bristol zoo or noahs ark?

caris

Hi

We want to take our two grandsons to either bristol zoo or noahs arc, does anyone have any ideas on which woukld be the best to go to.?

Many thanks
caris

kentboycamper

Hi Caris,
Living in Bath, I can tell you that Noahs Ark doesn't get a good press in this area. Apparently it is tied in with religion - God created the world and all that which is talked about a lot there.

Bristol Zoo is always recommended though so I would go for that,
KentboyCamper

cowbutt

Noah's Ark Zoo Farm promotes a "creationist" viewpoint, though they appear to have removed all reference to this from their website. Google still has cached pages, though - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22noah%27s+ark+zoo+farm%22+creationist&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

dangers

You don't have to do the 'religion' thing though at Noahs Ark.
Two questions - how old are your grandsons? What are you aiming for out of the day? If it is to look at the animals, then I would say the zoo; however if it is a large play barn with animals as well, then Noahs Ark will be fine. I wouldn't go to Noahs Ark with children who are very young because 1) they charge from the age of 2 and 2) although their is an area for younger children, the play barn area is more suitable for the slightly older ones.

caris

Hi

Thank you for your replies, however, they came after we had already decided. we chose bristol zoo, and had a really good time, we are really pleased that we chose the zoo, especially as our other choice was noahs ark, we are not a religious family, so that choice would not have been a good one for us.

caris