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Now that’s a holiday snap!

But would you pay £103 for a close-up with a man-eating croc?

- By Fionn Hargreaves

A RELAXING holiday experience this most definitely is not.

Visitors to Australia are paying £103 to be lowered into an aquatic enclosure for a 1 -minute encounter with a 16ft saltwater crocodile.

And the only thing between you and the fearsome creature is a circular acrylic cage – which looks anything but robust.

The name of the attraction in Darwin is hardly reassuring either ... it’s the Cage of Death. Tourists are first hoisted over the enclosure to see the man-eater circling menacingly below, before they are lowered into the waters.

One visitor, Nellie Winters, said: ‘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’s a cage around you. It was awesome.’

 ??  ?? Feeding time: He surges from the water to snaffle an enticing snack
Feeding time: He surges from the water to snaffle an enticing snack
 ??  ?? Is this thing safe? An acrylic cage separates visitor and beast
Is this thing safe? An acrylic cage separates visitor and beast
 ??  ?? Say cheese! A tourist takes a photo of the fearsome crocodile
Say cheese! A tourist takes a photo of the fearsome crocodile

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