Buckfast
Butterflies
Butterflies
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
We are open Tuesday to Sunday between 10am and 3pm for visitors to enjoy the otters. The Butterfly House is closed now until spring 2024.
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.
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.
Now Open
Open daily from 10am to 5pm with lots of special gifts and presents.
★★★★★A real experience in a genuine sanctuary for otters
MarkSutton, Surrey
★★★★★An otterly wonderful hols highlight
Rachel FOxford, Oxfordshire
★★★★★Lovely to see such well looked after animals at play
Mary CTaunton, 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.
RNAT2020London
Book Yours NOW...
OTTER EXPERIENCE
Book nowSpend 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.
Come and see for yourself
Our beautiful butterflies are hatching daily
Species to see at the Buckfast Butterfly FarmClick the link below to find out what species we have to show.
Sammys Super Sumersaults
This is Sammy he is an expert at amusing our visitors with his underwater amazing underwater agility.
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.![]()
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Location
Get DirectionsBuckfast Butterflies &
Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary
The Station, Buckfastleigh,
Devon. TQ11 0DZ
Tel David or Rachel on 07761 447219
contact@ottersandbutterflies.co.uk![]()
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.
Butterfly Species To SeeFind Out MoreSee some amazing pictures and learn more about the various different species you will see when you visit.
Adopt An OtterFind Out MoreAdopt an otter from Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary and help us to continue our work caring for these beautiful creatures