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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Visited 31/8/25 , was a lovely day loads of bugs ,butterfly house was beautiful, you can see the overall place evolving to a awesome go to ,young and old ,cafe well worth a visit and reasonably priced, sta...
2 day(s) ago
What an absolute hidden gem! I took my ant and bug obsessed son here on Thursday, we stayed for 5 hours and loved every single minute! The leaf cutter ants were absolutely fascinating! The animal handling ex...
2 day(s) ago
Excellent, fun, educational. Great staff who are friendly and knowledgeable. The best part is the bugs who are amazing hosts.
2 day(s) ago
Amazing collection of bugs and clearly a lot of work and thought has gone into the setting up of the place. The handling session was very good and lots of time to handle the creatures - we were helped by Han...
3 day(s) ago
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...
4 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...
1 week(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,...
1 week(s) ago
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