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Would you pay more than $1,500 for a night in the lion’s den?

A new cabin in the United Kingdom comes with floor-to-ceiling windows that offer a front-row seat — or bed — to the goings on of over 760 animals, including lions, tigers, giraffes, rhinos, gorillas and bears.

The Lion Lodge at the Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve in Kent, in the south of the UK, also comes with a soaking tub that makes bathers look like a steamy snack to the hungry predators outside.

Many of the hotel’s high-class digs are equipped with kitchenettes, Wi-Fi, roaring fireplaces, entertainment systems, books and games. Dining fare includes a wood-fired pizza joint and the upscale Babydoll restaurant, named for a late, beloved gorilla on the reserve.

The unique destination also hosts tours and educational courses for kids and adults. For additional charges, guests can shadow a zookeeper for a day, feed the gorillas or take an animal photography course.

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Spotting a majestic lion, framed by the lodge's window, is the mane event of this vacation.Lympne Hotel & Reserve / CATERS
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Young animal enthusiasts can take a six-hour junior-ranger training course or experience a supervised close-encounter with one of the animals. There are also three safari tours, and a three-hour hot air ballooning trip that will take riders 6,500 feet above Port Lympne.

Some rooms and small cabins can be booked for as low as a few hundred dollars, while premium lodges with prime panoramic views of the grounds may go for over $2,200 per night.

Next year, the resort will complete restorations on Giraffe Hall. The centuries-old manor will be surrounded by gardens with “a route for the giraffe to wander the grounds” and, like Kenya’s Giraffe Manor, poke their heads through the tall windows during morning tea.

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