Daily Talks Programme

Learn more about our animals during our daily talks programme. Our programme includes tigers, orangutans, penguins, our popular birds of prey display and even a ghost and history talk!

DUDLEY CASTLE

Feeling adventurous? Climb the keep and see the stunning views from the top! Discover more about the castle’s past by visiting Castle Creatures and joining the daily ghost and history talk.

OUTDOOR PLAYGROUNDS

Visit our castle themed playground in the shadows of Dudley Castle, complete with climbing frame, swings, slides, a clatterbridge and climbing wall. This is one of a number of play areas around site to help youngsters burn off that extra energy!

‘OW BIN YA’ SANDS

DZC may be landlocked within the West Midlands however you can still have fun on the beach! Complete with buckets and spades, giant deckchairs, play equipment and plenty of picnic tables, you can experience all of the fun of the seaside in the heart of the zoo & castle grounds.

Chairlift

Take a ride on our popular vintage chairlift! Hop on the aerial ride and soar to the top of Castle Hill and marvel in the majestic view of the Black Country and beyond on the way back down. *Height and age restrictions apply. (Seasonal).

Land train

Enjoy seeing some of our animals from the carriages of Dotto, our popular Land Train. The train carries passengers back and forth from the entrance to the castle, at the heart of the zoo site, at regular intervals throughout the day.

FARMYARD FUN

Our Farm and Barn offer young visitors a chance to get really close to a range of farmyard favourites. These include pygmy goats, micro-pigs, guinea pigs and rabbits as well as a wide variety of smaller critters too! Our wallabies have now been relocated to the Farm too so make sure to pop by and say G’day!

LORIKEET LOOKOUT

Visit our walkthrough exhibit and feed our free-flying rainbow-coloured birds with pots of nectar. Open from 11am each day, nectar posts cost £2 each with all money raised going towards the zoo’s contributions to animal conservation projects around the globe.

LEMUR WOOD

Lemur Wood is a one-acre walkthrough experience where you can see our free-roaming black-and-white and ring-tailed lemurs. Learn about DZCʼs conservation programmes in Madagascar for these enigmatic creatures.

REPTILE HOUSE

E-ssss-cape the unpredictable British weather by visiting the Reptile House. Open from 11am daily, it’s home to a variety of snakes, iguanas, lizards, dwarf crocodiles, turtles and tortoises.

ORANGUTAN HABITAT

See what our cheeky Bornean orangutan youngsters, Jim and Joe are getting up to under the watchful eyes of Jazz, Sprout and dad, Djimat. And don’t forget to say hello to Benji too!

BUSH DOGS

Watch our bush dog juveniles, Diego, Pablo, Bruno, Carlos and our 2025 litter of pups get up to all sorts of antics! They’re certainly keeping parents, Dora and Twenké, on their toes!