On our recent holiday to Bluestone, Wales, we spent a happy few hours at Manor House Wildlife Park, also known as Anna’s Welsh Zoo. I was particularly keen to visit, as we had watched the TV shows about it and it looked lovely, and we were literally just 10 miles away from it near Tenby, so it was first on the holiday agenda.
The place feels inviting and calm on entering, and the enclosures are all very open giving it more of a safari park feel than a zoo. There was plenty to see, with rhinos, zebras, wallabies, camels, gibbons, tapirs, meerkats and more.
It does make for quite a bit of walking, but to be honest, Boo was that enthralled with all of the animals that I don’t think she really noticed. And when we discovered a little play area…
and then a huge field complete with bikes, ride ons and more, her energy seemed to double! She adored this bike..
So, of course, Little Man had to have a go. I’m not sure what this chat is about, though…
I thought it was a brilliant idea to have all of this play equipment there in this wide open space, and our two certainly made the most of it all.
We really enjoyed our visit. The atmosphere of the place felt so very relaxed, and it wasn’t overly commercial. It felt a little rough round the edges, but well-cared for, well-loved and where the animals and conservation came first. The kids loved it, from Little Man excitedly shouting at the gibbons, to Boo becoming obsessed with that bike – a fun day out!
This looks like a great place to visit. Another to add to our list for our next visit to Wales!
Oh yes do, it’s lovely there 🙂
That does look like a great place to visit. And I too like the idea of all those toys being in an open space like that. Sounds like you really made the most of your visit to Bluestone 🙂
So easy to do, and they loved it! Yes, our Bluestone break was fab 🙂
I remember watching this on TV too. Nice to see it’s thriving. I’ll add it to my list too. Isn’t it funny how they always seem to find that little more energy at the sight of a good play area! #CountryKids
Oh yes, always!
This looks so lovely! We picked up a leaflet for Anna’s Zoo whilst on holiday a few weeks back but ran out of time. I love that it isn’t too commercialised – sometimes zoos can feel like theme parks which in my mind defeats the object of them a little. Lovely pics 🙂 #countrykids
It’s great there. and yes, it’s all about the animals and conservation, and beautiful open spaces for the kids – perfect 🙂
Looks like such fun. I would be amazed to be there and see all those wonderful animals.
It’s a great day out, Honey x
This looks like such a fantastic place to visit 🙂
It was a lovely day out x
Looks like a wonderful wildlife park to visit (jotting down now on my list!). And great play area for young kids. #countrykids
It’s great, really well cared for and the kids loved that huge space!
Looks like you had a super time and it’s great to see the Rh1n0 all safe and sound. I quite like the blue bike too! #CountryKids
The kids loved those bikes – struggled to get them off them!
This looks like such a lovely place to visit and somewhere I haven’t heard of before x
It’s gorgeous. Well worth a visit if you’re over that way x
It’s great to see the animals in large enclosures and well cared for – keeping conservation at the heart of their business. It looks like the children had the playground to yourselves and the children enjoyed all the equipment and activities there. Thanks for linking up and sharing your holiday fun with Country Kids.
Yes, it was that exactly, Fiona, which was great to see. The kids loved having the run of all of that play equipment!
Looks like a great day out – animals and ride-ons, good combination 🙂
Yep, nothing better!
Fantastic! What a gem of a place for a day trip. If I can work out how, I shall pin it to my Wales family days out Pinterest board. 🙂
It’s a great place to visit, and thanks for pinning, if you could!
Wow, it looks amazing. Beautiful photos as well. I might have to add this to my ever growing list of places I want to take the kids! x
I have a seemingly endless list like that, too!
So nice to find a little hidden gem like that – lots of space is often exactly what you need 🙂
Yes, and the ride ons were a huge bonus!
Glad your had a good time. Sometimes zoo’s and wildlife parks can be hard work with kids as you cover a lot of ground and don’t always see much!
That looks like a great place, lots of space for the animals. And, what a great idea to have all those toys. That bike looks like great fun!
Boo loved that bike sooo much!
Awww so many animals to see and all of them are cute! Its been awhile since we visited a zoo. Maybe we should visit one soon =) #countrykids
There was lots to see and do, and the animals had so much space, which was lovely to see x
Lovely photos – looks like you all had a great day out and that trike looks like a lot of fun! 🙂
She loved it!