Sandown, Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Zoo Reviews

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3 Reviews For Sandown, Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Zoo

  • Guest 2nd Nov 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Once inside the zoo I found it to be very scruffy. The grass doesn't look like it has ever been cut and the enclosures were the same. I could hardly see some of the animals for the long grass and weeds inside the enclosures. There was also litter inside the enclosures like empty coke bottles. Around the outside of the fences there is a line of shrubs thich makes if difficult for small children to see the animals without having to be lifted up. The zoo buildings are run down and one of the doors was held shut by a plank leaning against it.

    The tigers looked very bored. I only saw one enclosure with something in there to stimulate them mentally. The rest looked very bored.

    I wouldn't really call this a zoo as it was more of a tiger and monkey sanctury as thats really all they had.

    The bug handling was also a bit of a disapointment. Children had to sit on a dirty floor while a keeper handed round a stick insect. That was it. They told us not to bother with the Jeepers creepers bit as it wasnt very good.

    I was also spoken to like a piece of s**t by one of the keepers.

    All in all this is the scruffiest zoos have ever seen and couldn't be more dissapointed.

  • kellieburgess 28th May 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The first time I went to the Isle of Wight Zoo in Sandown was about three years ago and I was disgusted at what I saw. There were parrots with no feathers that were tied to perch's, there were three to four tigers in a cage that was no bigger than my living room they had room and enough water to dip your toe in. I hadn't been back to the Isle of Wight for a long time and revisited the zoo. I was so over joyed to see the improvement on what I had seen before. The animals looked happy and healthy ...

  • Barryt Rank: 2nd Lieutenant 8th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    This Zoo is well worth a visit for the Big Cats alone. It is easy to find with plenty of free parking and faces on to Sandown Bay, being separated from the beach only by the main road.
    Photography-friendly but with wire to be focussed out on most enclosures.
    Hot food and drink can be bought at reasonable prices and there are good washroom facilities.
    We have visited the Isle of Wight Zoo twice now (visits a year apart) and a great deal of work has been done between visits.
    The main focus i ...