Butterfly & Insect World

This place is RAD. For children and adults alike. It would be a great place to go on a date with your new crush or a friend. Its also really cool for children of all ages.
Personally I really enjoyed the butterfly room. Its quite an awesome experience to walk around a large tropical rain forest as butterflies whiz by in every direction. One even landed on my arm, making for quite a good close up! There are such an amazing selection of butterflies to look for and to discover, all with such amazing colors and cool names. I thought the «postman» butterflies to have a really funny and cool name. According to the experts these butterflies which come in many different colors depending on where they are from were tagged, postman butterflies because they visit the same flowers daily, like the postman! Funny!
The dark room is very interesting and the glow-​in-​the-​dark scorpions are fascinating. Really there are way too many cool reptiles/​insects to name here!
My only advice is to make sure and remember it is very warm in this place. I would reckon upper 30’s. So dress for a very warm and humid climate. All in all its a great place to spend the afternoon and there is a HUGE nursery next door with a café and tons of shopping if thats your thing.

Call me weird, but I love creepy crawlies, I’m even a proud member of the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust but did feel bad last week after nearly beating one to death after it got caught in my hair.
I hate zoos, the thought of a lion, elephant or other beautiful animal stuck in a shitty cage makes me feel sick and I come away feeling more depressed than anything else. I don’t have the same anger towards Butterfly and Insect world as all the critters here are small anyway and flap about quite the thing. Here you can see working honey bee hives, ant parades, butterfly and tropical gardens and even get quite hands on with many of the animals.
Ever wanted to hold a taratula? Now’s you chance.
Ticket prices are very reasonable for adults £6.50 (£5.50) and for children £4.50.