If you're looking for an animal experience as a gift for an animal lover, or you want to treat yourself, take a look at gift experience company Into the Blue 

They've got a number of animal experiences, with animals such as ferrets, tamarin monkeys, alpacas, meerkats, pigs, sheep, snakes and crocodiles, bees, horses and donkeys. 

They have a number of experiences for horse lovers, including a couple near York (Skipwith) - you can have a Traditional Farm & Horse Experience or a Two Wheeler Horse Cart Driving Experience, for instance.  They've also got Romantic Horse and Carriage Rides for Two there, or maybe you'd prefer aHorse Drawn Carriage Rides with Afternoon Tea?

And there's a special offer with Into the Blue!

Get 15% off experiences up to £250.00 with Into the Blue with the code ITBSAVE15 until midnight on 28th July 2024.  (There's no minimum spend, although some products are excluded.)   Go browsing at Into the Blue here

There's a Traditional Farm & Horse Experience near York
for half a day or a full day.
Gallop off here for more information.

There are animal experiences here.

Bee-keeping experiences are listed here.

Fly off to see the falconry experiences here.

Click here to see the photography experiences - there are some wildlife photography experience days amongst them.

There are lots of falconry experiences to choose from
- there are locations around the UK and they start at £24.50
Experience a meeting and handling a bird of prey
and even flying them to your gloved hand!

Try a bee keeping experience!
They start at £35.00
Find out all about the art of keeping bees and making honey!




There are a number of animal-related photography experiences
- some are not animal related and some are online.  

How about a Carnivore Encounter in Shropshire?
£75.00
Get up and close with 3 formidable carnivores
Meet a Red Fox family and feed them, stroke and handle the Snakes, 
and meet the servals and stroke them too!

There's a Border Collie Experience in Leicestershire
Learn the art of traditional shepherding, 
and meet the sheepdogs!  All for £99.00.
Fetch more information here.

You could go Alpaca Walking in Warwickshire 
from £7.50 for a child, £13.50 for an adult.
Meet the alpaca herd near Atherstone
and head off on a guided walk with your alpaca!

There's Sheep Trekking in Somerset
from £25.00
Meet and greet the friendly sheep and give them snacks
Lead a sheep on a stroll across fields and through woodland

There's Ancient Trails Pony Walking in Dorset
from £49.00
This is a great way to discover Dorset, 
on a guided pony walk with a pony by your side!




Meet the Meerkats in Oxfordshire
Learn all about the Meerkats' lives as a family
and get to feed them inside their enclosure
 

Click here to see all the Animal Experience Days and Gifts