Monkey business: Baby gorilla Okanda swings aboard Stena Line
Earlier this year our crew were thrilled, when we welcomed a very special guest on board our ferries…
Baby Okanda, the very cute baby gorilla, joined passengers on a journey to his new home at Stuttgart zoo, after being rejected by the gorilla group at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire.
To keep Okanda company, John Buchan, the Primate Team Leader at Twycross Zoo accompanied the critically endangered Western lowland gorilla on the ferry crossing to Germany and reports on Okanda’s customer satisfaction below…
“Stena Line went above and beyond all of our expectations and we were overwhelmed by the level of care they showed us, given our unusual situation. We enjoyed one of the smoothest and calmest of journeys Okanda could have possibly benefited from. He was very well behaved for the entire trip – I’m sure we only have Stena Line to thank for that!”