Are you looking for a truly unique animal encounter? At Marwell we have two opportunities for you to experience our world of animals: Be a Keeper for a Day or come Face to Face…
Face to Face Encounters
Come face to face with the giraffes for a truly exciting one-to-one experience.
You will have the opportunity to get close up with the giraffes. Our knowledgeable staff will be there to share their passion of these fantastic animals and answer your questions.
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Touching |
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Each experience last 30 minutes and includes park entry and a gift pack for £100. Accompanying guests receive group rates and are able to watch whilst you enjoy your experience. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information and to book an experience call our Adoptions Team on 01962 777988.
Keeper for a Day
Enjoy this unique opportunity to go behind the scenes and shadow our keepers.
Your day will be divided between our five animal sections allowing you to get a taste of a keeper’s day. During the day you will be preparing food, feeding the animals, taking part in animal enrichment and helping to ensure the animal enclosures are clean. This is a one-on-one experience allowing you to get up close and personal with some of Marwell’s exotic and endangered animals. The minimum age is 16 years.
All Keeper for a Day participants receive a certificate, guide book, gift card and photo, photo CD of their day, lunch and a Marwell Wildlife souvenier mug.
This experience lasts a full day from 8:30am-5pm (May-September excluding Mondays and Fridays) and costs £350. Accompanying guests are admitted from 10am at group rates.
For more information and to book please call our Adoptions team on 01962 777988.
What you need to know
- As Marwell is a registered charity, the monies raised from the Animal Encounter experiences are used by the keepers to help with improving animal housing and providing training to aid care and conservation work.
- All animal encounter experiences must be pre-booked by calling 01962 777988
- As only a limited number of experiences are available per month, we advise you book as early as possible to avoid disappointment, please allow 10 working days. Times may vary depending on season and section.
- Payment is required upon confirmation of booking.
- Gift Vouchers are available for the experiences, are valid for 12 months from date of issue and are non extendable or refundable.
- Face to Face encounters for children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Terms and Conditions
- Due to unforeseeable animal health or staffing issues, Marwell cannot guarantee that all animals and exhibits specified will be available.
- Due to animal behavioural issues, experiences may vary.
- Experiences include general admission for the participant, any additional guests may purchase tickets at a discounted rate at the time of booking, however they will not be able to take part in the experience.
- Waiver of Liability – Marwell Wildlife accepts no liability for any person or body for any loss, injury or property damage from any action or cause whatsoever undertaken at the park. Participants must abide by staff instructions at all times. It is a condition of participation that guests observe all warning signs, do not venture over safety barriers and do not enter the park’s off limit areas, unless instructed and supervised by staff.
- Due to the hands on nature of this experience, participants of ‘Keeper for a Day’ must be physically fit and suffering no severe health problems. For insurance purposes, the scheme is only available to those aged 16 years and over and unfortunately cannot accommodate wheelchair users in this instance due to access restrictions behind the scenes.
- Please be advised that it is your responsibility to inform us if you have any medical condition (e.g. pregnancy) that you or your doctor feel we should be aware of in order to ensure your safety.
- Please note that for health and safety reasons, pregnant women will not be able to participate in the Keeper for a Day programme.
- Please do not apply if you have any convictions relating to animals.
- Please state any disabilities to enable us to try and adapt our encounters to suit.