Tourists pay £103 for a close-up with a 16 FOOT man-eating crocodile - and there's just a thin plastic barrier protecting them
- The attraction has opened in Darwin and is ominously called the Cage of Death
- Tourists pay £103 to be lowered into an aquatic enclosure for a 30-minute encounter with the beast
- Keepers feed the fearsome reptile so the predator moves around in the water
Thrill-seeking
holidaymakers can now risk a face-to-face encounter with a 16-foot
saltwater crocodile separated only by a thin plastic barrier.
The tourist attraction, which is based in Darwin, is ominously called the Cage of Death.
Tourists pay £103 to be lowered into an aquatic enclosure for a 30-minute encounter with the beast.
The tourist attraction, which has opened in Darwin, is ominously called the Cage of Death
Tourists are frst hoisted over the water to see the crocodile swirling below, before they are lowered into the waters
They are fed on a diet of chicken, beef and fish as wide-eyed visitors watch them move
After
15 minutes in the water, the tourists are lifted to safety. The
circular cage is held up by a monorail and can be used by two tourists
at a time.
German tourist Nellie
Winters said: 'It's awesome. When I went in at first I didn't expect it
to be that awesome because the crocodile is huge and you're right next
to him.
'I was scared but I was
fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are
right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around
you.
'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won't.
After 15 minutes in the water,
the tourists are lifted to safety. The circular cage is held up by a
monorail and can be used by two tourists at a time
German tourist Nellie Winters
said: 'It's awesome. When I went in at first I didn't expect it to be
that awesome because the crocodile is huge and you're right next to him'
'I
didn't expect it to be that close and intense so I wasn't that nervous
but when we got into the water right next to him I started to feel very
nervous.'
The Saltwater crocodile is the largest of its kind and can grow to up to 20 feet long.
Their teeth can be as long as four inches and the reptiles are considered one of the most dangerous to humans.
The reptiles are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia.
The other reptiles at the cove boast more fearsome names, such as Chopper and Axel
Crocosaurus Cove also gives visitors the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles and feed them using fishing lines
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4863264/Tourists-swim-16-FOOT-saltwater-croc
