Fota Wildlife Park

Our Friday excursion takes us to Ireland’s wildest attraction, Fota Wildlife Park!

Fota Wildlife Park, part of the Zoological Society of Ireland, is located on 100 acres at Fota Island 10km east of Cork City. It is currently the second-largest visitor attraction in Ireland outside of Leinster.

Fota Wildlife Park’s vision is to inspire people to understand & conserve the biodiversity of our natural world. The Park’s core values of conservation, education, & research help the public understand the threats to plant and animal habitats & decreasing global biodiversity. Fota Wildlife Park has an indoor Giraffe viewing area, the Madagascan Village & the Asian Sanctuary which features Asian lions, Sumatran tigers, & Indian rhinos.

Fota Wildlife Park is an independently funded, not-for-profit conservation charity that is also one of the leading tourism, wildlife and conservation attractions in Ireland.

Since it opened, Fota has established itself as one of the world’s most successful parks for endangered species breeding programmes.