Trip
Details
 This
was a plan made for the week before this one,
but fortunately we happened to glimpse at the
unfortunate weather conditions in longleat and postponed
our trip to 17-Sep-2005.
The weather was amazingly
good, it was a sunny cold morning, absolutely a London
kinda morning,
We, a gang of 4 woke up
at 4:30 in the morning and set sail for the 6:00 Am
service towards londonbridge to waterloo.
Read on below to know
more details........
How
to Reach the Jungle.......
There are trains
every hour from London Waterloo station and every 20
mins from london paddington, as longleat is more towards
the Eastern side of UK, trains from waterloo take less
time than trains from paddington, better take the trains
from waterloo and the fares are also cheaper.
Get the train through
Salisbury, the journey is approx 1.45 minutes to reach
Salisbury.
The trains here are
really fast.........
Once you reach Salisbury,
stay in the same platform and take the next train
through Warminster, you will reach warminster in 30
minutes.
Warminster is a small
town and you wouldnt find the hustle bustle of London
buses, we waited for some 5 minutes and decide to take a
taxi to Longleat, there are a lot of taxis in the
station and the charge is approx 10£ to Longleat for 4
people. You will reach Longleat in 15 minutes and you
are there in this wonderful greenery......
On the entrance you have
the ticket place, better to take a Passport ticket which
allows you entry into all the attractions in Longleat
and you lose 27£ if you were to take separately for all
attractions.
 Places
of Interest in longleat.
 Safari
Park:
 All attractions open at
11AM and the best thing to do is to finish the safari
park, you need pay a surcharge of 4£ for using the
safari bus, you can take your car if you have it.
The safari bus starts at
10 or 11 depending on the season, the first safari, the
rush might be a bit less, the safari takes 2Hrs inside
the park and is really a wonderful trip to see the
animals, none of the animals are caged and they freely
roam around, we are the people inside cages (i mean cars
and buses).
The bus takes you to all
attractions and is sure one to be enjoyed and
photographed.
 Longleat
House:
The next attraction is
the longleat house, the house is 465 years old and is
good with art work and the items used by the princess
and his families.
 Bird
Show:
There are 4 shows per day
and plan your time for the show, this also is the one to
be enjoyed for sure, you can see the parrots performing
a lot of fun stuff.......a fun time altogether.....after
all that's why we all come here.....to forget the
routine software work we do everyday........
 Safari
Boat:
If you want to see some
seals, birds and some sea lions, you can take this
one......its surely a feast for people who love
photography and nature.....(I'm one of those......)....
This takes some 15
minutes.......
Other attractions are
very small and you can enjoy them fast....
 Motion
Simulator:
This is one attraction I
would recommend to all, its a nice experience, so better
see it for yourself rather than me opening the thrill of
it....
Finish all the
attractions and then get into the Hedge Maze,
make sure you finish all before 5, the last entry is
somewhere around 5, and don't think its easy.....takes a
lot of time and there are so much and so many ways to
get lost inside the maze.....
The experience was
awesome, we guys all went in the same direction at
first, and then decided to part and find the way to the
centre.......Alas.....we dint find the way, we all met
at the same point after 10 minutes circling
around.......
 Going
around in Longleat.
All places are very near
and you don't need anything special to get around the
place.
It was evening time and
we started our way back home, the trip was amazing and
this is a place to visit for sure.
Travel
Information.
London Waterloo to
Salisbury- 1.45 Hours (12£ Return by Group saving
option).
Salisbury to Warminster -
30Mins by Train. (get a direct ticket from waterloo
itself).
If you are planning for a
single day trip, start early to cover all places.
Check out the
 fotos
section to find out more on the enchanting beauty of
Nature at Longleat.
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