South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

At Calderglen Zoo we offer two types of experiences to get to know some of our resident animals a little better!

Meet The Meerkats

Duration:  15-20 minutes
Times:  Monday to Sunday at 3:00pm (subject to availability)
Cost: £19.95 per person
Group size: Maximum 2 people
Age range: 6 years and over
Location: Indoors

Gift Vouchers: Available to purchase

This experience involves meeting our meerkats up close and personal in their enclosure, with the chance to hand feed them and photo opportunities.

Bookings must be made 7 days in advance of desired date. 

To provisionally book a Meet the Meerkats Experience with Calderglen, please submit a booking form here.

Little Zookeepers

Duration:  1.5 hours
Times:  9:00am-10:30am (offered most days subject to staff availability)
Cost: 1 person £66.30 / 2 people £103.15
Group size: Maximum 2 people
Age range: 6 years and over
Location: Outdoors

Gift Vouchers: Available to purchase

Shadow one of our keepers doing the ‘breakfast rounds’ and gain an understanding of what it takes to really look after Calderglen’s animals! The specific species involved, and detailed itinerary, will vary depending on factors like weather and confidence levels of participant. 

Bookings must be made 2 weeks in advance of desired date.

To provisionally book a Little Zookeeper Experience with Calderglen, please submit a booking form here.

To find out more or to purchase gift vouchers for our animal experiences please email Calderglen.countrypark@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk.

Keep up to date with everything going on at “The Glen” via Calderglen’s Facebook page and Instagram @calderglenzooandcountrypark.

Testimonials

Calderglen Zoo was absolutely amazing. My partner and I had been gifted a voucher to ‘Meet the Meerkats’ in person and it was an amazing experience. All the staff were awesome, from Reception to the Keeper, Heather, and the gift shop staff. Heather was wonderful to meet and is so happy to introduce you to animals and tell you all about them. A fantastic person all round. Will definitely be back again. The best day I've had in a long time.

- Connie Lucas