Today, as the weather was still supposed to be quite nice we decided to go and try out Chester Zoo. We arrived about 15mins after it opened, even then there were quite a few people in the car park. We went into the Zoo and started to follow the recommended route. We hadn't got far before we came upon, the monorail station. Of course this got Kai very excited, and my theory was we get on do a loop of the zoo see what there is to see and then continued on our route. However that would have been too easy.
Having just forked out over £40 for the three of us to get in, (Alana was free being under three) they still expected us to pay to ride the monorail and the boat ride. But to top it off the ride was only half way round the zoo, you had to get off the monorail and re board (paying again of course) if you wanted to go all round the Zoo. So we got on (feeling a bit cheated). It was a nice ride, and great to see the layout from the tree top level, but it was obviously too cold for a lot of the animals as it took a while for us to see any animals.
The Zoo was well looked after, and the animals all had space and looked well looked after. We saw the Elephants including a baby who was born in July 2010
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| 3 month old baby elephant |
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| I want to hold your hand! |
We went into one of the indoor areas and found the Komodo dragon, who looked rather seeply. |
| Komodo Dragon |
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| Ice Cream Break |
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| A painted Rhino |
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| A giant tortoise shell. We had a great day out, saw a lot of animals (eventually), watched baby Elephant, Orangutans, giraffe, dear and a whole lot more. OK the Zoo's a bit sneaky trying to get money from us at every turn with money press, monorails etc.but nothing that other places don't do all the time too. |
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