A date with the night animals!
Night Safari - a TOURIST attraction. Obviously! just look at the price they charge:
entrance fee - $22 (adult) $11 (child)
tram ride - $10 (additional) - *HIGHLY recommended*
Anyway, despite the exorbitant price, my friends (Wendy & Calida) and i still went ahead and showed our support for our dear local Night Safari! (But I must admit that we went greatly due to the fact that we can get 50% off the entrance fee haha).
After a 30s consideration, we decided to just take the *highly recommended* tram ride. These are the times when i would really applaud the Singapore Tourism Board (or whoever's in-charged of night safari). It is actually splitted into tram paths and foot trails, meaning you won't get to see majority of the animals if you don't take the tram ride (meaning you are somehow tricked/forced/strongly encouraged/enticed to take the tram ride!)
Not that i'm complaining, I was in fact quite glad that we took the tram (what are the chances that i'll go again in the near future). It was really quite an amazing experience to see the animals up close. A group of samba deers was just less than 10cm from me as our tram passes them! More magnificant animals such as the I'm-the-king-of-the-world-lions, tigers, leopards, giraffs, elephants, etc, were witnessed right before our eyes as well!
Some random photos which we took:
On the not-so-happy part of the tram ride, due to the presence of some inconsiderate tourists, it made me wonder why can't they understand simple english (or is it simply because they don't understand english at all)? They were just so desperate and excited to take photos and insisted to have the flash on, despite being clearly told not to do so as that will harm the night animals! Oh wells, this is just one of the ugly and selfish sides of people (how i wish i can push them off the tram.. ok just kidding.. haha)
One special mention will be the show of the night creatures at the outdoor amphitheatre. Although there were some hiccups during the course of the performance (such as the owl refusing to fly and flying in the wrong direction), it was overall an enjoyable performance put up by the animals. An unexpected disappearance of Maggie (a reticulated python) injected lots of anxiety in the audience and instantly created a small commotion among them! Luckily, it was merely a staged performace (phew!). Maggie was found under one of the seats and nobody was hurt definitely (duh!). Last but not least, 3 adorable otters made their appearances as well (a pity that i can't take photos of them).
Luckily, we still managed to capture some shots using Wendy's camera!
How can we missed out on Ben & Jerry's ice-cream? We grab some on our way out of course! haha.. only to realise that we had already missed the last bus to cck and had to cab home in the end. It was definitely a costly nights-out, but i definitely enjoyed the company of my friends (and animals)! :)
entrance fee - $22 (adult) $11 (child)
tram ride - $10 (additional) - *HIGHLY recommended*
Anyway, despite the exorbitant price, my friends (Wendy & Calida) and i still went ahead and showed our support for our dear local Night Safari! (But I must admit that we went greatly due to the fact that we can get 50% off the entrance fee haha).
After a 30s consideration, we decided to just take the *highly recommended* tram ride. These are the times when i would really applaud the Singapore Tourism Board (or whoever's in-charged of night safari). It is actually splitted into tram paths and foot trails, meaning you won't get to see majority of the animals if you don't take the tram ride (meaning you are somehow tricked/forced/strongly encouraged/enticed to take the tram ride!)
Not that i'm complaining, I was in fact quite glad that we took the tram (what are the chances that i'll go again in the near future). It was really quite an amazing experience to see the animals up close. A group of samba deers was just less than 10cm from me as our tram passes them! More magnificant animals such as the I'm-the-king-of-the-world-lions, tigers, leopards, giraffs, elephants, etc, were witnessed right before our eyes as well!
Some random photos which we took:
On the not-so-happy part of the tram ride, due to the presence of some inconsiderate tourists, it made me wonder why can't they understand simple english (or is it simply because they don't understand english at all)? They were just so desperate and excited to take photos and insisted to have the flash on, despite being clearly told not to do so as that will harm the night animals! Oh wells, this is just one of the ugly and selfish sides of people (how i wish i can push them off the tram.. ok just kidding.. haha)
One special mention will be the show of the night creatures at the outdoor amphitheatre. Although there were some hiccups during the course of the performance (such as the owl refusing to fly and flying in the wrong direction), it was overall an enjoyable performance put up by the animals. An unexpected disappearance of Maggie (a reticulated python) injected lots of anxiety in the audience and instantly created a small commotion among them! Luckily, it was merely a staged performace (phew!). Maggie was found under one of the seats and nobody was hurt definitely (duh!). Last but not least, 3 adorable otters made their appearances as well (a pity that i can't take photos of them).
Luckily, we still managed to capture some shots using Wendy's camera!
How can we missed out on Ben & Jerry's ice-cream? We grab some on our way out of course! haha.. only to realise that we had already missed the last bus to cck and had to cab home in the end. It was definitely a costly nights-out, but i definitely enjoyed the company of my friends (and animals)! :)
posted by bacca at
2:11 AM
1 Comments:
Lol. Push them off the tram and feed the crocodiles. NO LAH. Haha.
So looking forward to going out with u again!! :)
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