NEWS: Halloween Spooktacular and Budget Busting Party!

Hi everyone!

It has been a very hectic Summer for the Reptile Village team and we have loved every single minute of it! Although we haven’t been able to blog as much as we’d like too, it was still a huge success!

Not only did we have our Summer exhibit in Funtasia Waterpark (Drogheda) but we were on the road every week with our ‘Zoo to You’ going to Communions, Birthdays, Shopping Centres, Family Fun Days and much more (see: https://reptilevillage.net/web/zoo-to-you/ for more details).

We also passed our inspection and were granted our Zoo License without any conditions again this year (woohoo)!!

Zoo director James has been all over the world on more expeditions than we can count and because of all these trips we have now started a partnership with Project Chicchan in Guatemala, but we will fill you in on that in the coming months.

So you’re probably wondering what we have in store for you over the next few months? Well here it is…..

2013 poster

Our Halloween Spooktacular is set to be the scariest we’ve had yet as the zombie zoo keepers take over, your only guide around the zoo is your glowstick, you never know what creepy creatures you will find lurking in every crevice!

Costumes are essential as there will be prizes for best dressed on the night, along with games, activities, refreshments, alligator feeding and of course there will be an opportunity to get up close and personal with our tarantulas, snakes, lizards toads and more!

Pre-booking is essential as places are limited, you can book your ticket over the phone on 056 77 26757.

65 party snake promo pic

In case you haven’t heard; our party in zoo package is back for a limited time only!

Two adults and ten children for just €65!

You even get invitations and a certificate for the birthday boy or girl!

There are lots of optional extras too like hot food, safari hats, guided tours and goodie bags!

For more info on our Halloween event or our Special Offer Parties, please call us on 056 77 26757 or email [email protected]!!

The Reptile Village Team

Extra, Extra..Read All About it as we bring you Reptile Village News!

The past ten days have been so busy for all of the staff in Reptile Village and this blog post is about to get you up to speed, so below you will find 5 Reptile Village News stories:

1) We are sad to be officially closing down our group page on Facebook after more than 3 years in action, this week (January 31st at 6pm). However we are excited that all of our Facebook friends will be together on one page, the much busier ‘like page’ and this is the main reason for the closure of the original group.

(Link below is to our ‘Like Page’)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reptile-Village/156500504404384

We want to make sure that our messages reach everyone, so you can all get our updates, pictures, take part in competitions and know exactly where our ‘Zoo to You’ team are travelling to..which brings me nicely to my next news piece!

2) Our ‘Zoo to You’ teams are set for a busy 2013 as bookings have come flooding in (enjoy that pun for the miserable rainy day that we’re having)! Bookings are filling up fast for events such as Communions, Confirmations, Birthday Parties and Family Fun Days/Festivals!

If you are interested get in contact asap so you won’t be disappointed!

PS, watch this space…we may also have some huge news on the pop up zoo our ‘Zoo to You’ team travel with very soon..but ssssssh!

James, Bosc Monitor, Family, Raheny Family Fun Day

3) This weekend we welcomed our first EVER official members and we are so excited! We began offering annual membership to our visitors waaaaaay back in September 2012, right around the time when things get quiet in here. So you can imagine our excitement at having the first family annual membership spot filled this weekend!

Its only €120 for 2 adults and 3 children and allows you up to 12 visits per year..which is a huge saving of over €200!!!

4) It is intern mania this year too! Lately we have gotten more applications for volunteer work, TY work placement, and third level internships than ever before! We are so grateful for all the extra help and wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that if you are over 18 you are eligible to volunteer here or carry out work placement for college! If you are 16+ you can take part in our TY work experience programmes too!

Melanie and Tarantula September 2012

These programmes are a great way to gain some experience working with animals and working in the tourism sector and many of our current employees started out here on work placement schemes, including Marie who is studying vet nursing (which makes her a huge asset to us). Rob who is studying business and Megan (who is our current manager) both began here as TY work experience students!

You can apply via email; [email protected]

Okay so seeing as I can’t reveal all about some of our upcoming events and offers number 5 is just for fun:

5) Our gorgeous Royal Pythons were too busy to eat for us last weekend and there were a lot of excited faces around here when we discovered why…they were mating! We have never had baby Royals (aka Ball Pythons) in Reptile Village before and we are hoping this is another first for us in 2013! Needless to say, our female royal pyhton is being watched round the clock by our team, making sure she is as comfortable as she can be, in the hopes that she has lots of eggs in her ever expanding tummy! I’ll keep you posted on this!

But seriously, who wouldn’t want some cute baby versions of this:

Royal Python Rafiki