Monday 5 August 2013

Singapore Zoo

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If you are travelling to Singapore, you shouldn’t miss out Singapore Zoo. Singapore Zoo is star attractions in Singapore, with another two nature Wild Life Reserves Sigapore Night Safari and Jurong Bird Park. Formerly known as Singapore Zoological Gardens, Singapore Zoo occupied 28 hectares of land with the built up cost of S$9 million.
Singapore Zoo houses 315 species of animals in the Zoo with more than 2500 animals. 16% of the species are identified as protected and nearly extinctions species. Singapore Zoo resemblance the nature of the individual animal’s habitat to built up this zoo. So, visitor can feel like they are really in the rainforest area and view animals with open exhibits concept like hidden barriers, moat, and glass between animals and visitors.
Jungle Breakfast with Wildlife
Remember to try having breakfast amidst lush rainforest with the company of star animals. It will be heart touching and give you deep impression memory for this trip.
Australian Outbreak
Enjoy the view of Australian bouncy icons, the kangaroo! Grey kangaroos and agile wallabies skip about freely as you enter the walk-through area of the exhibit. You can also have a close encounters with the kangaroo during daily feeding session which is happen twice a day.
Cat County
In Cat Country you’ll see jaguars, leopards and lions through large glass-fronted enclosures. Face to face encounter with jaguar and leopard and lions will definitely give you a lasting impression.
Orang Utan
The Orang Utan is the flagship species of the Singapore Zoo. These highly intelligent animals have to be kept occupied or boredom will haunt them, which occurs ever so often in captivity. Singapore Zoo uses a technique known as behavioral enrichment to keep the Orang Utans busy throughout the whole day.
Fragile Forest
Fragile Forest highlight the fragility of ecosystems especially the rainforest and the mangrove habitat. The rainforest environment is recreated in the form of a 20,000 cubic meters flight area, one of the largest in the world. The flight area teams with a variety of rainforest species — iguanas, lemurs, fruit bats, mouse deer, butterflies, sloths, crowned pigeons and lories . Hundreds of mighty trees, shrubs, palms, delicate ferns, and undergrowth flourish. The chorus of insects, achieved through soundscaping, effectively recreates the forest ambience.
Elephant of Asia
Elephant of Asia is a one-hectare exhibit that showcases the largest land animals, and the colorful history and cultural elements that are associated with them. It boasts a mud wallow, bathing pool, viewing loft and rustic thatched huts with Myanmar-influenced architecture.
The Polar Bear exhibit gives visitors a close-up view of them swimming and resting, while the White Tiger exhibit offers the chance to see them walking and playing around their large compound. Reptile Garden features a range of scaly creatures, including Aldabra giant tortoise, the Komodo dragon, rhino iguana and visit to Wild Africa offers views of the giraffes , cheetahs ,white rhino, zebras, and the fierce African lion.

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