Wild Encounters Mini Zoo

About Wild Encounters Mini Zoo

Wild Encounters Mini Zoo in Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick, calls itself "the small zoo with a big heart," and the scale is genuinely a selling point: it's compact enough to explore properly in a couple of hours without children flagging halfway round. The collection includes meerkats, raccoons, goats, pigs, emus, donkeys, bunnies and ferrets, plus a reptile house of snakes and tortoises, with characters like Tango the macaw and Barney the owl giving the visit some personality. A dedicated Meerkat Experience lets families get closer than usual to the mob, and regular keeper talks and feeding sessions run throughout open days. The Wild Hart Café covers lunch and snacks, there's a shop and play area for younger visitors, and the zoo also books birthday parties, school tours, private group visits and even specialist college trips for students studying animal care. It operates on weekends and school/bank holidays rather than every weekday during term time, opening up for full daily hours over the summer holidays, so it's worth checking the current calendar before setting off, particularly outside peak season.

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