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About the Event

The National Apprenticeship Show – West Midlands is the perfect event for School and College leavers as well as young adults to discover more about Apprenticeships across the region.

Taking place at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, this event welcomes visitors and Exhibitors from across Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell. Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton and the surrounding areas.

Our events exist only to promote Apprenticeships and our message is clear – Apprenticeships work for both candidates and employers alike!

Want to visit?

The National Apprenticeship Show covers all levels of Apprenticeships, from entry level to higher and degree.  This FREE event offers visitors a chance to engage, face-to-face, with some of the regions top Apprenticeship employers and providers.

Opening Dates & Times: Tuesday 25 February 2025 10:00 – 14:30 Wednesday 26 February 2025 10:00 – 14:30

School/College Groups:

NAS Media offers a travel bursary scheme for students in Years 12, 13 and 11 from Schools and Colleges, you can register you group visit here .

Please be aware that these events are very popular and funding is provided on a first come, first serve basis.

Parents/Carers/Individuals Dedicated Evening Opening: Tuesday 25 February 2025 15:30 – 18:00

Register to attend here

Coventry Building Society Arena CV6 6GE

Want to exhibit?

The National Apprenticeship Shows reach more School and College leavers, parents, carers and individuals than any other event of its kind.

If you’re looking to promote your Apprenticeship offering and recruit for your programmes, get in touch on [email protected] or 0203 858 7000 to find out more about exhibiting and request your copy of the Events Guide.

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Take a look here at who’s exhibiting and what they offer!

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Zoos & Wildlife Parks

This page should help you find a place to see capybaras near you. The list contains zoos, aquaria, and petting zoos. Circumstances change, so please be sure to check with the facility before visiting. And make sure you mention that you are there to see the capybaras! Letting zookeepers know that you are interested will help capybaras get the recognition they deserve.

Please help us keep this list up-to-date. If you find one of these facilities no longer keeps capybaras, or you find a facility that has capys but is not on the list, let us know!

Click here for another list of zoos that is helpful.

Entries followed by a date (MM/YYYY) indicate the last time the facility was verified to have capybaras.

United States Alabama .          Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo , Gulf Shores (01/2022) .          Montgomery Zoo , Montgomery (08/2022) Arkansas .          Little Rock Zoo  (10/2017) Arizona .          Out Of Africa Wildlife Park , Camp Verde .          Reid Park Zoo , Tucson, (08/2019) .           Tuscon Petting Zoo & Funny Foot Farm  (06/2022) .                Swimming with Capybaras Experience (06/2022) .          Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium , (08/2021) Litchfield Park California .          Chaffee Zoological Gardens , Fresno (06/2019) .          Charles Paddock Zoo , Atascadero (Query sent 10/24/2017) .           Happy Hollow Zoo , San Jose (10/2022) .          Los Angeles Zoo  (unlikely 07/2018) .          Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento (03/2023) .            Santa Ana Zoo , Santa Ana (Query sent 10/24/17) .          Santa Barbara Zoo , Santa Barbara (06/2019) .           San Diego Zoo  (10/2017) .          San Francisco Zoo  (10/2017) .         Zoo to You , Paso Robles (06/2021) Colorado .          Denver Zoological Gardens  (06/2021) .          SeaQuest Aquarium , Littleton  (2/2018) .        Wild Animals Sanctuary , Keenesburg ( no capybaras 07/2018) Delaware .           Brandywine Zoo , Wilmington  (10/2017) Florida .        Amazing Animals , St. Cloud (10/2022) .        Brevard Zoo , Melbourne .        Dreher Park Zoo/ Palm Beach Conservation Society , West Palm Beach (10/2017) .           This zoo has a Capybara Experience where you can pet capys. .        Gatorland , Orlando (06/2022) .         Hattisesburg Zoo , Hattiesburg (10/2017) .        Jacksonville Zoo , Jacksonville (10/2017) .        Sunken Gardens, St Petersburg .        Miami Zoo , Miami ( no capybaras (07/2018) .        Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society , West Palm Beach (03/2020) .        The Zoo , Gulf Breeze (10/2017) .          Zooworld, Panama City Beach (11/2017) Georgia .        North Georgia Wildlife Park , Cleveland (02/2021) Idaho .         Zoo Boise ,  Boise (06/3021) Illinois .        Brookfield Zoo , Brookfield (09/2021) .        Scoville Children’s Zoo , Decatur (11/2017) Indiana .        Mesker Park Zoo , Evansville ( 02/2018) .        Potawatome Zoo , South Bend (07/2018) Kansas .        Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure , Salina .        Brit Spaugh Zoo, Great Bend (04/2021) (no web site) Louisiana .         Alexandria Zoo , Alexandria (2/2018) .          Audubon Nature Institute , New Orleans (2/2018) .          Baton Rouge .          Zoo of Acadiana , Broussard Massachusetts .          Franklin Park Zoo/Stone Zoo , Boston .         Forest Park Zoo .          Pine Meadow Alpaca farm , Mattapoisett 5/2023) .          Southwick’s Zoo Maryland .            Salisbury Zoological Park , Salisbury (10/2022) Maine .            York’s Wild Kingdom Michigan .            John Ball Zoo , Grand Rapids, Michigan (6/2022) .           International Animal Exchange , Inc., Royal Oak .            Detroit Zoological Society , Royal Oak .            Wilderness Park , Birch Run Minnesota E ven Keel Exotics , Temperance (12/2021) .              Sustainable Safari at Maplewood Mall , Maplewood (10/2022) Missouri .             Dickerson Park Zoo , Springfield (1/11022) .              Grant’s Farm , St. Louis .             Kansas City Zoo , Kansas City (unlikely 07/2018) .              Saint Louis Zoological Park , St. Louis (4/2018) Mississippi .            Hattiesburg Zoo Nevada .            SeaQuest Aquarium  (1/2018) New Jersey  .              Bergen County Zoological Park , Paramus .             Cape May County Park Zoo , Cape May (05/2023) .                    Capybara Encounter available .            Space Farms Zoo and Museum (Sussex Z00),  Sussex, (10/2022) .              Turtle Back Zoo , West Orange

