Paignton Zoo is home to thousands of amazing animals and plants. Visit the desert, cross the savannah, explore the forest and trek through the tropics. Use your senses to discover the wild world: look around, listen out - you’ll even need your sense of smell! It’s a great day out for everyone.
Why not visit Living Coasts, our sister attraction in Torquay, to learn more about animals from the coastlines of the world? Or visit Newquay Zoo, Cornwall's award winning zoo.
What's on this weekend?
Enjoy a weekend learning how to draw and paint animals in the Zoo with Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurston. Click here for more details.
Latest news - Zoo shells out for tortoise toupee
A giant tortoise with a damaged shell has been fitted with a toupee by vets at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon. We think the shell was damaged by another tortoise. The vets cleaned up the hole and the shell will grow back, but it could take 18 months. In the meantime we needed to cover up the hole and we hit upon the idea of making a section of artificial shell out of fibre glass!”
Inspire your little ones to get their green fingers grubby and their primary school could win its very own sustainable school garden. There are 3 design categories to gain inspiration from including coastal, urban and rural. So even if there isn’t a patch of grass to dig up it’s still possible to create a sustainable haven. For more information please click here.
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What's on this weekend?
A giant tortoise with a damaged shell has been fitted with a toupee by vets at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon. We think the shell was damaged by another tortoise. The vets cleaned up the hole and the shell will grow back, but it could take 18 months. In the meantime we needed to cover up the hole and we hit upon the idea of making a section of artificial shell out of fibre glass!” 
Inspire your little ones to get their green fingers grubby and their primary school could win its very own sustainable school garden. There are 3 design categories to gain inspiration from including coastal, urban and rural. So even if there isn’t a patch of grass to dig up it’s still possible to create a sustainable haven. For more information 
