Port Lympne Reserve

Port Lympne Reserve offers a mindblowing experience, with stays in luxury lodges, shepherd's huts and cosy pods in the company of incredible animals. Join a unique safari and experience magical creatures, fine restaurants and incredible optional courses and workshops. It's not unrealistic to think that you'll be hand feeding giraffes from your balcony or watching exotic animals play on your patio.

About the site

Enjoy the space and exotic animals available at an incredible 600 acre reserve. It's an unforgettable break with friends, family and loved ones where you can recharge and enjoy the company of amazing wild creatures. There are a range of accommodation options on offer, inside the garden of the Asian Experience, there are cosy shepherd's huts at Hog Deer Creek with outdoor seating and a chimenea. At Pinewood there are a range of cosy pods available. The Forest Hideaway accommodations are surrounded by trees and slightly off the ground, with a double bed and a pull out sofa bed it is great for families. There is also Leopard Creek which offers small cosy pods, slightly larger pods and Wigwams with panoramic windows into the Amur leopards enclosure. The Tiger Lodge, meanwhile, offers a window onto the tiger experience and a private balcony with sea views. Its living room faces directly into the tigers home, so expect some unusual neighbours roaming past your window! Bear Lodge and Giraffe lodge are two sets of luxury glamping safari tents, all spacious and luxuriously furnished. The Rhino Lodge is a charming cottage in the centre of the reserve, sleeping four. Here you can watch rhino's at the bottom of your private garden or from around the fire pit. Wolf Lodge is also in a cottage, sleeping four with wolves roaming freely in the wooded garden next door. There is a treetop viewing pod for overlooking this habitat! The Lion Lodge is the most luxurious of the accommodations, a beautifully decorated cabin with picture windows right into the lion enclosure from the master bedroom and living area. There is even an outdoor tub with views over the lion enclosure. The Lookout Bubble are beautifully decorated Glamping Dome's with transparent walls so you can stargaze from the king sized bed and look over the reserve in the mornings. The Treetop Bubble is set on an escarpment and offers panoramic views of the reserve, perfect for a romantic retreat with a king sized bed and a free standing bathtub. The Treehouses sleep up to four with a fully equipped kitchen, this award winning accommodation option takes you into the treetops to overlook the 600 acre landscape. Bedding and complimentary toiletries are included in all accommodations, as well as, 24 hour concierge a golf buggy to move around the reserve and free entrance into the park.

Open from 1 April to 26 October.

There are 60 accommodation options on-site

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Tiger Lodge

Tiger Lodge

Max 4 people

Animals may roam outside but inside this cosy space there's a log burner, mini bar, 4K TV and a record player. A private balcony with coastal views and a personal golf buggy top off this sensational lodge.

Wolf Lodge

Wolf Lodge

Max 4 people

A cottage by the wolf enclosure with a king sized bed and two singles with two ensuites. There is a kitchenette, cinema room with a popcorn machine and a living area with a log burner. Outside there is seating and a treetop viewing platform.

Rhino Lodge

Rhino Lodge

Max 4 people

A cottage by the rhino enclosure. Inside are two double bedrooms and ensuites with a roll top bath. The living room has a sofa, log burner, games, a record player and TV. There is a fridge and Nespresso machine, outside is a private garden with fire pit.