JungleBarn Indoor Play Center
The vividly coloured Jungle Barn play centre has several challenging soft play, giant slides. There is a special area designed for toddlers with a ball fountain. The rope bridge is great for kids who love a challenge. The place has jungle themed rooms where you can hold birthday parties if any of your kids is celebrating a birthday. The Junglebarn Snack Bar is where you and your kids can get tea, coffee, sandwiches, locally made pasties and cream teas. You can also enjoy the balcony that overlooks the gardens.
Jungle Express Train Rides
The Jungle Express Train ride is a great way for kids and adults to go to different places in the park. It operates only during summer from 1st April to 31st October subject to weather conditions.
On good days during winter, it also goes on a run.
Fort Paradise
The Fort Paradise has Tarzan slides, swings and climbing frames. This is intended for the older and more energetic children. The parents can watch from the picnic area nearby while the kids play at Fort Paradise.
Fun Farm
The fun farm houses several farm animals such as donkeys, goats, rabbits and pigs. There is even a guinea pig village as well as some delightful squirrels and chipmunks. The children can pet these friendly animals and help feed them as well as 12 noon.
Animal Feeding Activities and Schedules
The kids will particularly love getting up close to the animals. Make them enjoy their visit more by participating in the feeding of the different animals.
You must take note of the schedule so the kids can participate in as many feeding sessions as possible. 11 a.m. is penguin feeding time at the walled garden. 11:15 a.m. is feeding for the Asian otters near the picnic lawn and 10 minutes after, it is feeding time for the American River Otters. 12 noon is called the carrot time or the feeding time for the Fun Farm animals. 2 p.m. is Meet The Parrots on the picnic lawn and 2:30 is feeding time for them at the walled garden Australian Aviaries. You can buy some nectar and help feed the parrots. 3 p.m. is penguin feeding time once again at the walled garden and 3:15 p.m. is the second feeding time for the otters.
Opening Times and Entrance Fees
The Jnglebarn Indoor Play Centre is open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. while the Junglebarn Snack Bar is from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. all year round. In winter, when the main park closes 15 3 p.m., you can still enter the JungleBarn that closes at 6 p.m. Entrance fee to the Jungle Barn from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. is £3.75 for adults, £4.75 for child, £3.75 for seniors while those under 3 enter for free.
Paradise Park is Cornwall’s top wildlife sanctuary. Your kids are guaranteed to have a great time at the Paradise Park which you can easily access in Hayle, Cornwall which is just 5 kilometres away from the town centre of St Ives and your St Ives holiday cottages.
