More than 10,000 people visited Swansea’s Plantasia attraction in April, making it a record-breaking month for the centre.
Plantasia, which is run by Swansea Council, enjoyed its busiest April since it opened in 1990.
Staff at the council think the high visitor numbers are due to a number of events taking place at Plantasia throughout the month.
Events on offer included a chance to ride on donkeys and an opportunity to touch creepy crawlies and other creatures during an Animal Antics event. There was also an event called Tribes, Teeth and Tarantulas, which gave visitors the chance to find out about Indian rainforest tribes, spiders and stick insects.
The Plantasia attraction is an indoor rainforest housing black emperor scorpions, snakes, piranhas, poison arrow frogs, monkeys, insects and more. It also has exotic plants such as pineapple plants, prickly cacti and giant bamboo.
One of the newest exhibits is an indigenous South American hut that replicates conditions in the Amazon and includes blowpipes and primitive fishing nets.
Plantasia manager Claire Riordan said: “The wet weather throughout April was definitely a contributory factor to our record-breaking month, but the figures also serve as a reminder to people about the quality of indoor attractions available in Swansea.
“We normally get about 10,000 visitors in the school summer holidays in August, but to see that volume of people coming through the doors in April is pretty staggering.
“Plantasia is a great place to visit and I’d urge people to keep an eye on the huge range of activities organised throughout the year.”