Kim and I took a trip to the Singapore Zoo this morning since our trip to Bangkok was cancelled due to anti-govt protests at the Thailand airports. That was the 2nd time we've tried to go to Thailand this year - both trips cancelled due to protests.
Entry fee was $18 SGD and zoo tour took about 3 hours. As expected, we saw tons of animals, a water show featuring penguins and sea lions and an elephant show.
The Singapore Zoo occupies 28 hectares of land on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservior within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. The area is also very popular with moutain bikers.
The zoo was built in 1973 and cost $9M SGD. Its operated by Wildlife Reserves Singapore which also manages the neighbouring Night Safari and Jurong Bird Park. There are about 315 species of animal in the zoo, of which some 16% are considered threatened species.
From the beginning, Singapore Zoo followed the modern trend of displaying animals in naturalistic, 'open' exhibits. It's very nice since you can get very close to the animals (see pictures below). It also houses the largest captive colony of orangutans in the world and you can see them walking above you in several different areas in the zoo.
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