The new exhibits promise to “breathe fresh life into the zoo” and also sees a new species added to the zoo’s collection.

The Giant Otter centre is one of the only places in Europe where people can see the otters diving for food, through large underwater viewing windows.

The new exhibit also features an undercover seating area, a crawl-in viewing dome and state-of-the-art cubbing dens.

Chester Zoo’s Development Director, Simon Mann, said: "Giant Otters are charming animals and it’s fascinating to see them swimming underwater. We think people, and the otters, are going to love it."

Meanwhile, the zoo is to also unveil its new-look Spirit of the Jaguar exhibit.

The refreshed enclosure will feature a pair of sloths, a colony leaf-cutter ants, an aquarium which will contain large shoals of fish and Amazonian turtles, and, of course, four South American jaguars.