London Zoo offers chance to sleep with lions

File pic oa a young lion being disciplined by his father in Basel zoo, Switzerland. EPA

LONDON: The London Zoo began taking bookings on Thursday for a new safari lodge it is building in the lion enclosure to allow visitors to get a taste of exotic holidays in the centre of the capital.

The “room with a zoo” is located in the Land of the Lions exhibit, which will be home to a breeding group of endangered Asiatic lions when it opens next year.