London Zoo offers chance to sleep with lions

LONDON - London Zoo began taking bookings on Thursday for a new safari lodge it is building in the lion enclosure to allow visitors to get a taste of exotic holidays in the centre of the capital.

The "room with a zoo" is located in the Land of the Lions exhibit, which will be home to a breeding group of endangered Asiatic lions when it opens next year.

An overnight stay costs between 378 pounds (S$802) and 558 pounds for two people, including a drink and two-course dinner, breakfast, an overnight stay in a lodge and a tour before the zoo opens.

Emma Taylor, head of product development at the zoo, said in a statement on Thursday that it would be "a fantastic experience unlike any other, sleeping near to our magnificent Asiatic lions".

Visitors will stay at the Gir Lion Lodge, a collection of nine wooden cabins "within roaring distance" inside the enclosure and surrounded by protective fence.
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