Bat Encounter
£50.00
Description
Experience our fruit bats up close and in full flight as you enter our award-winning Island Bat Roost. This experience will last for 45 minutes.
During your encounter you will be able to:
- Enter the bat enclosure to get closer to our fruit bats
- Help the keepers feed the bats
- Hear personal insights into how bats live from our experienced and passionate keepers
- Have behind-the-scenes photo opportunities
- Find out about Durrell’s mission to save species from extinction
Booking:
These amazing experiences are only available for a limited number of days each month, so we advise booking early. You can make a group or individual booking. To check availability in advance, or to book after completing your purchase, please email experiences@durrell.org or call 01534 860052
Please note:
- Members are eligible for a 10% discount on Animal Experience purchases. To claim your discount please purchase your experience by phone by calling the Experiences team on 01534 860052
- Each booking is for one person and includes admission to the zoo
- This encounter is for a maximum of 4 people per session
- This encounter is suitable for children aged 10+
- All children under 18 must be accompanied by a paying adult
- The encounter takes 45 minutes
- Your visit may be altered at short notice should animal welfare concerns be raised
- Animal handling is not permitted
- Proximity and contact with the animals are at the keeper’s discretion on the day
- Cancellation with fewer than 7 days' notice will incur a 100% cancellation fee
- We may use the details you enter during the purchasing process to contact you about the experience afterwards
- This ‘Bat Encounter’ package is valid for 12 calendar months from the date of purchase
- Please contact us before booking if you have any medical conditions or disabilities, so we can discuss how to accommodate you
- Whilst every effort will be made to accommodate those with a disability or learning difficulty, due to practicality this cannot always be achieved. Please contact the team atexperiences@durrell.org for advice before purchasing any of our experiences