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A date to a wild animal park - whether it’s your first or your hundredth - is fun, creative and unique, with so much to see and do. At Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, you can hop on board a safari truck and have the chance to see over 700 animals as...

If you and your partner love to try new things and face up to new challenges, you’ll probably want more than just a stroll in the park or sit down meal. You want excitement, adventure, thrills and once in a lifetime experiences!

Meeting someone for the first time, just the two of you can be nerve-racking, which is why many people opt for alternative first date ideas. Something fun and exciting can often be a lot less intense and allows the initial meet to be less awkward.

Primate keepers at Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury, have announced the birth of a baby gelada.

Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve’s female giraffe calf has taken her first steps out onto The African Experience – 110 acres of Kentish savannah, at the popular wild animal reserve, alive with African animals.

Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury, have announced the arrival of Achilles, a male Sumatran tiger.

Aside from the amazing array of animals and keeper tours at Port Lympne, there’s always loads going on to get involved with, from after-hours tours to extra events. Check out some of the biggest things happening at the park across the year…

You can always count on the British weather to be one thing: unpredictable. Which can make it difficult to make any kind of plans with your kids on weekends or during school holidays! What can you do with kids when it’s raining?

Gorilla keepers at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve are celebrating as Tamba, a western lowland gorilla, gave birth to her 6th infant on Friday 25th May.  This is the 17^th gorilla infant to be sired by silverback, Kouillou. 

Latest Addition Takes Giraffe Herd Numbers Into Double Figures At Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve.