Chester Zoo.

Located in Upton, Near Chester, Cheshire. 01244 380280.

The largest zoo in the UK.

Chester's Facilities include:-

Monorail.		Giving an overhead view of some of the larger paddocks.
Three separate restaurant facilities.		The Oakfield (Licensed) - nice for a quiet meal, The Jubilee (quick snack) and the Oasis (a variety of food from burgers to meals)
Several Snack Bars With Picnic Facilities		Serving Hot Dogs, Ice Cream and snacks
Seasonal Boat ride.
Extensive Gardens		Award winning displays of all sorts of plants
Aquarium		With Coldwater, Tropical and Tropical Marines. Behind the scenes Conservation area for Lake Victoria Cichlids and others.
		Free flying tropical birds amongst a tropical forest with exhibits of reptiles, insects, spiders, alligators, tortoises, snails and some enclosed aviaries with rare and endangered birds.
Camel/Giraffe House		Camels and Giraffes house with external paddocks. Also Meerkats and Tortoises housed in this building.
Elephant House		Elephant House and Paddock incorporating new Bull Elephant area and Hornbill Aviary.
Parrot House		Including Macaws, Cockatoos and other Parrot-likes, some breeding.
Bat Caves		New Last year a walk though building with free flying Fruit Bats, a pond with Red Tailed Catfish and other nocturnal displays.
Monkey Islands		Recently Built Display of Smaller monkeys including extensive Islands for the monkeys to explore outside.
Chimp House		Chester's Chimpanzees are in as natural group as is possible in this area with outside foraging areas
Orangutan House		Both Bornean and Sumatran Orangutans are housed here and are breeding regularly.
Rhinoceros House		Recently refurbished, Another Breeding Success
Lions		Asiatic Lions with three cubs late last year.
Tigers		Bengal tigers.
Cheetahs
Big Cat House		This is now being rebuilt with funds from Jaguar Cars - looks like it will be very impressive
Aviaries
Zebra Paddock
Asian Plains
Prairie Marmots
Penguin Pool

And Many more..

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