Our bug zoo is the award-winning visitor attraction that entertains and educates young and old in all weathers. Marvel at hundreds of amazing minibeasts, complete the trails and play in the parks. Simply BUGTASTIC!
You will be amazed by the diversity and beauty of the tiny creatures that play a vital role in our planet’s ecosystems. Add a handling session if you want to meet our bugs in person!
When other visitor attractions are rained off, The Bug Parc is a tourist place with plenty of indoor activities for adults and children. Thousands of fascinating bugs to observe up close under cover!
Explore 15 different bug zones housed in three tropical houses showing over 200 different live minibeasts. Dry on rainy days and air conditioned on hot days!
Includes our ‘Introduction to Invertebrates’ and ‘Night Zone’ exhibits.
Fascinating shell museum and the spider and tarantula rooms.
Four more invertebrate rooms including our fabulous leaf cutting ants.
Our covered tropical butterfly house features over 30 species.
When booking your ticket, add a handling experience where you can touch and hold some of our harmless animals, such as stick insects, millipedes, cockroaches and more.
Get up close to really see and feel how these fascinating creatures interact with the world.
Do you have a curiosity for the small and the strange? Then you will love The Bug Parc, where you can get up close and personal with some of the most fascinating minibeasts on Earth.
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What an amazing place this really is. It's new, but growing. Very passionate staff, giving amazing knowledge about every type of bug. We attended a talk about the ants with Martin, he is very passionate and...
1 day(s) ago
We enjoyed the animal handling experience, the talks on specific animals and the play facilities. The butterfly tunnel was spectacular. The staff were also very informative and helpful. Definitely worth...
4 day(s) ago
Extremely impressed with this stunning collection of invertebrates (and a few koi and goldfish). There is so much to see at The Bug Parc. Amongst other things, there is a massive colony of leaf cutter ants,...
4 day(s) ago
Fantastic place lots to see, now has a butterfly house, the spider, scorpion,mantis and beatle collection are brilliant and massive leaf cutter ant setup.
6 day(s) ago
We loved it here so much we upgraded our tickets to season passes!
6 day(s) ago
Really Really good, restaurant is good value handling the bugs is really interesting and the butterfly's are very colourful and all the other creatures are good
6 day(s) ago
We had a great experience here. As well as seeing all of the bugs on display we took part in the handling experience where my son had the opportunity to hold a millipede, a stick insect, a hissing cockroach...
7 day(s) ago
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