Africa Alive!

LOCATION

LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK

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Set in 100 acres of dramatic parkland in Kessingland, a few miles from Beccles towards the coast, Africa Alive! is one of Suffolk’s most exotic animal wildlife parks. Here you can explore the sights and sounds of Africa, see giraffes, rhinos, cheetah and hyenas, and get a bird’s-eye view of the lion enclosure. Attractions include daily feeding, talks and animal encounter sessions, a magnificent bird of prey display and a free journey round the park in a jeep.

Africa Alive!
Kessingland, LOWESTOFT, NR33 7TF

Features

Facilities
  • Parking onsite
  • Cafe
Accessibility
  • Facilities: Wheelchairs available for hire
  • Accessible toilets
Opening times
  • Open all year
  • Opening Times: Open all year, daily from 9.30. Closed 25-26 Dec

About the area

Discover Suffolk

Suffolk is Constable country, where the county’s crumbling, time-ravaged coastline spreads itself under wide skies to convey a wonderful sense of remoteness and solitude. Highly evocative and atmospheric, this is where rivers wind lazily to the sea and notorious 18th-century smugglers hid from the excise men. John Constable immortalised these expansive flatlands in his paintings in the 18th century, and his artwork raises the region’s profile to this day.

Walking is one of Suffolk’s most popular recreational activities. It may be flat but the county has much to discover on foot – not least the isolated Heritage Coast, which can be accessed via the Suffolk Coast Path. Southwold, with its distinctive, white-walled lighthouse standing sentinel above the town and its colourful beach huts and attractive pier features on many a promotional brochure. Much of Suffolk’s coastal heathland is protected as a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and shelters several rare creatures including the adder, the heath butterfly and the nightjar. In addition to walking, there is a good choice of cycling routes but for something less demanding, visit some of Suffolk’s charming old towns, with streets of handsome, period buildings and picturesque, timber-framed houses.

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