Chester Zoo with Jayne

On Monday, my good friend Jayne and I visited to Chester Zoo. The weather was glorious, sunshine, temperatures 30+ °C and not a cloud in the sky. It was so warm that Jayne and I were grateful for Chester Zoo’s unlimited refillable drinks cups for sale at around £10 each.

Jayne hadn’t been to Chester Zoo for years. These days Chester Zoo is massive and I’d recommend that you do visit the zoo over two days to see everything.

Here are photos from the day, click on any photo for full size image:

The elephant family.	A close up of the baby elephant.
The smiley bull elephant.	Exotic squirrels.
An exotic squirrel eating a grape upside down.	My new lover! He’s the strong, wooden, silent type.
Deer.	Butterfly (1).
Butterfly (2).	An Okapi.
The Giraffes.	This gorgeous beauty came to say hello and flirted with me (by winking with her big eye and long eyelashes) when I said ‘Hello Gorgeous.’ to her as she passed by.
My gorgeous giraffe at a distance.	The pink flamingos.
The penguins (1).	The penguins (2).
A rhino.

Essential Info

• A massive zoo with a variety of animals.
• Opening Times: See opening times here.
• Admission Prices: See admission prices here.
• Parking: Ample free parking.
• Facilities: toilets, restaurants, refreshment stalls, gift shops, experience days.

Chester Zoo is a brilliant day out. It was great to see volunteers around the zoo.

However it’s a large zoo with not enough big animals. Jayne and I saw quite a number of empty enclosures for larger animals. They should put better signage up on the Islands Exhibit to direct visitors back to the main part of the zoo.

The zoo is so huge now, that they really should consider transportation methods in the zoo. The monorail is too limited. Perhaps they could look at golf buggies for hire or something similar. This would enable visitors to get around and see the whole zoo in one day.

Write soon,

Antony

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