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Chester Zoo set to open safari lodges where guests can watch giraffes from their rooms

Safari style lodges overlooking giraffes grazing on a savannah have been given the go ahead at Chester Zoo.






Safari style lodges overlooking giraffes grazing on a savannah have been given the go ahead at Chester Zoo.

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s planning department has rubber-stamped an application for 51 accommodation lodges along with a two storey reception building with bar and restaurant, an orientation lodge and groundworks for creation of a lake.

Once built, some of the lodges will overlook the lake while others will overlook a savannah-style enclosure complete with roaming giraffes.

The plans include four types of lodges to accommodate between four and six people, with most being based on traditional timber African safari lodge designs.

Similar proposals had been approved in 2019 but were put on hold due to the pandemic. Revised plans were submitted in.... More from Cheshire Live


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Chester Zoo set to open safari lodges where guests can watch giraffes from their rooms

Safari style lodges overlooking giraffes grazing on a savannah have been given the go ahead at Chester Zoo.






Safari style lodges overlooking giraffes grazing on a savannah have been given the go ahead at Chester Zoo.

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s planning department has rubber-stamped an application for 51 accommodation lodges along with a two storey reception building with bar and restaurant, an orientation lodge and groundworks for creation of a lake.

Once built, some of the lodges will overlook the lake while others will overlook a savannah-style enclosure complete with roaming giraffes.

The plans include four types of lodges to accommodate between four and six people, with most being based on traditional timber African safari lodge designs.

Similar proposals had been approved in 2019 but were put on hold due to the pandemic. Revised plans were submitted in.... More from Cheshire Live


 



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