Call Of The Wild Zoo Wickford Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford CM3 5QZ

"What an amazing day out! My son was bought a meet the meerkat experience for his birthday and in his words was "one of the best days of his life." The staff members were brilliant, all happy to talk and answer questions. I visited Call of the Wild when it first reopened and the time, money and effort that has gone in to renewing the zoo and enclosures is absolutely amazing. I would 100% recommend a visit here. As a family, we visit alot of zoos and farm parks, but this by far is one of the best. The facilities were also great, lovely hot chocolate and sausage rolls too!"

"Loved it! Really beautiful butterfly house with tropical birds too. Very immersive and good for all ages. Indoor and outdoor exhibits so good for various weather conditions. We were very fortunate with the timing of our visit to the butterfly house as we got to see a butterfly emerging from it's chrysalis. Very educational."

"What a wonderful place... we took our 2 boys there just before it closed, so was over the moon when we found out it had reopened. My son took lots of pictures and had a ball. Awesome day out with so much to see and do. It's had a great face-lift with lots of new enclosures and extremely passionate staff. Will defo take the family again!"

"Absolutely loved our day at Call of the wild zoo yesterday. We visited for our daughters 3rd birthday and everyone had a great time! There is a great variety of animals and the staff are all very friendly and knowledgeable. The food in the snack shack is very tasty and reasonably priced. We loved walking through the tropical House and seeing how much everything has changed from the former tropical wings site. This is a lovely zoo and it is really worth a visit. We will definitely return again soon!"

"Really lovely little zoo. Arrived at around 10:30 and we took our time going round seeing all of the animals. The full experience took us around 4 hours, and that included a 30 min bird show and a 45 min break for drinks and ice creams, so it’s definitely not a whole-day activity but it was lovely all the same. The bird show was short and sweet as only one of the birds successfully flew anywhere, and the goat they brought out just kinda ran around whilst they chased her. We then got an iced coffee from the tuck shop, and whilst they were lovely, they costed £4.15 each!! Pretty steep in my opinion. The zoo itself was lovely and we got to see almost all of the animals during our visit (excluding the monkeys as they were coned off). The little gift shop had a nice selection of animal-themed items and toys."