Paignton Zoo

In this innovative, 32-hectare zoo spacious enclosures re-create habitats from savannah and wetland to tropical forest and desert. Highlights include the orangutan island, a glass-walled big-cat enclosure and a lemur wood. Then there's the crocodile swamp with pathways winding over and beside Nile, Cuban and saltwater crocs.

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