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Longleat House & Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire

Destination: UK - England
Duration: 1 day

Longleat House is a stately house and home of the Marquesses of Bath. It is famous for its Elizabethan country house, maze and beautifully landscaped gardens which includes a safari park. This tour allows you to see it all from the 1,000 acre parkland and safari park designed by the famous landscape architect Capability Brown and the magnificent stately home.

The house was built by Sir John Thynne and took 12 years to complete and is widely considered one of the finest examples of Elizabethan architecture in Britain. The tour of the house includes seeing the Elizabethan Great Hall, The State Drawing Room, The Red Library and many more magnificent rooms within.

Longleat Safari Park was the first drive-through safari park outside of Africa and attracts tourists with its extensive number of captive animals which comprises of over 500 animals. The park includes a Big Game Park, Wallaby Wood, Monkey Jungle, Tiger Territory, Lion Country and many more reserves for different animals. Your group is sure to enjoy their visit to Safari Park.

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Day 1

Morning: Depart from school and travel to Longleat House in Wiltshire.

Afternoon: Upon arrival your group will gain admission to visit Longleat House to see this grand Elizabethan house. Afterwards, the group will travel through the safari park and see the wonderful wildlife.

Evening: Depart from Longleat House in the early evening and travel back to school. End of tour.

Sights & items of interest in Longleat House & Longleat Safari Park

Talking Portraits- Great Hall

This new addition to Longleat House sees two painted portraits come to life. There is also a ghostly image of Louisa Cartaret floating above the Great Hall.

The Red Library

This impressive library houses some 40,000 books and is one of the largest private collections in England.

The Prince of Wales Bedroom

This room is so named because of a large painting of the Prince of Wales, Henry Frederick.

Longleat Maze

This impressive maze in the garden area is sure to challenge everyone.

Longleat safari Park

Visit the first safari park outside of Africa spread over some 900 acres and has over 500 animals including giraffes, monkeys, rhinos and even lions and tigers.