Animal Adventures 2016 - Zoo 85th Anniversary
February at Chessington 2016 returned to the Zoo routes to celebrate 85 years of Chessington Zoo, with Animal Adventures returning to the park. Unlike previous years the focus was very much on the Zoo and not on the rides around the park. Whilst the park is sleeping getting ready for the season, the animals took over for half term with some amazing perks especially for the event.
In addition to the whole zoo area being open, along with the parks animal shows their was a chance to see some of the new addition for the first time to. Trail of the Kings upgrade is nearly complete with some lovely additions now on view, this is bolsted by the completion of the new Reindeer enclosure down by Sea Lion Bay on the green area, with the Reindeers back out after a break in the new year.
For the event itself we were lucky enough to go behind the scenes in the Giraffe house to get closer than ever to the these magnificent animals, with an amazing talk from the keepers. In addition the park had an additional show down by Hocus Pocus, with Birds of Prey on display throughout the day entertaining and with their own show to. No rides (except AMAZU and Hocus Pocus Hall) were open for the event and it was strict booking only, however this worked very well for the park who were very busy!