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Fota Wildlife Park

Q: Where is Fota Wildlife Park?

Ireland. Fota Wildlife Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Ireland. Its coordinates are 51.890° N, 8.311° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 326 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Fota Wildlife Park?

64 species. Citizen-science photos record 64 species at Fota Wildlife Park, including Red-necked Wallaby, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Capybara, Common Ostrich and Humboldt Penguin. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Fota Wildlife Park in the wild?

Red-necked Wallaby: Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Fota Wildlife Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Red-necked Wallaby (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park), Eastern Grey Kangaroo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Grampians National Park) and Capybara (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in El Palmar National Park).

Q: When did Fota Wildlife Park open and how big is it?

Opened 1983, 43 ha. Fota Wildlife Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Ireland, opened in 1983 and covers about 43 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 64 species are photographed there.

🇮🇪 Ireland

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Ireland 64 spp. present

Fota Wildlife Park is a 100-acre (40 ha) wildlife park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland. Opened in 1983, it is an independently funded, not-for-profit charity that is one of the leading tourism, wildlife and conservation attractions in Ireland. The park had an attendance of 455,559 visitors in 2017, making it the eleventh most popular paid attraction in Ireland for that year. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

51.890° N 8.311° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1983

Size

Large

Visit

Getting there

fotawildlife.ie ↗

Who runs it

Run by: Zoological Society of Ireland

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

LC Endemic

Notamacropus rufogriseus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park+ 9 more parks

LC Endemic

Macropus giganteus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Grampians National Park+ 8 more parks

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in El Palmar National Park+ 10 more parks

Struthio camelus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in De Hoop Nature Reserve+ 26 more parks

Spheniscus humboldti

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

in Lima

Choloepus didactylus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve+ 1 more park

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Lauca National Park+ 4 more parks

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Lake Nakuru National Park+ 28 more parks

Before you go

Where is Fota Wildlife Park?

Ireland

Fota Wildlife Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Ireland. Its coordinates are 51.890° N, 8.311° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 326 km away.

What animals can you see at Fota Wildlife Park?

64 species

Citizen-science photos record 64 species at Fota Wildlife Park, including Red-necked Wallaby, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Capybara, Common Ostrich and Humboldt Penguin. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Fota Wildlife Park in the wild?

Red-necked Wallaby: Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Fota Wildlife Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Red-necked Wallaby (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park), Eastern Grey Kangaroo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Grampians National Park) and Capybara (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in El Palmar National Park).

When did Fota Wildlife Park open and how big is it?

Opened 1983, 43 ha

Fota Wildlife Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Ireland, opened in 1983 and covers about 43 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 64 species are photographed there.