Singapore Zoological Gardens and Night Safari

Singapore is reputed to have the best zoo and the world's first (or is it only?) Night Safari around. I have not been to the zoo and Night Safari for quite some time, so we took a day off and decided to explore the place last week.

The last time I went to the zoo was about four years back. It has not changed much though, but it was still great seeing the animals and exploring the place. The only change was that now there are boat rides for cruises along Mandai Lake and Upper Seletar Reservoir, where there are educational trips to see the marshes around.

In any case, these are snippets from the zoo trip, which I hope you will enjoy!

The Tamarind

An otter

A Malayan Tapir

Wild boars

The white tiger

Marshes of the reservoir

A Mandrill

A chimpanzee

A crocodile

The garden pavilion

The male komodo dragon

Giant turtles

The baby komodo dragon

Orang utans

The peacock

The eland - a type of deer

The white rhinoceros

A kind of crane

The ostrich

The cheetah

The zebra

The giraffe

The giraffe skull

Lionesses

The king of the jungle

The queen of the jungle

The puma or mountain cat

The jaguar

Close-up of the zebra

An elephant ride

This elephant actually winked at us!

An elephant skull

This footprint belongs to the oldest matriach of the elephants

Entrance of Night Safari

A Halloween Pumpkin

Restaurant where we had dinner

Fire performers

Stage of the "Creatures of the Night" Show

A wayang kulit - shadow puppet performance