New Chimpanzee Eden, Twycross Zoo

Project Overview

The visitor corridor of the habitat was designed with lush greenery to create a jungle-like feel, while providing the visitors with excellent vantage points to see the chimpanzees.

Visitors can watch the chimps move between their indoor and outdoor areas via the overhead tunnels which connect the two spaces as well as using sneak-peak holes to get up closer than ever before.

The external habitat houses a large climbing frame dressed in webbing and swings. The new seven-metre high indoor habitat allows the chimps to climb high and move on dynamic structures that behave flexibly, similar to the branches and vines in forest canopies in their natural environment.