The Dinosaur Park is at Gumfreston, three kilometres from Tenby on the road out towards Sageston, and it is the best attraction in Pembrokeshire for children of roughly three to eight.
It combines a woodland dinosaur trail with a substantial set of rides and activities, all covered by one inclusive ticket.
Life-size models set through real woodland, some animatronic, arranged so that they appear round corners rather than standing in a row.
The setting is what makes it work: dappled light, trees, and a fifteen-metre animal appearing without warning. For a four-year-old it is the highlight of a Pembrokeshire holiday, and visitors specifically praise how well it is done.
An information trail runs alongside, which is more genuinely educational than the format suggests.
There are family rides across the park: a coaster, a log flume, a carousel, tractors, go-karts, swings and smaller attractions.
The crucial point, and the reason parents recommend it, is that there are very few height restrictions. A four-year-old can go on essentially everything.
That is not true at Folly Farm or at the larger theme parks, where a small child spends the day watching an older sibling ride. Here they do not, and it changes the whole day.
Live dinosaur shows through the day, which visitors rate highly.
Indoor and outdoor play, sand pits and soft play.
Crazy golf, bouncy pillows, fossil panning and archery.
A farm section with animals.
Three to five hours is what most families report, and it is a well-filled day for the age group.
Queues are minimal. Even in August visitors report barely waiting — a function of the number of separate things to do relative to the number of people.
Everything is included in the admission, which in a county where pay-per-activity is common is a large part of why the value is rated so well.
Food on site is reasonable, and there are picnic areas.
Children over about nine will find the rides tame and the dinosaurs less compelling.
Heatherton, five minutes further on, is the right answer for that age — karting, laser combat and high ropes.
Teenagers should be at Heatherton or on a beach.
Admission charged, everything included; online booking is cheaper.
Time: three to five hours.
Parking: free on site.
Facilities: café, picnic areas, shop, toilets, baby changing.
Access: largely level with woodland trails; manageable with a pushchair.
Weather: mostly outdoors with some indoor play; the woodland trail gives shelter.
Season: open through the main season; check dates outside it.
Gower View, Gumfreston, three kilometres from Tenby on the B4318 — five minutes by road, signposted.
Heatherton World of Activities is five minutes further, for older children.
Manor Wildlife Park is at St Florence, ten minutes.
Folly Farm is twenty minutes north.
Tenby and its beaches are five minutes east.
Roughly three to eight. Older children will find it tame — Heatherton nearby is the better fit.
Very few, which is the park’s main advantage. Small children can go on essentially everything.
Yes, one ticket covers all rides and activities.
Three to five hours.
Three kilometres, about five minutes by road.