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Experience wildlife from across the globe

Connect with nature's most spectacular animals and learn about their unique habitats. From what it takes to provide expert care for a herd of elephants, to exploring one of the largest butterfly biomes in the UK.

    Mum winta sleeping on a log
    Meet our lion family

    African lions

    Whipsnade Zoo is home to a pride of African lions, including lion cubs born in December 2024, marking a huge conservation success.

    Spotted hillstream loach grazing on a rock
    Journey through extreme aquatic habitats

    The Aquarium

    From a vibrant flooded forest in Brazil, to an African puddle, explore ten habitats in Whipsnade Zoo's Aquarium, home to threatened freshwater fish from around the world.

    Orange butterfly perched at Whipsnade Zoo butterfly house
    Immerse yourself in a butterfly oasis

    Butterfly House

    One of the largest butterfly biomes in the UK, Whipsnade Zoo's balmy Butterfly House has species from around the world, flying freely above you.

    Elizabeth the elephant in her outdoor pool at Whipsnade Zoo
    Meet our elephant herd in their custom-designed home

    Centre for Elephant Care

    Demonstrating our elephant-expertise, the £2m Centre for Elephant Care houses Whipsnade Zoo's herd of Asian elephants and provides the perfect complement to their seven grass paddocks.

    Giraffes at Whipsnade Zoo, in front of giraffe viewing platform.
    Come face-to-face with the world's tallest mammal

    Giraffe Heights

    Venture onto the giraffe platform and see life from a giraffe's eye view. Our custom-built enclosure offers a high level viewing platform, allowing you to get closer than ever to these amazing creatures.

    Goat at Hullabazoo farm Whipsnade Zoo
    Make friends on the farm

    Hullabazoo Farm

    Whipsnade Zoo's farm is an interactive, up-close adventure, where children can meet and greet a whole host of farm animals, including miniature donkeys, pygmy goats, pigs, sheep and guinea pigs.

    Ring tailed lemur baby at Whipsnade Zoo
    Move through a Madagascan jungle

    In with the Lemurs

    See if you can spot our lemurs sunbathing, leaping through the trees, or foraging through the grass in Whipsnade Zoo's lemur walk-through.

    Pere David’s deer adult and fawn at Whipsnade Zoo
    Drive through or take the Great Whipsnade Railway

    Passage through Asia

    Journey through the fields with some of Asia's biggest mammals, including the extinct in the wild Père David's deer and only true wild horse, the Przewalski's horse.

    A group of African black-footed penguins at Whipsnade Zoo
    Enjoy stunning views over the Downs with our penguins

    Penguins

    From the way they waddle, to their tuxedo like feathers, no one can resist the loveable charms of a penguin, and Whipsnade Zoo is home to two penguin colonies, rockhoppers and African penguins.

    Greater one-horned rhino Hugo at Whipsnade Zoo
    Meet our greater one-horned rhinos

    Rhinos of Nepal

    Whipsnade Zoo's Rhinos of Nepal habitat provides a fantastic habitat for our armour-plated giants, highlighting ZSL's conservation work in Nepal.

    Baby Francois langur pokes head out from under Mum's arm where he is partially hidden.
    Explore our multi-species habitat

    Monkey Forest

    Immerse yourself in the woodland home of our swinging langurs, chattering macaques, miniature water buffalo and snuffling babirusa!