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 South Devon attraction, ideal for a family visit whatever the weather.

VISIT

Opening Times & Admission

We are open every day from 10.00am until 5.00pm

Otter feeding times are 11.30am 2pm and 4pm

You may pre-book tickets if you wish by clicking on the green box below, but this is not essential as you can purchase them on arrival.

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

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Come and visit our gift shop

Open daily from 10am to 5pm with lots of special treats and gifts for any occasion.

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

Otter Experience for couples at the Buckfast Otter Sanctuary

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Otter Experience for 1 or 2
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Children's Otter Encounters at the Buckfast Otter Sanctuary

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Perfect for the under 14s
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Come and see for yourself

Our Beautiful Butterflies are hatching daily

Click the link below to find out what species we have to show.

Species to see at the Buckfast Butterfly Farm

Sammys Super Somersaults

This is Sammy he is an expert at amusing our visitors with his underwater anticks.

OTTER FEEDING TIMES

11.30am 2pm and 4pm

Feeding time!
This is the best time to come and meet our otters, our keeper will give a talk and a tour of all our residents.

Get directions to Otters and Butterflies, Buckfast, Devon

Location

Buckfast Butterflies &
Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary
The Station, Buckfastleigh,
Devon. TQ11 0DZ
01364 64291
contact@ottersandbutterflies.co.uk

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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 a good neck scratch.