Featuring the biggest selection of monkeys and apes in captivity anywhere in the world, Twycross has since 2006 marketed itself as the ‘World Primate Centre', attracting half a million visitors each year. It lies in Twycross, a short drive from Leicester. Discount vouchers can earn reductions on family tickets to Twycross Zoo.
Although its primary collection of animals are primates, it houses a large selection of other animal species too, many of which live in its walk-in rainforest. These include marmosets, sloths, tropical birds and iguanas.
The facility also features the UK's largest pool for elephants and a tank of blue poison dart frogs, a colourful yet deadly species from the Amazon. A discount voucher can be redeemed against tickets that offer full access to all sections of Twycross Zoo.
The latest addition to the park is an enclosure for snow leopards and an aviary, along with a gift shop, café and information centre about the zoo's conservation work that was completed in the middle of 2010. Threatened species housed at Twycross Zoo include the highly endangered Amur leopard, of which there are less than 40 left in the wild.
The zoo has steadily built a reputation as an education centre and was awarded the Learning Centre outside the Classroom Quality Badge, which has made it popular with schools. Children's tickets for Twycross Zoo are often reduced with discount codes.