Welcome to Howletts Wild Animal Park

Howletts Wild Animal Park: a 90 acre adventure in beautiful ancient parkland that is ideal for great days out in Kent with the entire family.

Howletts is the Wild Animal Park with surprises around all corners. From glass fronted tiger enclosures offering a close encounter with the biggest of cats to gorillas, clouded leopards, monkeys, and hundreds of rare and endangered species from around the world. We're also home to the UK's largest herd of African elephants and the Black Rhino breeding sanctuary. For a close encounter like no other, Howletts Wild Animal Park allows you to walk alongside, and below, our free roaming family of amazingly agile and lively lemurs with Walking With Lemurs.

Both Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks were set up by the late John Aspinall to protect and breed rare and endangered species and, where possible, returning them to safe areas in the wild.

The charity that works in conjunction with Port Lympne and Howletts Wild Animal Parks, the Aspinall Foundation also manages two gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in the central African countries of Gabon and Congo. With these ground-breaking projects we've been able to successfully reintroduce over 50 gorillas. By visiting Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks and if you adopt an animal, you'll be helping us protect these animals for the future.