My daughter and her best friend came for the meerkat experience yesterday - they had a truly wonderful time, Katherine is extremely knowledgeable and answered all questions we had. Thankyou we will be back again when the Farm is open
This was purchased as a Christmas Present for my partner. The experience was fantastic, the staff are extremely informative and the experience with the cats was awesome. The Caracal was lovely and so were the Servals. It was a bonus to meet the 9 week old Meerkats also. We are going to book the Meerkat experience.
We arrived for our Meerkat Experience just as the weather stopped raining, we were greeted by Staff who were all freindly and they explained what we were going to do. We were split into small groups which was nice then we were taken to our first Meerkats, on passing a large Parrot on the way that shouted "Hello" that made us all laugh, we held one year old Meerkats that had lovely characters then we fed and stroked baby Meerkats, after that we went into the wild Meerkat enclosure and fed them, they were so comical jumping on and off our knees, a lovely experience overall well worth the money, I can't comment about the actual Farm as it was still shut at the time but, walking through it we will definately be returning to visit the Farm and try a different experience.
Wow Fantastic Did a Meerkat experience on Sat and it was excellent ARON was so people oriented and really knew his "cats " One got its leg caught in the harness whilst on my mates knee We didn't notice and Aron was there in a flash He really cares and loves his job Catherine also was very knowledgeable and easy to communicate with All keepers were fab (sorry cannot recall the name of the 2nd keeper young girl we had Equally as good Thanks All Will defo reccomend on and will be back for the cat fox encounter soon
My grandchildren all know how I like Meerkats .....the little fellows make me laugh and my back garden is home to several 'model' meerkats. Imagine my delight when they included the MEERKAT EXPERIENCE among my birthday presents.It was a cool March day, but a small group of us were conducted on a short tour which took us to the 'semi-wild' meerkat enclosure where I had the opportunity to feed the young meerkats with an assortment of fruit and berries, This was followed by a main course of live grubs! Not for the squeamish, but you can just watch if you wish.Our guide, Becky, explained the background of the meerkats and was happy to answer questions from all the group,Moving on to another enclosure, there was the opportunity to 'handle' either one of two hand-reared meerkats. Lovely 'Oika' (apparently pronounced Eeka) was a warm little chap who snuggled himself half inside my jacket - apparently it's a favourite occupation - and also had a spell sitting on my shoulder, He stayed remarkably stable enabling me to tickle his little chin.All-in-all a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
We love Hoo Farm and have been going there for years,The farm is clean, wash areas all over the farm.Great interaction with the staff and animals. Loads for the children to do in the play areas, A lovely tea room and a great day out. The animal experiences are the best and the staff know actually what they are doing. All animals are well looked after and you can tell that. Lambing season is a great time to be there,My son loves feeding the lambs and goats at Hoo Farm. The Christmas nativity is a must so much work goes into it,Your child can join in and real animals are used and they are well looked after during the short play.
Had a great time yesterday, best thing I've ever done. The meerkats were brilliant and the staff were very good . I would definitely recommend and would go back again
Paid for the 1/2 day zookeeper experience as a present for my son. The location is easy to find and experiences run even when the main site is closed for the off-season and so they can build and upgrade for the upcoming year. We were with 3 other couples and the staff were very accomodating to all who attended, even those who were not actually taking part.We visited four animal enclosures; lemurs, meerkats, owls and reptiles. The only ones we weren't encouraged to touch were the lemurs, although they happily ate out of our hands. The guide gave us all confidence in being around the creatures with her knowledge and obvious love of the animals. Some of the interactions are sheltered or indoors, but certainly dress for the weather. My son enjoyed every moment of his day, and couldn't choose a favourite when pressed later. Personally, the size and power of the snake was my favourite, how beautiful she was.The only downside was the rest of the park not being open to explore, but I'm sure we'll return for another visit.
Amazing value, we had an hour with them in total split into 3 sections: first we in a group of 4 with the hand reared meerkats (VERY cute!). Then fed the indoor meerkats, finally the outdoor group. All the guides were very knowledgeable and friendly, animals are so clearly loved. Hoo Farm itself was closed for the season; will definitely be returning when it's opened to support a local business.
Had this as a birthday gift the day was wet but the staff had everything ready for the event of the weather the experience was split in two and allowed you to interact with the meerkats.the staff was very knowledgeable and the meerkats were so cute and had different characters would definitely recommend this day out coming back when fully open