Chester Zoo, UK, has submitted plans for a new safari lodge developement to create a resort at the zoo.
The popular zoo has submitted revised plans after recovering from the pandemic. This time the plans are for 63 lodges of varying style and size, many around the perimeter of a large body of water, plus a restaurant, bar and wildlife pond.
A new savannah habitat is also proposed which would give guests the opportunity to wake up to see giraffes strolling by their lodge. The new restaurant would seat up to 120 people, for breakfast, lunch or dinner, with the first-floor views overlooking the lake and the giraffe enclosure.
Source: https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/family-kids-news/stunning-new-plans-safari-style-24279191.ampIt is planned for the lodges to be created using sustainable materials and the 'skin' of the buildings would take precedent from the pangolin's body armour of overlapping scales, using timber shingles to create textured natural facades. The savannah-style enclosure would have trees appropriate for the African savannah landscape, sporadically placed, while a denser, greener islands zone would be created to the south of the new site, to provide greater species diversity for wildlife.