Is the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park worth visiting and how much does it cost?

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The Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park is Gibraltar's only wildlife park, set inside the free Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, and cares mainly for rescued and confiscated animals. Entry is paid separately from the gardens, at around £8 for adults and £5 for children, with under 5s free.
The Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park (AWCP) sits in the upper south-west part of the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens (the Alameda). It began as a home for exotic animals confiscated by Gibraltar's customs authorities and handed to the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society, and it now also takes in unwanted exotic pets and takes part in international conservation breeding programmes, including for the endangered cotton-topped tamarin.
Visitors can see lemurs, tamarins, tortoises, reptiles and a range of birds. The park also cares for injured native wildlife such as Barbary partridges and red foxes until they can be released into the Gibraltar Nature Reserve.
The Botanic Gardens themselves are free to enter, but the AWCP has its own ticket, reported at around £8 for adults and £5 for children. Under 5s go free. The park is closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day and Gibraltar National Day (10 September), and it closes earlier in the day than the gardens. Allow about an hour. Paths are hilly and uneven in places, so pushchairs and those with limited mobility should take care. Check the official Visit Gibraltar page for current prices and opening times before you go.

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