Chester & Wirral

Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo, Upton by Chester, Chester, CH2 1LH
Tel: 01244 380280

CHESTER ZOO is the UK’s number one charity zoo, with over 7000 animals and 500 different species, including some of the most endangered species on the planet. With more than one million visitors every year, the zoo – a conservation charity - is an all-year round favourite attraction for kids of all ages!

There are so many things to see and do at Chester Zoo, such as the Elephants of the Asian Forest enclosure – a home for the Zoo’s elephants. Delve into the sights and sounds of Assam, with the herd of ten Asian Elephants, Hornbills, Tree Shrews and rare fish. Come and see elephant calf, Raman, born in November 2006, exploring his new surroundings and young giraffe ‘Molly’, together with the Zoo’s many other young arrivals.

Also new - Café Tsavo the eco-friendly cafeteria where visitors can eat under the watchful eyes of some of the animals including rhinos, mongoose and warthogs, and The Secret World of the Okapi enclosure which is home to the elusive Okapi. Come and see the Zoo’s Bornean and Sumatran orang-utans, including two youngsters, Budi and Utara, in their new tropical environment, along with a wide variety of Indonesian Forest species including gibbons, reptiles and birds as well as indigenous plants, trees and shrubs.

Experience the largest free-flight bat zone in Europe, now home to the Livingstone’s Fruit Bat - one of the world’s largest bats.  Watch in awe as 300 Seba’s Bats and Rodrigues Fruit Bats, whizz past, plus over 120 new baby bats – ‘pups’ - gaining their flying wings! At your feet, Red-tailed Catfish swim with Freshwater Stingrays. Watch out too for the Turkish Spiny Mice and the Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches!

Bus services available

Route 1 from Chester, Ellesmere Port, Bromborough, Birkenhead and Liverpool.