Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo

Walk with a wide range of butterflies as you explore the incredible and beautiful world of these wonderful creatures. This day out is for everyone with an interest in the environment, and has some wonderful photographic opportunities, come and see!

Kept at tropical temperatures, this indoor attraction lets you get close to a wide range of exotic butterflies. If you're lucky you might even get one land on you!

You can walk with butterflies from around the world. Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo is indoors, it’s tropical and it’s teeming with exotic butterflies.

Living butterflies fly around as you discover their fascinating lives in close-up. They’re amazing.

See for yourself every stage of their life-cycle: Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and some of the world’s most beautiful butterflies.

The species we breed in our zoo have fascinating survival strategies, and there’s loads to learn. Bring a camera for superb wildlife photography.

The Zoo shop has wonderful gifts, butterfly plants, and books on wildlife. It’s a real treat.

The butterfly farm is within walking distance of Forest Holidays in the Forest of Dean between Monmouth and Ross on Wye at Symonds Yat in the Wye Valley.

Butterfly Conservation

Here at Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo we are not just passionate about butterfly conservation, we really work at it. We support sustainable Butterfly Farming worldwide through trade: This devalues collected specimens and preserves rainforest and other habitats. We also manage our own Nature Reserve, commissioned from Barnaby Millard, Conservation Landscape Architect. Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo is heated only by renewable energy.

Open all year and The Wye Valley Miniature Golf is on site too, so makes for a lovely day out with the kids.

After closing due to flooding in February 2020 and lockdown it has now reopened in August 2021 with online booking. Please book in advance to avoid disappointment.