Waking up to the roar of the lions and laughter of the chimpanzees may not be your typical alarm call but this hotel specialises in Zoofari breaks at Marwell near Winchester.

Just launched is the summer season family package to celebrate its most recent accolade as the Best Mid Market Family Hotel by Andrew Eliel, industry luminary and past editor of the Egon Ronay guide. Kishore Seegolam, general manager is pleased to receive such peer support, but has no wish to rest on his laurels (favoured food of some of the animals next door) as “they say it’s a jungle out there and my next priority is to continue the rolling programme of refurbishment to all our bedrooms”