Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, has launched its new overnight accommodation programme, Roar and Snore.

Guests can now spend the night at the zoo in comfortable safari-style tents with a view over Sydney Harbour and the city skyline.

The zoo's general manager life sciences and environmental education, Cameron Kerr, said: "What started out as a simple camping experience at our Education Centre has now moved centre-stage with accommodation and meals to match the remarkable wildlife experience of staying in the zoo overnight.

"Besides meeting Australian animals during the visit, there's lots of free-ranging wildlife living just outside your tents - from kookaburras with their laughing, early morning calls to Brushtail and Ringtail Possums - which are often met during the night walks in the Zoo.

"The Roar and Snore experience includes rides on the spectacular Sky Safari Cable Car which gives passengers stunning views of the zoo and the harbour as it sails up from the zoo's own Ferry Wharf to the very top of Taronga. Visitors can stay on in the zoo for the whole of the next day too."

Roar and Sore also includes a roast meal and drinks in the evening and breakfast in the morning.

"Breakfast is taken in the main tent with the sprawling view of Sydney's Harbour just in front of you," said Kerr. "While you're listening to the bird calls, the Harbour is waking up. As the sun strikes the glass of the business district's tall towers, the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, ferries and small boats are cutting across the water below you. Then it's off to feed a giraffe on your way 'behind the scenes' to learn about the secrets of this famous and fascinating zoo."