Swansea will soon be home to the "world's biggest and most unique" 60-minute escape room as staff are gearing up to open it to the public next month. Plantasia Tropical Zoo in Parc Tawe retail park in the city centre is already home to a wide range of tropical plants and more than 40 animals and it will soon house a huge escape room experience, named Jungle Escape, too.
Jungle Escape at Plantasia has been developed in partnership with The Escape Game Swansea, an escape room venue based in Llansamlet, and is suitable for groups of between two and and eight people aged 12-plus. The concept is simple: people are tasked with finding clues, solving puzzles, and completing challenges within a 60 minute time-limit in order to escape the jungle.
The escape experience is set to launch on Friday, February 3, and will run on certain evenings after Plantasia closes for daytime visitors. To begin with one escape game experience named Rainforest Run will launch under the Jungle Escape umbrella with further escape games expected to follow later in the year. You can get the biggest Swansea news stories straight to your inbox with our newsletter.
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A Plantasia spokesman said: "Jungle Escape has been designed to appeal to the general public as well as bolster the zoo's offering of corporate experiences, adding to the room hire and team-building days currently on offer. With 60 minutes on the clock participants of Jungle Escape will need to navigate their way through the rainforest zoo and be aware of the more dangerous inhabitants such as crocodiles, tarantulas, and leopard cats. They'll also need to find clues, solve puzzles, and complete challenges, all whilst avoiding the dangers of the jungle itself in order to escape."
Glen Hall, who is managing director at Parkwood Leisure which runs Plantasia on behalf of Swansea Council, said he was "proud" Swansea was offering the biggest escape game in the world. "To bolster our educational and conservation objectives we constantly strive for new and innovative experiences for guests that visit Plantasia," he said. "We are confident this new experience will be a great addition to the business and we are proud to boast it will be the biggest of its kind in the world. Following successful trials we look forward to welcoming groups from February 2023."
Swansea Council cabinet member Robert Francis-Davies added: "It’s great to see Plantasia joining forces with a local business to bring the public another innovative offer. Swansea is becoming known as a place of top class entertainment - and Jungle Escape adds another exciting opportunity.”
Initially the escape room experience will be available to the public on Friday evenings only and to corporate groups on alternative evenings by request. Advance booking is essential. You can book online here.
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