New Mexico .              Alameda Park Zoo , Alamogordo .              Albuquerque Biological Park , Albuqueque .              Spring River Zoo , Roswell (12/2021) New York .              Adirondack Animal Land , Gloversville (2/2018) .              Animal Adventure Park , Harpursville (06/2019) .              Central Park Zoo , New York City ( no capybaras 10/2018 ) .                Buffalo Zoological Gardens , Buffalo (11/2018) .               Big Apple Circus, New York ( no capybaras 10/2018 ) .              Jungle Experience, Granville (08/2020) .                Staten Island Zoo North Carolina .              Darby Acres , Charlotte (09/2021) .              It’s a Zoo Life , Macclesfield (08/2020) Ohio .               Akron Zoological Park , Akron (10/2022 – 1 capy died, not sure if others remain) .               Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden , Cincinnati .               Cleveland Metroparks Zoo .               Columbus Zoo and Aquarium , Columbus .                African Safari Wildlife Park , Clinton Oregon .                West Coast Game Park , Bandon (08/2020) .                Wildlife Safari in Winston Pennsylvania .              Keystone Safari ,  Grove City (03/2020) .                Lake Tobias Zoo , Halifax (02/2018) .              Elmwood Park Zoo , Norristown (06/2019) .               Erie Zoo .               Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium .             Safari Farm and Petting Zoo (no link – find on Facebook), .                    Jefferson Township (expected soon 09/2021) South Carolina .              Riverbanks Zoo , Columbia .              Waccatee Zoological Farm in Myrtle Beach Tennessee .              Brights Zoo , Limestone .              Chattanooga Zoo . Chattanooga .              Little Ponderosa Zoo , Clinton (09/2021) .              Memphis Zoo , Memphis

Texas .            Abilene Zoo , Abilene (12/2022) .            Aggieland Animal Safari , Bryan (05/2021) .             Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo , New Braunfels .             Austin Zoo , Austin 07/2018) .            Bayou Wildlife Park , Alvin .              Caldwell Zoo , Tyler .              Cameron Park Zoo , Waco .            Capitol of Texas Zoo , Cedar Creek .              Dallas World Aquarium , Dallas .              Dallas Zoo  Not on display but featured in “Wonders of the Wild” show (07/2018) .              El Paso Zoo (07/2018) .            Frank Buck Zoo .              Fossil Rim Wildlife Center , Glen Rose (10/2017) .              Gladys Porter Zoo , Brownsville .              Houston Zoo (05/2022) .            Oak Creek Zoo , Madisonville (10/2018) .              Seaquest Aquarium , Ft. Worth .              San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium .                  Can only be viewed on Guided Behind the Scenes Tour .            Sharkarosa Park .            TDS Game Ranch .              The Texas Zoo , Victoria Utah .            Utah Petting Zoo , Virginia .            Roer’s Zoofari , Vienna Washington .             Jozee Roos . Tacoma Wisconsin .            Henry Vilas Zoo , Madison .            Irvine Park , Chippewa Falls .            Racine Zoo , Racine .            Milwaukee County Zoo

