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| Value for Money | 8.8/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 9.1/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.4/10  |
Full review by
Barryt
on 22nd Mar 2008
User Rating : 9
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Good Points: Chester Zoo is long established, thoroughly entertaining and has a wide range of animals, most of which are endangered in one way or another. The new 'Realm of the Red Ape' environment for Orang-Utans and Gibbons can only be described as superb. The Orangs obviously enjoy their new home and there are other animals to see in the same exhibit including one of the largest Reticulated Pythons I have seen. A small but excellent aquarium has a wide range of colourful fish to see and pretty well everything else you can think of. A really good feature for parents is the wrist band for kids with your own mobile number written on it. If your child gets lost or separated, any keeper will ring you and tell you where the child is.
Bad Points: It is difficult to find fault with Chester. Admission is quite expensive but well worth the money. If you are taking children, a picnic is a better alternative to the fairly expensive restaurant.
General comments: The Zoo is very disabled-friendly with easy access to all places. For photographers, most of the exhibits are good with plenty of room for tripods if you are careful when doing close ups.
Educationally, Chester cannot be faulted with lots of information posted about projects and concerns.
Like most Zoos/Wildlife Parks, Chester is continually evolving with new accommodation for animals and new attractions. The Elephants, Chimps and Orangs are world famous and you won't be disappointed.
Barryt's review and ratings | 242 words
Review by
Guest.
on 5th Jan 2008
User Rating : 7
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I have been going to Chester Zoo for years and have always enjoyed it. Several new attractions have been added over the years and all in all I think it is a good family day out.
Guest.'s full review | 60 words
Review by
sophay
on 20th Sep 2007
User Rating : 10
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This zoo is the best zoo in the whole world it contains the greatest animals in the world. The exhibits are made to the animals greatest needs!
sophay's full review | 99 words
Review by
kumara
on 12th Aug 2007
User Rating : 9
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Would recommend this to other family and friends as an excellent day out.
kumara's full review | 50 words
Review by
scrumdown
on 2nd Aug 2007
User Rating : 9
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Don't expect to visit Chester Zoo in just a morning or afternoon, this place is excellent and you really need to spend at least a day to see everything. Refreshments were OK and reasonably priced for this type of place, I would have liked the boat ride to give some sort of timetable, so you know how long you need to wait for the next one. Animals all looked to be in good health.
scrumdown's full review | 74 words
Review by
willtheman45
on 21st Jan 2007
User Rating : 9
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A very good zoo, with a huge number of animals in excellent enclosures. The monorail helps you get round and the must see suggestions are brilliant. Twilight cave is huge with amazing bats, Tsavo is home to Black Rhinos, there's beautiful Spectacle Bears as well as Miniature Monkeys, Spirit of the Jaguar and Komodo Dragons. As well as all that there are also lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, monkeys, chimps and orangutans. A fantastic day out!
willtheman45's full review | 90 words
Review by
Greentoastrack
expert review 
on 27th Oct 2006
User Rating : 9
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I last visited in early 2006, and I recommend you visit off-season also. Not only do you not have to suffer from large crowds, but also have a discounted entrance fee. Keeping in mind the entrance cost is decent value anyway, it makes that an especially positive point.
With Chester Zoo being the UK's largest zoo, you should be prepared for a walk about. If you play it smart however, you can space out walking and still see many of the attractions.
There are a wide variety of exhibits to s ...
Greentoastrack's full review | 390 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
mule
on 17th Oct 2005
User Rating : 10
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I went Chester Zoo on a Monday in early October, and had a wonderful time. Parking was easy with lots of space. I was greeted by very friendly staff. I loved the fact your first encounter is a big Elephant, which really set up the whole day. I didn't take a map because I like the surprise factor, and I was not disappointed. I would walk around a corner and bam, 5 Giraffes starring back at you.
The new Jaguar center is a real gem. A purpose built building, by yes Jaguar.
I stopped half way ...
mule's full review | 155 words
Review by
iblal
on 28th Jun 2005
User Rating : 10
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I went to Chester zoo and was very impressed. I had the shred decision of going in the week so there weren't too many kids about and you could walk about in peace. It cost £13 to get in for an adult which, I suppose is fair, I think £1 went directly to help endangered elephants or something. The other prices weren't too bad either in the cafe or the shops, considering these places are normally a bit of a rip off.
Anyway, back to the animals. They had a wide selection of monkeys, ...
iblal's full review | 318 words
Review by
Roger L
on 29th Apr 2004
User Rating : 9
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I went to Chester Zoo and was very impressed. I had the shred decision of going in the week so there weren't too many kids about and you could walk about in peace. It cost £13 to get in for an adult which, I suppose is fair, I think £1 went directly to help endangered elephants or something. The other prices weren't too bad either in the cafe or the shop, considering these places are normally a bit of a rip off.
Anyway, back to the animals. They had a wide selections of monkey ...
Roger L's full review | 276 words | 2 comments added.
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