Singapore Zoo and Night Safari
My family and I recently traveled to Singapore by car during the Hari Raya holiday to visit the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari. We, especially my son Yassin, had a blast exploring both the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari.
signboards to the zoo and night safari
Set in a rainforest environment, Singapore Zoo’s world famous “open concept” offers the opportunity to experience and be inspired by the wonders of nature. Home to over 2,500 specimens from 316 species, 36% of which are threatened, the Zoo has attained a strong reputation internationally for its conservation initiatives and breeding programmes. Opening hours are from 8.30am to 6.00pm daily
(Last ticket sale at 5.30pm). Tickets are priced at S$20.00 for adult and S$13.00 for children between 3 to 12 years old. If you are not a Singaporean, you have to show your passport, so keep it inside your bag before you enter the zoo.
Daily shows include Splash Safari, Rainforest Fights Back and Elephants at Work & Play. We got to see the latter two and in the Rainforest Fights Back show there are a spectrum of animals ‘fighting’ back to restore their rainforest home to its full splendour when its serenity is disturbed by man. The Elephants at Work & Play show transports us to a Burmese elephant logging camp and reveals the incredible bond between the mahouts and their working elephants.
An Orang Utan peeling coconut in the Rainforest FightsBack show.
Yassin got to feed live insects to these Rainforest Fights Back casts.
Posing at the Elephants at Work and Play show.
Attractions and features of the zoo include Australian Outback, Cat Country, Critters Longhouse, Elephants of Asia, Fragile Forest, Hamadryas Baboons, Orang Utan, Polar Bear, Primate Kingdom, Proboscis Monkeys, Rainforest Kidzworld, Reptile Garden, Wild Africa and White Tiger.
White tigers, also known as Bengal tigers, are rare animals that possess an amazing combination of awesome beauty and impressive power. They have blue eyes, a pink nose, and creamy white fur covered with brown stripes. White tiger males range in length between 2.7 and 3 metres. They weigh between 190 and 260 kilogrammes on the average. Females are smaller, and range in length from 2.2 to 2.7 metres, weighing around 165 kilogrammes.
White Tiger
We didn’t really get to see wallaby or kangaroo skips about the Australian Outback area except for this very one–resting under a tree.
Australian Outback — we’re going for a ‘ride’ to see wallaby and kangaroo and whaddaya know, Yassin gets to ‘drive’!
We further meandered into the Zoo’s depiction of the Dark Continent and discovered a mosaic of fascinating animals: White Rhino, Cheetah, African Wild Dog, Zebra, Giraffe and African Lion.
Cheetah
Zebra
Overall, it was a great experience visiting the zoo and it lives up to its title, World’s # 1 Rainforest Zoo. Yassin surely wants to visits again, highlighting which area that his old parents skipped. He actually compares the zoo map and his encounters with all the animals and noticed that he had not seen few animals as shown in the map. We told him that we did it purposely to give him enough reason to visit again. Haha. OK maybe enough reason for us to visit Universal Studio next.
As for me personally, I love the fact that the lavatories in the zoo are very clean and I love the creative concept where the hand-washing area is actually an open area. Of course the toilets have doors, if you wonder. Lol.
I also love the fact that the zebra-crossing is really a zebra-crossing, not just straight lines of black and white stripes.
one happy mother about to walk on the zebra-crossing. Haha.
Last but not least, I just love the main illustration around the zoo.
Awesome!
After the zoo, we waited for an hour to visit the Night Safari as the opening hour starts from 7.30pm. Admission + Tram is S$32 for adult and S$21 for children between 3 to 12 years old. We got a 50% discount that day, so YAY!
Night Safari, the world’s first wildlife park for nocturnal animals is an nine-time winner of the Best Visitor Attraction Experience, awarded by Singapore Tourism Board. This internationally acclaimed leisure attraction embodies innovation and creativity in products and services, and service quality, thus attracting more than 1.1 million visitors yearly. Over 1,000 animals from 115 species (of which almost 30% are threatened) inhabit the 40-hectare park.
