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Fantastic animal experiences

Our marine animal experiences offer an unusual and unforgettable Christmas gift for all animal lovers. Give a once-in-a-lifetime animal experience that takes you behind the scenes and allows you to get up close and personal with some of the most popular animals in this unique coastal zoo and aquarium. Meet and chat with the animals’ keepers and learn about the birds and sea life and their natural habitat from the people that know them best.

You can also book one for yourself and share the memories together. Prices start from £45 per person or £75 for two.

Choose between:

  • Penguin Experience
  • Seal Experience
  • Otter Experience
  • Ray Experience
  • Keeper Experience
  • Junior Keeper Experience
  • Dive Experience

Buy an animal experience

Adopt an animal

Adopting an animal helps care for them and offers the perfect gift for Christmas. Plus by adopting an animal your money will make a real contribution to the vital conservation work that Living Coasts does onsite and around the world. Choose from a standard adoption or a special edition gift box, with a day ticket to Living Coasts and animal mug or soft toy included. Prices start from as little £30 to adopt an animal for 12 months.

We have a selection of different animals available choose from African penguin, macaroni penguin, otter, seal, blue-spotted ribbon tail ray, octopus and tufted puffin.

Adopt an animal this Christmas

Buy an Annual Pass

Why not consider a Zoo Annual Pass as a Christmas gift and spend some quality family time together. You can visit Living Coasts, Paignton Zoo and Newquay Zoo as often as you like and enjoy free or discounted entry to eight over zoos as well! Price start from £39.50 per pass.

Buy an Annual Pass

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Adopt an animal
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