Canada .              Calgary Zoo .               Biodome, Montreal (currently closed, reopens summer 2019) .                  Granby Zoo , Quebec .              Greater Vancouver Zoo , Aldergrove (06/2019) .               Kangaroo Creek Farm , Winfield, B.C. .               Toronto Zoo , Scarborough, Ontario .               Valley Zoo , Edmonton

Europe Austria                Vienna Zoo Belgium              Dierenpark Planckendael Belgium              Sint-Anna Ranch, Keelstraat 1800 Vilvoorde Czech Republic  Zoological Garden in Jihlava/Czechia Czech Republic  Prague Zoo Denmark            Copenhagen Zoo United Kingdom .                            Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park .                            Blackpool Zoo , Lancashire (06/2020) .                             Chessington Zoo  (no capybaras as of 10/2022) .                             Chester Zoo , Chester (10/2022) .                            Chew Valley Animal Park , Bristol (07/2022) .                             Cotswold Wildlife Park , Burford, Oxfordshire .                             Curraghs Wildlife Park , Isle of Man (10/2022) .                            Dartmoor Zoo .                            Drayton Manor ,  Staffordshire (07/2022) .                             Drusilla’s Park , Sussex (11/2022) .                           Eltisley Wildlife Park, Cambridgeshire (no webpage) (07/2018) .                            Dudley Zoo and Castle ,  West Midlands (07/2022) .                             Exmoor Zoo , Devon .                             Flamingo Land Zoo , North Yorkshire .                             Hamerton Zoo Park .                             Howletts Wild Animal Park in the UK .                             Jimmy’s Farm , Suffolk (10/2022) .                            Knowsley Safari , (10/2022) .                             Newquay Zoo , Cornwall (4/2018) .                             Northumberland Zoo , Morpeth (07/2021) .                             Peak Wildlife Park .                             Shepreth Wildlife Park , Shepreth (11/2022) .                             South Lakes Wild Animal Park , Cumbria .                            Southport Zoo (Permanently Closed) .                           Sussex Zoo, .                            Twycross Zoo   (none as of 07/2022)

.                           Wild Discovery , Preston (8/2021) .                              This zoo has an up close capybara encounter .                            Woburn Safari Park , Bedfordshire (3/2018) .                          Wolds Wildlife Park , Lincolnshire (07/2022) .                          Yorkshire Wildlife Park , (10/2022) France                 Jardin des Plants , Paris Germany             Schwerin Zoo .                             Augsburg Zoo .                             Hannover Zoo .                            Hellabrunn Zoo https://www.hellabrunn.de/ , Munich (04/2023) .                             Tierpark Chemnitz , Chemnitz Greece                  Attica Park Zoo , Spata (04/2019) Hungary              Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden Ireland                 Fota Island Wildlife Park Netherlands       B urgers Zoo Arnhem .                            Apenheul park, Apeldoorn .                            Artis Zoo , Amsterdam .Northern Ireland       Belfast Zoo  (04/2018) Poland                 Wroclaw Zoo , Poland Russia                  Moscow Zoo , Moscow (query sent 10/27/2017) .                            Novosibirsk Zoo (2/2018) .                            Tula Exortarium, Tula(12/2018) Scotland              Edinburgh Zoo , Scotland Slovakia               Zoo Bratislava Slovenia              Ljubljana Zoo , Ljubljana (10/2017) Spain                  Barcelona zoo , Spain Sweden              Kalmarden Animal Park , Norrkoping .                            Eskiltuna Zoo Switzerland        Tierpark Zoo , Bern .                             Zurich Zoo , Zurich Wales                   Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo

