Well well i can happily say that the largest and imo best thing ive ever done in planet zoo is now finished.
The lion habitat is one of the oldest habitat in my zoo, older then the wetlands pack and the 4. habitat i started to build in my current zoo 2 years ago after i had a little oopsie after the NA animal pack and its finally (mostly) finished. There are still some details to the holding, signage and decoration outside the habitat to be added, but for the most part its done.
Its ~3500 m^2 of traversable area, way more then the 700 my 4 lions need. The habitat is cradled between the african savanah/elephants and aardvarks at the the top and meerkats aswell as gorillas at the bottom, making for quite the busy pathway.
The oldest part is this front view across a water moat. Im not the biggest on the custom fence i used here, but i still remember how much of a pain in the ass it was to build so to respect my own suffering and as it still looks decenetly it stays for now. I mostly prettyied this area up alot with foliage and grasses, something i got really got since i first made it.
The other part i will propaply redo is the very ugly viewing gallery here aswell as the fence between them and the aardvarks. It works in game but it doesnt satisfy my realism itch as theres no reason why they could jump across this low fence. Also ignore the gemsbock, they broke in, blame fini she wanted them back when this was a wish for animals thing.
The pic also shows nicly how my skill imrpoved from what i considerd decently decorated a year ago, my current skill and a mostly empty habitat that i only terraformed so far.
Also see the building in the back?
Good cause we are here now!
You can perfectly look from one side to the other, with the first pic taken roughly around the willow. Panorama shots like these are just very fun and ensure many unintended beautiful shots where by simply using terrain preemptivly in a smart way gorgeous shots are produced all the time without any concious effort.
A bit to the side we find the main view of what i did today and yesterday with the ladder half of the habitat.
A shot from above shows well how i layerd the area with 4 sections of faux rock walls and 2 dry moats, one in the back and one in the front, with the back leading to the holding, which is fully functional. The lions can go in on both sides to be seperated while the keeper can walk through the middle and pops out through the door.
So yeah, after atleast 15 hours total but 8 yesterday and today combined i finally finished my so far biggest and best build and i couldnt be happier.
Quite the big moment gotta say as my zoo finally has a new functional and beautiful heart piece that im proud of and isnt a filler habitat for wallabys.
I cant wait how good it will look once the savannah habitat in the back will be worked on, but for now im very pleased and content
But super proud of this entire area, love that shot as your going outside 
