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Explorers Basecamp

Our brand new play area is now open!

Join us at Bristol Zoo Project this summer and experience our new multi-level adventure play for all ages, needs, and abilities.

Explorers Basecamp is a three-storey play tower with slides, rope jungles, climbing walls, and so much more. Let the kids discover and play all day. No time limits!

Based on a field station, which you’d find at one of our conservation project sites, the new adventure play offers kids the chance to learn about protecting species and habitats, through play.

Fully immersed in the zoo, this sustainable bespoke play space connects children of all ages to nature. Each level has its own conservation theme and purpose.

A companion slide, floor trampolines, family swing, racing zip line, and animal footprint climbing wall are just some of the fantastic interactive features. We can’t wait to see what future conservationists get up to!

More to do at the zoo!

Wildlife encounters

Get up close to amazing animals from around the world including cheetahs, lemurs, giraffes, zebras and more! Plus don’t forget to visit award-winning Bear Wood with wolves, bears, lynxes and wolverines!

Every visit supports our vital conservation work around the world.

Meet our new red panda!

Don't miss the chance to meet our adorable new red panda in his new, purpose-built habitat.

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt trail

Experience the adventure like never before! Follow in the characters’ footsteps of the much-loved story, experiencing sensory installations and braving the elements!

Children and adults alike can roam through swishy swashy grass, conquer thick oozy mud, brave swirling whirling snow storms, and tiptoe through a cave in search of real bears.

Location and admission

Find us just off Junction 17 of the M5, five minutes from Cribbs Causeway. Under 2s and carers go free!