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Kent Zoo, Best Tourism Experience in England

I’ve never bothered going to London Zoo, as I don’t like the idea of going to see animals from the wild in middle of a concrete city. My first ever trip to the Zoo was a drive up North, to one of London Zoo’s partners, Whipsnade Zoo which is near Luton. Even though it was a little less city like, I absolutely loved my time there and since have been planning to go back. Until now...I recently discovered Port Lympne, which is a Kent Zoo that’s actually closer to London then Luton and it’s based in the Garden of England, Kent!

Port Lympne is more of a Wild Life Park in Kent and has a wonderful mixture of animals from all over the world. The park is run by the Aspinall Foundation a charity which does a wonderful job of looking after endangered species such as the Bengal Tiger and Black Rhino. There’s animal there I’ve never even heard of, which makes it more exciting to go visit this brilliant wild life park.


Recently Port Lympne has been voted England’s best tourism experience. The park was originally the idea of late John Aspinall, who dreamt of creating a small haven for endangered animals and with that dream he set out to create a little piece of Africa in Kent.

I look forward to visiting Port Lympne this summer. The part of the whole Port Lympne wild life experiace that excites me the most is the fact that you can stay at one of their Lodges, which are situated within the park so you can wake up to the sounds of Animal and be completely taken away.

I’m thinking I might have to make 2 visits there now, one with the little ones and then go back and do the whole overnight safari experience with my dad who I’ve always wanted to take to Africa on safari. Maybe this will be the taster that will help me push for the actual visit to Africa someday soon.

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