Buckfast
Butterflies

A Great Visit Whatever The Weather

Dartmoor
Otters

A Great Visit Whatever The Weather

Welcome to the Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary and Buckfast Butterfly Farm.
A small, friendly, family run place to visit in South Devon, ideal for a family visit whatever the weather.

VISIT

Opening Times & Admission

We are closing at 12.30pm on December 11th and 12th for maintenance purposes but open again from 10am to 3pm from Friday 13th.

We are open every day through the winter from 10am-3pm with otters and gift shop only.

Over the Christmas holiday period we are closed December 24th, 25th and 26th and open 27th to Jan 1st.

The butterfly house is closed now until next spring.


Otter feeding times are 11.30am, 2.00pm. These are the best times to see and enjoy our amazing resident otters.

Our gift shop is open with an interesting selection of gifts with an otter and butterfly theme.

Please see our Plan Your Visit page for further details and admission prices.

Tickets can be pre-purchased, or you are welcome to buy your tickets at our reception when you arrive.

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Now Open

Come and visit our gift shop

Open daily from 10am to 5pm with lots of special gifts and presents.

Our mission statement: to be a proactive supporter of the worlds flora and fauna and to provide an enjoyable, educational and thought provoking visit focussed on our work and experience of otters and butterflies.

★★★★★

A real experience in a genuine sanctuary for otters

Mark

Sutton, Surrey

★★★★★

An otterly wonderful hols highlight

Rachel F

Oxford, Oxfordshire

★★★★★

Lovely to see such well looked after animals at play

Mary C

Taunton, Somerset

★★★★★

Definitely a good one for kids to see, staff are lovely and obviously love their job. small place but very tidy and otters seemed SO happy

Gill R
★★★★★

I came here for the otter experience and it was great from start to finish. Keira obviously loves and cares for the otters an enormous amount and it was clear from her enthusiasm and knowledge of them. 

RNAT2020

London

An Otter Experience (for up to two adults)Special Christmas Otter Experience Gift Pack

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OTTER EXPERIENCE

Spend a morning or afternoon session with the otters - A great gift! A real treat for otter fans and lovers of nature, for more info or to book yours click the button below.

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Otter Experience for couples at the Buckfast Otter Sanctuary

OTTER FEEDING TIMES

11.30am 2.00pm and 4.00pm

Feeding time!
This is the best time to come and meet our otters, our keeper will give a talk and tell you all about our resident otters and why they are with us.

Underwater Viewing area

Come and see our amazing otters underwater agility.

Have you met Izzard?

He is our resident iguana

We rescued and re-homed Izzard, he is about 11 years old now and loves showers to cool down and loves a good neck scratch from our keepers.

Get directions to Otters and Butterflies, Buckfast, Devon

Location

Buckfast Butterflies &
Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary
The Station, Buckfastleigh,
Devon. TQ11 0DZ
Tel David or Rachel on 01364 293113
contact@ottersandbutterflies.co.uk

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