There’s a hotel in Kent that allows you to sleep alongside Siberian tigers

There’s just a sheet of glass between you and a pack of roaring big cats at Port Lympne’s new tiger reserve
Liz Connor31 July 2017

Sleeping alongside tigers is the type of once-in-a-lifetime experience you’d think you’d have to travel to the likes of Kenya or Zambia to enjoy.

But now wildlife lovers only need hop on a train to Kent to be able to bed down with these majestic beasts, as a new rental lodge has just opened up in the UK, right in the heart of the country’s biggest tiger reserve.

Forget sea views - at Port Lympe Tiger Lodge, guests can catch 40 winks just a whisker away from prowling big cats, with floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto the a 600-acre animal safari.

The two-bedroom cabin might look like a daredevil’s retreat, but guests can rest-assured that their stay will be safe, as the glass that separates the tigers from the lodge is heavily reinforced.

At one end of the lodge, guests can spend their stay face-to-face with tigers and watching their day-to-day movements, while the other has an extensive balcony with uninterrupted 30-mile views across the reserve to the English Channel and as far as France.

The spectacular cabin is designed to sleep up to four people, and even has a bedroom with a window that opens up onto the animal enclosure at the foot of the guests beds.

As well as the opportunity to spend hours watching tigers at play, the lodge comes with a log burner, 4K TV, Bamford toiletries and fluffy bathrobes to pad around in.

A night at the Tiger Lodge costs from £450 per night during low season and from £800 per night in high season.

The lodge is the latest quirky stay at the reserve, which also boasts a Rhino Lodge - a quaint cottage allowing guests the chance to come face-to-face with Eastern black rhinos.

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