Looking for somewhere to bring your children over the mid-term break? Glendeer Pet Farm has the is the perfect day out for children of all ages. With ghosts, ghouls, scarecrows, and witches a-plenty, you will be guaranteed a spooktastic time!
Cast spells with Willow the witch, toast marshmallows over an open fire, enter the eerie maze but be warned, it is at your own risk. Follow Pumkin Passage through the Forbidden Forest to see where it takes you, and be scared by lots more ghosts and ghouls at Glendeer Pet Farm this Hallowe’en.
Glendeer Pet Farm, Drum, Athlone is suitable in any weather with lots of facilities under cover. It is not all about scares either, as during this Hallowe’en experience you will also get to interact with the friendly animals on the farm. Children can feed, pet and even hold some of the animals including puppies, rabbits, deer, pot belly pigs, llamas, alpache, emu, wallabies, goats, donkeys, sheep, the cheeky monkeys, meerkats, and more.
Not only will you see all the Hallowe’en scenes, children can race on the double obstacle course and lose themselves in the timber maze. Added to this, slides, swings, seesaw, all-weather sandpit, the soft play barn, the popular glider swing in the large outdoor playground, and the indoor adventure area with lots of slides and bridges will ensure boredom never creeps in.
Adults can enjoy freshly ground coffee/tea and home-made treats available in the coffee shop.
Groups and birthday parties are catered for by appointment. Special rates exist for a party of 20 or more.
Glendeer Pet Farm is open from October 29 until November 6 for Hallowe’en. Opening times are Monday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm and on Sunday from 12 noon to 5pm. Admission costs €8 for adults and €8 for children. Children younger than 18 months go free.
Glendeer Pet Farm is located in Drum, Athlone. Take exit 13 off the M6 and follow signs for Drum. For more information call (090 ) 6437147 or visit www.glendeerpetfarm.ie
