🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16🐐 AnimalsEducationalBooking required
What’s there
- Café on site
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Big Cat Sanctuary is a conservation charity set on rural grassland in Kent, home to around 40 cats from more than a dozen species, including lions, tigers, jaguars, snow leopards and smaller wild cats. Unlike a traditional zoo, it is not open for casual walk-in visits. Instead, families book pre-arranged experiences. A keeper-led sanctuary tour is pitched at first-time visitors and families, with small groups and a relaxed pace around the enclosures. Bigger outings include a hand-feeding encounter with a chosen cat, and an afternoon tea that is part of the sanctuary's fundraising. Older children can also join overnight lodge stays in the grounds. The site has a strong animal welfare and rescue focus, and visitors can see how the team cares for rescued cats and works on breeding and conservation programmes. It suits animal-loving families with older children who enjoy learning about wildlife.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Wellies- Puddle suitThe only way a toddler stays dry at a farm in February.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.- Comforter, plus a spareThe one that must not be lost. It will be lost.
- Cool bag
Bottle or beaker
Flask of tea- Backseat organiser
- Bubble wandSettles a meltdown faster than anything in the café.
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Photos: Anna Tesar, CC BY 2.0
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