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A wild day out for all!
With 110 acres to explore, there are 7,000 animals at the award winning Chester Zoo - voted one of the top zoos in the world and the UK's number one charity zoo.
From the magnificent elephants and rhinos to the delicate butterflies, there is a different animal to see around every corner.
With daily animal talks, events, themed play areas, coffee shops, a choice of restaurants and kiosks, there's something to suit everyone's tastes. Kids and grown ups will love the Zoofari monorail, it gives you a giraffe's eye view of the zoo. Or, take things a little easier and relax on the Waterbus.
New for 2011
• Discover the latest arrivals including two baby elephants, Nayan
and Jamilah
• See the pack of Painted Dogs in their new immersive
exhibit
• Dine in style in June's Pavilion or Café Bembe with Heathcotes
Outside
• Do you dig dinosaurs? 13 life-size and incredibly life-like
animatronic dinosaurs will be stomping into Chester Zoo for the
summer!
It's not just the animals at Chester Zoo that benefit from your visit. Not only will you have a great day out, you will also help fund out conservation work in Cheshire and around the world. That's good news for animals everywhere.
Dinosaurs at Large!
Friday 1st July - Saturday 8th October 2011
Do you dig Dinosaurs?
Come face-to-face with a T-Rex (or should that be
face-to-knee?)
Between 1st July and 8th October a bunch of LIFE-SIZE and incredibly LIFE-LIKE animatronic dinosaurs will be stomping into Chester Zoo and settling on the lawns around Islands in Danger. Come and meet the Terrible Lizards* and let junior paleontologists search for fossils at our amazing Fossil Discovery.
*That's what Dinosaur means in Greek!