Facilities & Events
Fota Wildlife Park is regarded as on of Ireland's top family attractions and it is the most visited family attraction in Cork. The park has lots for all ages so where you have a 6 month old baby boy or a 95 year old grandmother the park has the facilities that will you give a great day out.
Facilities & Services Indlude:
- Childrens Play Areas including slides, climbing walls, swings, rockers and monkey bars
- Fota Wildlife Park Jeep Safari
- HB fun Train
- Sheltered Huts
- Wheelchair Loan free of charge to people who need assistance
- Parking
- Irish Rail Train Station in the park
- Picnic & Rest Areas
- Serengeti Store
- Savannah Cafe
- Oasis Cafe
- Education complex
- Entertainment Marquee
- First Aid Stations
- Toilets, Disabled toilets, baby-changing facilities
- Credit cards: VISA MasterCard, Laser, Eurocard (at entrance & gift shop)
- Fota Wildlife Park rated "excellent" by travellers
Wild Dining
Fota Wildlife Park has two dining experiences which are located at opposite ends of the 70 acre park.
The Savannah Cafe located at the main entrance gives you a front seat view of the meerkats and their primate friends. The cafe serves a range of traditional Irish lunch options with the finest Bewley's Irish Tea & Coffee in a seating area surrounded by the remains of a variety of tree's that fell down in a bad storm over a decade ago in Fota Island.
The Oasis Cafe is located near the lake area of the park giving you views of penguins, flamingo's and kangaroo's. This family orientated cafe serves up hot food all day and offers fantastic outdoor seating, but be warned a ring tailed lemur may hop down from a tree and steal your food!!
Fota Wildlife Park also has its own ice cream parlor situated in the Serengeti Gift Shop.
Shopping
If you are looking for a wild gift to bring home with you from your holiday's then the Serengeti Gift Shop is the place to go. Stocking a wide variety of gifts for all ages including clothing, books, toys & jewelery. The shop also had an exclusive range of fairtrade souvenirs from the Ubud Monkey Forest region in Bali, Indonesia.
Daily Events
Special Children's Activity Camps, including:
- Easter Bunny Activity Days
- Summer Camps
- Summer Safari Days
- Halloween Activity Days
Go Wild at Fota:
In 2009 Fota Wildlife Park introduced Ireland’s wildest events calendar GO WILD @ FOTA with different events each month including Workshops, Activity Camps, Cheetah Run Road Race, Music, Family Fun, Education and Much more it’s time for everyone to Go Wild. Check our events page for details on upcoming events in 2011
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