Keeper For The Day experience

Redeemable voucher for one guest to take part in our Keeper For The Day experience

Take part in our amazing Keeper For The Day experience at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, for a chance to get up close and personal with some of our resident animals!

• Learn more about our rescue, rehabilitation  and release of grey seals pups back into the wild.

• Learn what it’s like to work as a keeper at the  sanctuary, cleaning enclosures, preparing fish,  feeding and looking after our animals.

• Lunch and hot drinks will be provided, but you may bring your own if preferred.

• There will be lots of opportunities to take photos. You are more than welcome to bring a camera.

•  You may bring one other person with you on the day to take photos (the observer). They will not be able to feed or participate in the experience but will be able to enter enclosures to take photographs.

Running from Tuesday - Thursday (annually from 1st April - 31st August). The experience costs £175 for the Keeper, but an observer is welcome to join for an additional £25 (including lunch). There is an induction form which needs completing before the experience can go ahead.

An example of your day with us (this is a guide, and may be subject to change, however, our staff will ensure you have a great day!):

8.45am — Welcome

Please arrive at the main reception. A member of staff will be there to greet you and take you to our seal hospital.

9am – Seal Hospital Tour & Induction

Please bring your signed declaration and medical form with you, a member of staff will make sure you are happy with the all the information, and answer any questions you may have about your day. Have a tour around our seal hospital facilities and learn more about how we care for injured or abandoned seal pups. (Please note: we cannot guarantee there will be rescued pups in the hospital at the time of your visit, but our busiest times are Sept - April).

9.30am - Head to the Paddocks!

Help give our goats some treats and clean their paddock area before learning about some of the native wildlife at the sanctuary.

10am – Beaver Tour

Help the animal care team with their daily checks and learn more our resident beavers at beaver creek! Our beavers are wild, and live in a large woodland enclosure, seeing them cannot be guaranteed.

10.30am — Break Time

Relax with the team with a well-earned break, and your choice of tea/coffee on us.

11am — Feeding Time

Help feed some of our resident seals and sea lion!

12pm —Meet our Penguins

Get up close and personal with our penguins and give them their lunch!

12.30pm – Enrichment time!

Seals love new toys and things to play with! Help our Animal Care Team with the very important job of giving our seals and sea lions their daily enrichment. 

1pm – Lunch

After your hard work, enjoy lunch on us in our sanctuary cafe, and have a chance to explore and the sanctuary at you own pace.

Please note, participates must be 18 and older to participate in this experience. However, we do also offer a Junior Keeper For The Day (14 and over). All keepers must have received a tetanus vaccine within the last ten years.

If you have any questions, or would like to redeem the voucher and book the experience, please contact us on 01326 221 361.