Japan .                        Kobe Zoo, Kobe .                        Katsurahama Aquarium , Kochi (4/2018) .                        Central Mainichi Zoo, Mainichi (06/2021) .                          Nagasaki Bio Park , Nagasaki (10/2017) .                        Neo Park, Okinawa (11/2019) .                        Okinawa Zoo and Museum , Okinawa (08/2022) .                          Shaboten Animal Park  , Izu (10/2017) .                        Tokushima Zoo , Tokushima (4/2018) .                        Ueno Zoo , Tokyo

Elsewhere Antilles                  St. Maarten Zoo , Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles Australia               Adelaide Zoo , South Australia (12/2017) .                               Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary , Queensland (12/2017) .                               Hunter Valley Zoo , Nulkaba (05/2020) .                              Taronga Zoo , Sydney (09/2019) .                              Tazmania Zoo , Riverside (04/2020) China                    Zoolung Zoolung, No.1 Yaohan Nextage Mall, Shanghai (06/2019) .                              Ocean Park , Hong Kong (3/2018) .                            Takara Cafe , Beijing, Sanliton area. (08/2020) Colombia             Barranquilla Zoo  (07/2020) Israel                    Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (06/2023) Laos                       Lao Zoo , Vientiane Province (12/2018) Malaysia                Zoo Negara , Malaysia (10/2022) New Zealand      Wellington Zoo , Auckland  (2/2018) .                              Willowbank Wildlife Reserve , Christchurch (08/2022) Philippines          Avilon Zoo , Rizal (09/2019) Singapore            Night Safari of Singapore South Africa        Cango Wildlife Ranch , Oudtshoorn, South Africa South Africa        Johannesburg Zoo , South Africa South Africa        Pretoria Zoo, South Africa Taiwan                  Capybara Knight, Taipei – This is a café with live capyara interaction (06/2023) .                                  Can’t find a link but it is located at Yulin Street in Tucheng District Thailand               Alpaca Hill  (10/2017) Trinidad & Tobago       Emperor Valley Zoo  (10/2017)

A GREAT  DAY OUT  FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!

Get ready for an unforgettable day out that’ll have the whole family roaring with excitement!

Drive through four miles of awe-inspiring habitats, spotting majestic lions, giraffes, rhinos, tigers, and more. Explore walk-through areas featuring penguins, hippos, lemurs, sea lions, lorikeets, and meerkats. Don't miss the African Walking Trail for a close encounter with elephants, giraffes, and rhinos! Step into Tiger Tropics and Lion Ridge to meet nature's magnificent big cats. Explore the Land of the Living Dinosaurs exhibit and enjoy daily feeds and talks. 

It’s a day packed with fun, learning, and unforgettable memories for the whole family!

Day Tickets

• Safari Drive

Safari Walk

• Save over 35% in advance
• Free Return included*

Pre-book - from £19.90

On the day - £32.00

Under 3s - Free

Ride Wristbands

• A variety of rides in our Adventure Theme Park
• Height restrictions apply

Pre-book – £10.00

On the day- £12.00

Little Penguin Wristband on the day – £7.00 (child between 0.8m-1.0m in height)

Annual Passes

Valid for up to 12 months

Exclusive discounts in shops and restaurants

Unlimited trips around the Safari on the day you visit

From £99.00

Free return offer...

This fantastic offer entitles the vehicle and online pre-paying occupants to an admission-only return visit to West Midlands Safari Park, within six months. Date restrictions apply. Find out more on our Free Return Ticket  page.

* Free Return Codes are ONLY sent to guests booking online in advance and are not included in the discounted group and school prices, Combi Tickets or special evening event tickets.

ESSENTIAL  COMPANIONS

West Midlands Safari Park has teamed up with Nimbus Disability, the administrators of the Access Card scheme, to oversee essential companion tickets and easy access eligibility.

To benefit, you must apply online through Nimbus Disability at least 7 days before your planned visit.

Successful applicants with a +1 qualify for a free Essential Companion Ticket, which can be booked online.

Tesco Vouchers

Tesco vouchers can be used to purchase Admission tickets, at the Ticket Office on the day only. Please exchange your points for a voucher for West Midlands Safari Park and arrive with this voucher code to purchase tickets on the day.

Tesco Vouchers are not valid against any extras: animal food, guidebooks, ride wristbands, minibus tours, annual passes, or anywhere else in the Park. Tesco Vouchers are not valid against special events such as Santa Safari; upgrade fees apply to see Santa, subject to availability.

Tesco vouchers do not qualify for our free return offer.