insideKENT Magazine Issue 75 - June 2018 | Page 93

DAYSOUT
SUMMER FUN FOR ALL AGES AT
DRUSILLAS PARK
OPEN THROUGHOUT ALL SEASONS, THE AWARD-WINNING DRUSILLAS
PARK IN EAST SUSSEX OFFERS A FUN, EXPLORATIVE, AND EDUCATIONAL
DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY AND IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF
THE COUNTRY’S BEST SMALL ZOOS.
With over one
hundred different
animal species in
naturalistic
environments,
there is plenty to
enthrall everyone
from the youngest
to the oldest visitor.
Animal attractions
include the
popular meerkats,
where children
can climb inside a
dome to get really
close, as well as
penguins, red pandas, otters, beavers, gibbons, a range of monkeys and
a walk-through bat enclosure among many others. Lemurland allows
visitors to get right up close to a friendly group of ring-tailed lemurs,
and you can watch many of the animals being fed at the keeper talks
that run throughout the day.
Don’t miss Lory Landing, a walk-through aviary that offers visitors the
opportunity to get up close and personal with a friendly flock of rainbow
lorikeets: brightly coloured parrots native to Indonesia, Papua New
Guinea and Australia. Animal lovers can also see lots of baby bundles
of fur and feathers including Pip the Parma wallaby, four bottle-fed
lambs and a beautiful baby saki monkey.
Animals are only half the experience of a day at Drusillas, however. The
brilliant play areas, including Go Wild! and Go Bananas! have masses
of climbing, sliding, jumping and swinging fun, all separated simply
for different age groups, and the interactiv