We recently visited Port Lympne Wildlife Reserve and I was prepared to enjoy seeing the animals and the safari, I wasn't prepared for how good their 'Dinosaur Forest' would be. For four children who all love dinosaurs (Cora may not be talking but give her a toy dinosaur and she knows to start roaring) it was fantastic. As the UK's biggest outdoor dinosaur exhibition it was bigger and better than any of the ones we have previously visited.
You walk through the forest following a path that traces the different eras of dinosaurs so you can really see how they have evolved. What made this brilliant for young children is how hands on it is. Whilst there are signs asking you not to climb on the dinosaurs, you are able to touch them, walk around them and study the different features. It is so much more interactive and that is perfect for these four explorers. Port Lympne have designed it so well with plenty of information one each one and even my non-reader could understand some of it.
Each dinosaur's weight is compared to other animals and you can see that it weighs 15 rhinos or something similar by the 15 pictures of rhinos in the box. The boys loved counting and comparing as they walked round and Dylan could read them more of the information too.
There are dinosaurs in the trees up high, tiny ones on the floor and some where even the tallest of my boys barely reached his knee. There was so much to see and I know if we were to return, this is what they would most like to see. Towards the end of the exhibit there were dinosaurs that you could climb on/in which was fun and made a great picture too!
I have written already about our experience at Port Lympne and about staying overnight at Bear Lodge but I really wanted to share how impressed we were with the Dinosaur Forest too.
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