Saturday 23th August 2025
Location: The National Reptile Zoo
Visit The National Reptile Zoo Saturday 23rd August from 12-4pm and get your face painted with Berr’s Face Painting Party for just €5 each!

Discover Ireland’s only reptile zoo right in Kilkenny City! Displaying snakes, lizards, tortoises, turtles, crocodiles, alligators, tarantulas, scorpions, poison dart frogs, axolotls and more!

Meet some of the world’s rarest and most unusual animals at our indoor facility in Kilkenny City. With over 50 exhibits, animal encounters, Nocturnal Realm, souvenir and coffee shop, plus a play area we keep the whole family entertained and educated all at once! Open 7 days a week, 10am – 6pm.

Every ticket includes attendance at Animal Encounters, where you’ll meet one of our keepers and several animals – you might even get to touch an animal or two!

Family Pass (3 people) €43. More than 3? Add up to 5 additional people for €5 each
Adult Ticket: €16
Child Ticket (3yrs and over): €13.50
OAP/Student: €14.50
SNAs: Complimentary pass when accompanying paying service recipients and with ID card.

Tickets can be purchased on the door, no booking required.
Organisers Website

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