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Buckfast Butterfly Farm & Otter Santuary


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 2 attractions in Buckfastleigh
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Attraction type: Nature centre, Nature reserve
Address: Station Yard Buckfastleigh, Dartmoor National Park TQ11 0DZ
England
Tel: +44 (0)1364 642916

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5 of 5 stars
Stirling, Scotland
28 Sep 2009

We had been to a Butterfly Farm before but had seen otters only in films. We timed our visit to coincide with a feeding time. We witnessed the antics of the otters as they were being fed and were given excellent background information by the keeper. They are obviously trying to breed young otters which will ultimately be introduced into... more

13 Apr 2009

Firstly, I love otters. If we go away anywhere and there's an otter sanctuary anywhere nearby, I have to go to it. So when my partner bought me an Otter experience for my birthday last year, where I got to go an be a keeper for the day I was over the moon! We were advised to come in early... more

22 Jun 2008

Went to the butterfly farm today. the first thing that we saw was the tiolets were not very clean ,there wasn't any soap there wasn't any toilet paper and the flush bearly worked.After that the butterfly farm and the otters were just very run down and it looked as if it had had it's day.Quite a sad place to what... more

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2 of 5 stars
London, United Kingdom
16 Aug 2006
2
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Like all Devon family attractions it charges £6.50 each adult. Although the small butterfly greenhouse is perfectly formed, the outside Otter areas were sparsely populated and drab with poor viewing opportunities even at one of the 3- a -day feeding times. No additional facilites of note - didn't see the cafe, but no extra kids play areas. Handy location for... more

Management response from
Otterman, owner

Sorry to see a poor review. We had over a dozen otters in residence at the time of this visit made up of three different species including our native British otter and young. We cannot normally keep large groups of certain otters together because of thier territorial nature so some of the pens would have been made up of family...

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Buckfast Butterfly Farm & Otter Santuary Address

Station Yard, Buckfastleigh, Dartmoor National Park TQ11 0DZ, England
Tel: +44 (0)1364 642916