Zoo

Plantasia

Q: Where is Plantasia?

United Kingdom. Plantasia is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.622° N, 3.939° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 138 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Plantasia?

28 species. Citizen-science photos record 28 species at Plantasia, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Central Bearded Dragon, Panther Chameleon, Green Iguana and Common Water Monitor. 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 Plantasia in the wild?

Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Some of the animals photographed at Plantasia also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Central Bearded Dragon (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park) and Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park).

Q: When did Plantasia open and how big is it?

Opened 1990, 0.2 ha. Plantasia, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1990 and covers about 0.2 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 28 species are photographed there.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 28 spp. present

Plantasia Tropical Zoo is a large public hothouse exhibiting tropical plants and animals, located in the Parc Tawe retail park, Swansea, Wales. It opened in 1990. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

51.622° N 3.939° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

—

Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1990

Size

Small

Visit

Getting there

swansea.gov.uk/plantasia ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

LC Endemic

Pogona vitticeps

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park+ 1 more park

Furcifer pardalis

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Iguana iguana

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Tortuguero National Park+ 43 more parks

Varanus salvator

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Sundarbans National Park+ 20 more parks

Hydrosaurus pustulatus

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Chamaeleo calyptratus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

in Miami

Heloderma horridum

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Before you go

Where is Plantasia?

United Kingdom

Plantasia is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.622° N, 3.939° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 138 km away.

What animals can you see at Plantasia?

28 species

Citizen-science photos record 28 species at Plantasia, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Central Bearded Dragon, Panther Chameleon, Green Iguana and Common Water Monitor. 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 Plantasia in the wild?

Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Some of the animals photographed at Plantasia also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Central Bearded Dragon (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park) and Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park).

When did Plantasia open and how big is it?

Opened 1990, 0.2 ha

Plantasia, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1990 and covers about 0.2 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 28 species are photographed there.