

Find out how you can support us today:
https://www.dartmoorzoo.org.uk/support-us/ ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

04/09/2026

The world is not how it used to beโ€ฆ will you make it out alive? ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ

๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ! ๐Ÿ’€

๐Ÿ“… 2026 Dates:

Oct 23rd
Oct 24th
Oct 30th
Oct 31st

Book now: https://www.dartmoorzoo.org.uk/events/night-of-the-dead-3/ ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

T&C's apply. ๐Ÿ”ž Over 18s only.

Did you know? ๐Ÿ‘€Every weekend throughout September, you can catch the 59 bus from Royal Parade, Plymouth, straight to Dar...
04/09/2026

Did you know? ๐Ÿ‘€

Every weekend throughout September, you can catch the 59 bus from Royal Parade, Plymouth, straight to Dartmoor Zoo, and back, completely FREE! ๐ŸŽ‰

So, hop on, sit back and enjoy a wild day out without worrying about the cost of getting here and back. ๐Ÿฏ

๐Ÿ“… Free bus travel is available weekends only, throughout September 2026. For more information about this scheme please visit: https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/free-weekend-bus-travel-september ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

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Dartmoor Zoo
Plymouth
PL75DG

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+441752837645

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