The first part of your experience will involve both hand feeding one of our Meerkat mobs and helping us with their enrichment. During the second part of the encounter you will be able to handle one of our hand reared Meerkats, both of whom are extremely tame and you will be able to stroke and play with. You will be accompanied by an experienced and knowledgeable member of staff at all times who will be more than happy to answer any questions that you have been dying to ask. Please be aware that as our animals welfare is of utmost importance and we are privileged to be able to get so close to these species – we will not force our animals to do anything against their nature and all interaction is done on their terms.

You will start the hour long experience by handling Kovu or Uuka our hand reared Meerkats. They both love human attention and will happily snuggle up to you or ask you to play depending on their mood. You will then move onto meeting either Joon, Tana and Obi our Black and White Ruffed Lemurs or our group of Ringtails. They are always happy for a fuss and some food. You will finish the experience with Duma or Zeus, the Servals. A close relative of the Cheetah, Servals can reach 50 mph and jump 9 feet high. Being typical cats they love human company and will often come over for a fuss or be content for a stroke whilst they sleep. Please be aware that as our animals welfare is of utmost importance and we are privileged to be able to get so close to these species – we will not force our animals to do anything against their nature and all interaction is done on their terms.

During the hour long experience, you’ll start by meeting our friendly Raccoon Dogs and seeing our Coati’s from the outside of their enclosure. You’ll then move onto our Striped Skunks who are always happy for a cuddle before finally meeting Little Bear our titular Raccoon. The first animal you’ll meet are our Raccoon Dogs – these fantastic animals are not at all related to Raccoons but share similar looks. During your time with them you’ll get to hand feed them and learn all about their wild habits. The next animal you will meet is on our skunks who are always happy for a cuddle. Don’t worry, they’re not as smelly as everyone thinks. You’ll finish the experience with Little Bear the Raccoon. Raccoons are fascinating animals and thanks to a certain superhero are currently top of many peoples ‘Bucket List’. However, during your time with Bear you will be taught all about how these animals act in the wild and will be invited to hand feed and possibly stroke him (should he be happy to do so). Please be aware that as our animals welfare is of utmost importance and we are privileged to be able to get so close to these species – we will not force our animals to do anything against their nature and all interaction is done on their terms.