There’s no photos of animals taken as we were not allowed to take pictures with flash when visiting the animals. Here are some photos from the entrance area where we can see Thumbuakar performance for free. We wanted to see the Creatures of The Night Show but the queue was so long that we had to skip it.
23 Comments
bubbles182
We didnt go to the zoo.. Mum said KL pun ada zoo :'(
But is the Night Safari fun? Is the place bright enuff to see the animals?
emila
bubbles, memang Kl pun ada zoo tapi tak sama. singapore zoo is bigger and better and the animals lagi banyak.
yes, we can see the animals. ada tiang lampu kat dalam kawasan setiap binatang. the tram yang kita naik tu tak pasang lampu langsung sebab takut menganggu haiwan2 kat situ.
Nessa
Emila!!!
So how many times did you cross the Zebra crossing?? Hehe… Yeah, I would have reacted the same way. Btw, you look gojes la in that photo… you’ve been running a lot have you?? 🙂
Thanks for uploading tons of pics… I know I surely want to visit Singapore zoo one day… tapi nak kene renew paspot dulu la. Sighhhh…. malasnya.
Thristhan
Wow, looks amazing. I’ve only been for the night safari at Taiping Malaysia 🙂
Daliey
Ames, memang sangat looking forward nak bwk ali pi. But mungkin kena pegi for 2 days. Why? Sebab first day tu mesti ali kejap2 pengsan sebab excited sangat hahaha.
### wehhhh kurus weiiiii
Mariuca
fuyoooooooo selim melim it seems some ppl! 😉
Mariuca
We didnt go to the zoo wow so many cool animals, I like the white tiger somehow doesnt look so garang RAWR!
Mariuca
Suka la Yassin dapat drive ye?? hehehe!
Shemah
Wowwweee!! Bestnya! My son has also been pestering me to go to Singapore Zoo since last year bila he saw the brochure my sister brought back from Singapore. hehehe tapi tak pergi-pergi lagi ni.
Best tu kalau dapat pegi during this UPSR holiday.. cuti 3 hari and sambung cuti Malaysia day kan? 🙂
Btw, Yassin looks like he’s having a blast!! 🙂 Hebatnya driving!! Kalah aunty Shemah yg tak tau drive ni! HAhahahaha!
Ding | Explored!
Nice post about the zoo! I must say it is very beautiful. Hope to visit SG sometime in teh future and definitely, will try out this one.
emila
a must visit to the zoo if you are going to singapore.
emila
oh cuti upsr? woweee….then buddy can go!!
hahahah satu down under dah lawat yassin bawak!
emila
hahahah kereta tak bergerak!
emila
the white tiger looks cute with blue eyes and pink nose…heheheh
go to the zoo, next.
emila
hahah where got selim. edited tu!!
emila
hehehehehe comel la ali got excited sampai pengsan! you might want to sewa small buggy for ali to ride, takut dia penat. the rental area is situated just after the entrance, depan gift shops.
emila
i’ve never been to the Taiping’s one. Hope to go there soon.
emila
nessa!!! many times! so excited la hahahha
no la, still the same, edited pic tu.
renew dah sekejap skrg, about 1 hours je. you can go masa the boys at school. putrajaya one is the most fastest.,
marvic
Yassin pegi Singapore x bawak auntyyyyyy…. sedih nie..huhuhu
kak emi.. zebra crossing tu chomel.. agak2 kalo maria sure dh posing mcm2 gaya kat situ je.. hahaha
mazny
Best ni. Will include this in the must visit places in Singapore.
mazny
Kak Emi, what is your height?… Nampak tinggi betul dalam gambar ni! 😛
mazny
Ada dolphins tak? I love dolphins 🙂
mazny
Mana gambar Universal Studio?