Chessington Explorer Glamping

Great experience with family. Kids absolutely loved it. Very clean showers and toilets. The evening games and interactions from the staff was amazing. Generally staff was very helpful and friendly. The buffet breakfast was nice and fresh too. Early access to rides and 1 hour fast pass were included as well.

The most comfortable beds I've ever slept on apart from my own. The experience of being In a tent with the kids is amazing. The lay out is beautiful. Unfortunately the smell in the tents are awful, stale and sweaty. The toilet blocks smell awful too, they looked clean though. The weather was rubbish so evening entertainment was very minimal and in the restaurant. My only problem was the games were aimed more at the younger child, so my 7 and 10 year olds didn't want to interrupt. Food was amazing I must say. The breakfast is beautiful. Plenty of tea and coffee, juice etc.... You can buy a hot drink from the machine at reception until 10pm at night, but if you buy the mugs you can go and get a hot drink any time. They do need to keep up with the milk supply for tea drinkers though.
It was a wonderful experience of being able to go into the wild Asia park at night until 8.30pm. My kids loved it! The fast passes in the morning are everything apart from 3 rides (the bigger ones) but that was no problem for us as we still enjoyed it.

All in all a great experience with slight down falls but nothing major.

The tents were a decent size and the beds were comfy. Unfortunately they have put some of the tents right next to the toilets (like 10 foot away!), so you can hear EVERYTHING going on in them. Also we were delightfully woken up at 6.20 by a thunderous noise going past our tent - I can only imagine it was industrial size wheels bins or similar. It woke the entire camp up with a shock. Wouldn’t stay again unless you paid me…a lot.

Was lovely stay in glamping team was so kind and amazing !!!! That’s for sure very helpful always has smile on there face loved it !!!!
Dinner was amazing at the hotel a member staff walks you down 6/7/8 and picks you up 7/8/9 ☺️
The lights was so pretty worth the money just to meet the glamping staff

But sadly the breakfast was not great at the place opposite the Kobra ride !!! only 1 menu for each table which was like 16 tables 1 set breakfast meat or veg you have to wait long time for the menu to come to your table 🙈 stuff don’t know who they have seen or not seen so was waiting and waiting and staff in there was very confused did not seem to know what they was doing or who they have already spoken to about orders or even what food goes to what table it was madness the food was cold and no hot water for cups of tea or coffee 😔 was a shame got to the hotel

The tents were very clean and the staff was very friendly. kids enjoyed it .will definitely visit again.

Our family (group of 7 with kids ranging from 7 up to 15) just spent the weekend glamping at chessington and had a fantastic time, we have stayed in the hotel before but much prefer the relaxed style of glamping where the kids could run around and play games until later in the evening while we sat in chairs just outside the tent) The staff couldn't be more helpful especially when it came to my sons medication which needed to be kept in a fridge until we were able to check in (we brought our own electric chiller for in the tent) and from when we checked out until we left this afternoon. Alex and Chloe (i think were their names) were very informative, kind and helpful and went above and beyond (and they were really funny but we are still waiting for our 28 burgers ;-)). The only criticism i have is that we didn't get the early entry at 9am that was advertised as we were told by the morning staff that after we had eaten breakfast at the outpost and gone back to pack our stuff up in the tent, we had to then leave the camp and come back through security at the main entrance which didnt open until 10am and there was already a large queue there. The tents were spacious and had fans in if its warm and heaters for when it dropped in temperature at night. Overall though I would thoroughly recommend!! The kids cant wait to go back.

We did struggle to find this using Google maps as the road signs are very small and difficult to spot. The reception staff were friendly and directed us to our tent. The tents are a good size and the beds are comfy. The landscape needs a lot of work doing to it as it was very uneven in my opinion. The toilets and showers are in trailers. We struggled to have a warm shower in the morning and experienced cold showers on a couple of occasions. The entertainment provided for children seemed to be led well and had a lot of variety. Free tea, coffee and cold water is available for glampers.
The atmosphere in Explorers outpost did not exist and when there was only us two in there it was awkward and not very inviting. To improve, it could do with some background themed music.
The food in the evenings on offer in Explorers outpost could be improved. There is a limited menu available and the waitresses were very slow. Glampers had to clear their own tables to get a seat as the waitresses hadn't cleared them. Only 1 person was able to deal with customers ordering. It was also quite expensive for what you got.
The morning breakfast is a self service buffet. There is a full English on offer as well as some cereal and pastries. One waitress in particular was lovely and made our breakfast experience enjoyable. She was friendly and helpful making sure we had everything we needed.
In my opinion, it is very expensive for what is available. We would not stay here again. We feel like we did not get our money's worth.

Having a great time with family. Loads of rides. Great food and very friendly staff. Looking forward to coming back with the kids again