Tropical Butterfly House

Step into a tropical paradise at our award-winning Butterfly House and experience the sights, sounds and scents of a lush rainforest teeming with free-flying butterflies and spectacular tropical plants!

Inside our tropical houses you'll also encounter free-roaming and fre-flying birds, caimans, turtles, charming armadillos and a captivating collection of reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates - see if you can spot our leaf-cutting ant colony passing by along the ant trail or our iguana's basking majestically on top of the waterfall!

Our carefully cultivated tropical and hosts plants provide vital nectar, supporting the complete butterfly lifecycle and breeding and 95% of the plants we use are grown from seeds and cuttings right here on site!

This thriving biodiversity reflects a balanced, year-round tropical haven where you can learn to identify the many butterfly species fluttering around you in our daily butterfly talks!

Our new Butterfly House, part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, opened in 2023 and is a proud recipient of the BIAZA Gold Award for Horticulture 2024.

Our 3 conservation sites in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire cover 46.5 acres of land with a sole aim to protect and manage native habitats and species – that’s everything from butterflies and bees, flowers and insects, wild birds, various mammals and even red deer!

Here at the wildlife park we love to actively support native species too - can you spot our bug hotels, wildlife ponds or one of our 150 bird boxes on site? We also are home to one of the largest populations of tree sparrow too!

We continue to partner with wildlife charities and organisations to help protect endangered species and raise vital funds for some of the world's most vulnerable animals and their natural habitats, from parrots and crocodiles to the humble hedgehog!

Thanks to our visitors, PURO Fairtrade coffee and tea sales here at the park have also led to the purchase and protection of over 22 acres of rainforest, that’s over 5000 trees!

Want to get even closer? Join our amazing Animal Encounters and Keeper Talks* and meet the funny meerkats of Meerkat Mansion and leaping lemurs in Lemur Heights!

Purchase one of our animal feed bundles* to feed the friendly residents of the farm barn along with meerkats, porcupines and the wallabies of the Wilderness Walkthrough or playful otters at Otter Springs - it's bite-sized fun for everyone!

Go wild in our splash zone, sandpits and play parks! Jump on board the tractor-trailer ride, make a daring discovery on the Dino Trail and hunt for fossils in the Dino Dig or look out for minibeasts on our wildlife nature trail!

When you're feeling hungry, there’s treats for everyone at the Butterfly Café*, the cool Big Red Bus* or Lottie’s Coffee Lounge with its glorious outdoor seating and dining pods! You can also bring your own picnic to our indoor and outdoor picnic spots.

*Activities may change subject to weather. Animal feed bundles available to purchase subject to availability. Cafe seasonal opening times apply.