Camperdown Wildlife Centre is open all year round! Organised group and family rates are available, and educational tours can also be arranged.

The Wildlife Centre is situated just 15 minutes drive from Dundee city centre, off the A923. It is located within the beautiful Camperdown Country Park, the largest in Dundee.

Visit the new Euopean Otters in their high-tech enclosure. The friendly otters enjoy playing in their open pools or basking in the sunshine. The observation building also allows you to learn about otters in the wild and you can see the otter sleeping quarters through the secret spying cameras!

Visit the European Brown Bears in their impressive enclosure. You can also view them through the huge window in the new visitor centre (or 'broch'), designed by renowned American artist Mark Dion. Watch the bears as they forage and play in their very own splash pool.

Have your celebration party at Camperdown Wildlife centre for something really special. For details and to book your party call us on 01382 431818.

Camperdown Wildlife Centre Events 2010

Camperdown Zoofest 2010 – A Festival of Animals! - View the full programme here .

Something fun every weekday of the school holidays. Various events and activities including face-painting, storytelling, ‘animals up close’ safaris, workshops, quiz picnics, animal games and more! Check the website for details. Admission included in normal entrance fee to Wildlife Centre.
Saturday 3^rd July – Sun 15^th August
Various times each day.

Community Open Day at Camperdown Wildlife Centre

Come along and see what’s been happening at Camperdown Wildlife Centre throughout the year. This special community day is free admission for all visitors. Watch out for some of our animal feeding and encounters with the keepers, too.
Sunday 3^rd October, 10.00am–3.00pm

Meet Santa and The Animals

Santa and his elf will be visiting Camperdown Wildlife Centre every weekend during December, leading up to Christmas.

In a fantastic festive day out, visitors can see Santa in his colourfully decorated Grotto. Welcomed by the man himself, children will have the opportunity to let Santa know what they'd like for Christmas, and receive a special gift.

Mrs Claus will be serving hot drinks and mince pies in her cafe, where you can take shelter from the cold. Fun activities will also be on offer in the café.

Admission included in normal entrance fee to Wildlife Centre – Small additional charge for refreshments in Mrs Claus’ café.

No need to book, just come along.

Saturdays & Sundays 4^th & 5^th, 11^th & 12^th and 18^th & 19^th December. 2010 12noon–4.00pm.

A New Development For 2010

Opening towards the end of 2010
Visitor Centre + Café

In the next few weeks you will see the start of an exciting development in Camperdown Park.

The old Wildlife Centre entrance building will be demolished and replaced with a new entrance facility, comprising of an 80-seat cafe with outdoor terrace, retail area and an education room which will also cater for a variety of functions.

The plan shown is an indication of what the building and surrounding areas will look like on completion.

Camperdown Wildlife Centre will operate as normal during these works. Please follow the signs for the temporary entrance.

Please ‘bear’ with us during these works. Dundee City Council looks forward to welcoming you to the new centre when finished.

Opening Hours:

march – september
mon – sun 10 am – 4.30 pm
(last admission 3.45pm)

october – february
mon – sun 10 am – 3.30 pm
(last admission 2.45 pm)

Entry Prices

adult £3.50
concession/child (3-17 years) £2.80
children under 3 years £1
family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) £10

education and group rates available, please contact the Camperdown Wildlife Education Co-ordinator on (01382) 431806.

Groups – Unaccompanied £2.80 (12 or more)

Groups – Accompanied £4.00 (12 or more)

We regret that we cannot accept any credit or debit cards as a method of payment at Camperdown Wildlife Centre.

Camperdown Wildlife Centre
camperdown country park,
couparangus road
dundee
dd2 4tf
Telephone 01382 431811

leisure.communities@dundeecity.gov.uk

Camperdown Wildlife Centre is one of the zoos linked to the Association Européenne pour l’Etude et la Conservation des Lémuriens (AEECL). The association is made up of a group of European zoological gardens and universities, that have joined forces to carry out conservation and research projects for Madagascar’s highly endangered lemurs. Members help to raise money, provide information and captive manage some of the world’s endangered lemur species.

The member zoos have furthermore initiated captive breeding programmes for the blue-eyed Black Lemur, Crowned Lemur and the Red-Bellied Lemur within the framework of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

Camperdown Wildlife Centre has put together the education series 'wild about learning'. The aim is to supply the highest standard of zoological education programme to visitors using every possible resource that is available to education staff.

To find out more about our education programme, please contact Bradly Yule at Camperdown Wildlife Centre on 01382 431806 or email bradly.yule@dundeecity.gov.uk or view our education lessons here