Things To Do At Longleat Safari and Adventure Park This Summer

Longleat is a renowned and expansive safari park and stately house located in Wiltshire. It is one of the most well-known safari parks in the country and offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience a safari-like adventure right in the heart of the English countryside!

Founded in 1966 by Henry Thynn, Longleat Safari Park was the first drive-through safari park outside of Africa. The park covers a vast area of approximately 9,000 acres and is home to over 120 species of animal. It’s also set within the stunning grounds of Longleat House, an English stately home that dates back to the Elizabethan era!

One of the main attractions of Longleat Safari Park is its drive-through safari experience. Visitors can drive their own vehicles through various animal enclosures, allowing them to get up close to animals from around the world… Including lions, tigers, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, and more!

The park also features a “Monkey Drive-Through,” where mischievous macaque monkeys might just climb onto your car! Eep!

You’ll find this beautiful stately home in Wiltshire. A perfect for a day out with the family who love animal adventures and super thrills!

Everyone in the family will enjoy an action-packed day out here. From being outdoors and letting loose in the world’s biggest hedge maze to choo-choo choosing to whizz around on Longleat Railway or Rhino Ride!

For those who wish to be princes and princesses, climb on top of the medieval fortress, Adventure Castle! Zip, zoom and slide down as your young ones use their imagination in the Adventure Playground.

Discover your favourite animals closer than before. Watch giant otters splash about in their underwater closure or the meerkats mischievously play! Not to mention the outstanding walking safari! You can even meet the Southern koalas, Cuban crocodiles and so many more!

Then head to the hedge maze and try to navigate your way around the curvy wurvy paths until you reach the central observation tower! There’s over 16,000 English yew trees here and has been around since 1978… What’s your best time?

Discover new worlds and embark on a medieval quest as you take on the GIANT inflatable castle course!

Feast your eyes on a 650ft long inflatable, packed with tunnels, slides and so many challenges and quests to face head-on!

So, for any knights out there…this is the perfect quest to conquer in your summer holidays!

Looking for a roarsome day out? Then head straight to Longleat and enjoy a whole day of DinoROAR activities!

Discover dinosaurs that roar and move with some pretty cool animatronics! From the stegosaurus and triceratops to the T-errifying T-Rex! You’ll find 20 epic dinosaurs being brought to life and you can uncover amazing facts about them too. How did your favourite dinosaur live in the prehistoric era?

Not to mention, the kids can enjoy an action-packed adventure on the giant inflatable course. But that’s not all, they can dive into the interactive fossil dig, meet baby dinos and venture out on a Dinosaur trail around the park!

It’s an adventurous day out like no other!

The animal safari will be taken to the skies during the most awaited event at Longleat!

Experience a breathtaking display of bright, colourful and animal-themed hot air balloons that will float effortlessly up in the sky in their very own hot air balloon festival! With BRAND NEW highlights in this year’s programme – it’s an event not to miss.

The main animal of the show? The roaring lion! You’ll gaze at a whole host of your favourite animals, from the koala and cheetah to a wolf, parrot and owl! Crane your necks up as you witness the breathtaking spectacle. Which is then followed by a night glow event in the evening… The balloons will fire up their burners to an incredible soundtrack!

There’s also the BRAND NEW Into The Clouds exhibit, which is a fantastic air display that is sure to wow you all. This show will feature the legendary Spitfire and Tiger Moths and you’ll watch in awe as the gyroplanes put on a spectacular show of high-flying wing walkers and smoke trails! Into the night, two Grob aircraft will turn up and set the sky alight with pyrotechnic with a firework finale!

There will also be high-energy aerobatics and so many more high-flying adventures that reach over 1000ft into the air!

If you’re looking for an event to enjoy before heading back to school, make it this one. Let’s end summer with a bang!