jacks zoo
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Manor House Wildlife Park is situated by the unique and beautifull coastal resort of Tenby, in the county of Pembrokeshire.The Park is set in landscaped wooded grounds and floral gardens surrounding an 18th centuary manor house.
Visitors enter the park through lovely old iron gates, with the parks name embossed in wrought iron above, and the gate house on the right.
on entry visitors are firstly greeted by the wallaby walkthrough enclosure on the right.Through a double gate, one can follow a circular route round this wooded paddock.My only criticism of this enclosure is that visitors were not restricted to the marked route, resulting in some small children harrassing the inhabitants! The simple addition of some ropes or a barrier would allow the wallabies to pass freely under, while keeping visitors confined to the footpath.Both Bennets and Parma Wallabies were displayed here, along with Muntjac Deer.
Past the wallaby enclosure one continues along the path a little way and we opted to take the route to the left. On the right hand side here is a paddock containing 2 reindeer. To the left mature trees and plants, and one of several water features.Following this path you eventualy arrive at the front of the large black and white 18th centuary manor house, with rolling green lawn in front.The resturant and toilet facilities are situated here.Carrying on past the house you reach a courtyard with a water feature and flower beds on the left and buildings to the right containing the gift shop, a small archway in the stone wall here is an alternative route to the back of the park.
Continuing past the shop with large stone walls to right and mature trees on left. A small archway here used to lead to the walled garden, which is currently undergoing a makeover!
Directly infont of you now is the cage for 'steve' the siamang gibbon.This is one of the older cages from the early days of the park and used to house chimps! They have made the best of this exhibit by painting the 3 walls which surround it, and adding much enrichment.Another siamang will shortly be joining the collection, and they are being moved to an island enclosure.
The path now leads round to the left with an exhibit for meerkats, porcupine and tortoise on the right, there was construction work going on in this exhibit resulting in animals being shut inside. We veiwed the meerkats through the window, i would have been interested to see how this mixed species exhibit worked? On the left is a childrens play area and sandpit and directly infont is the lemur walkthrough.There is an electric double door system in operation here (very clever) Only 1 door can be opened at a time. On entering visitors follow several circular routes around the enclosure following a bark chipped path. Again visitors were not restricted to this route but staff were always in attendance. This walkthrough is billed as 'Europes largest' but i have certainly seen bigger..cricket st thomas off the top of my head (new thread?) cont.
Visitors enter the park through lovely old iron gates, with the parks name embossed in wrought iron above, and the gate house on the right.
on entry visitors are firstly greeted by the wallaby walkthrough enclosure on the right.Through a double gate, one can follow a circular route round this wooded paddock.My only criticism of this enclosure is that visitors were not restricted to the marked route, resulting in some small children harrassing the inhabitants! The simple addition of some ropes or a barrier would allow the wallabies to pass freely under, while keeping visitors confined to the footpath.Both Bennets and Parma Wallabies were displayed here, along with Muntjac Deer.
Past the wallaby enclosure one continues along the path a little way and we opted to take the route to the left. On the right hand side here is a paddock containing 2 reindeer. To the left mature trees and plants, and one of several water features.Following this path you eventualy arrive at the front of the large black and white 18th centuary manor house, with rolling green lawn in front.The resturant and toilet facilities are situated here.Carrying on past the house you reach a courtyard with a water feature and flower beds on the left and buildings to the right containing the gift shop, a small archway in the stone wall here is an alternative route to the back of the park.
Continuing past the shop with large stone walls to right and mature trees on left. A small archway here used to lead to the walled garden, which is currently undergoing a makeover!
Directly infont of you now is the cage for 'steve' the siamang gibbon.This is one of the older cages from the early days of the park and used to house chimps! They have made the best of this exhibit by painting the 3 walls which surround it, and adding much enrichment.Another siamang will shortly be joining the collection, and they are being moved to an island enclosure.
The path now leads round to the left with an exhibit for meerkats, porcupine and tortoise on the right, there was construction work going on in this exhibit resulting in animals being shut inside. We veiwed the meerkats through the window, i would have been interested to see how this mixed species exhibit worked? On the left is a childrens play area and sandpit and directly infont is the lemur walkthrough.There is an electric double door system in operation here (very clever) Only 1 door can be opened at a time. On entering visitors follow several circular routes around the enclosure following a bark chipped path. Again visitors were not restricted to this route but staff were always in attendance. This walkthrough is billed as 'Europes largest' but i have certainly seen bigger..cricket st thomas off the top of my head (new thread?) cont.
