The Singapore Zoo

"For over 30 years, Singapore Zoo (N1.40459 E103.79004) has been known to have among the most beautiful settings in the world, where animals roam freely in open and natural habitats. 
 
Covering 26 hectares, the park is home to almost 3,000 animals representing 314 species of mammals, birds and reptiles.

Singapore Zoo was named Best Leisure Attraction Experience in the 22nd Singapore Tourism Awards in 2008. This accolade is its ninth win since the award category was introduced in 1985.
As Singapore's premier leisure venue, Singapore Zoo receives about 1.6 million visitors annually. With that, the park will continue to ensure its service quality, product offerings and physical surroundings adhere to world-class standards."  Sources from www.zoo.com.sg.

Me and my family visited the Singapore Zoo during the CNY 2012...

The Main entrance of Singapore Zoo

Ah Meng Kopitiam

Ah Meng Kopitiam just next to the main entrance. "Ah Meng" was the Icon for the Singapore Tourism and she had passed away on 2008..."Ah Meng" was the Famous Orang Utan.

We purchased the Zoo tickets (Zoo per saver) with the unlimited boat and tram rides which was SGD27.00 for adults and SGD17.00 for children.

Different types of ticket prices at Singapore Zoo

I'm sharing the photos of the Zoo included the animals, please be patient while waiting for the loading...:)

The area is clean and tidy...impressed!

One of the walkway...

Rest and dining area...

With this signage, we won't lost in the Zoo...

One of the signage in the Zoo...

The first garden area we walked in was the 'White Tiger' terrirtory...

The White Tiger at Singapore Zoo

Pygmy Hippo

Pygmy Hippo

Austraria Kangaroos

Then we enter the 'Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia'...I called it the home of Baboons...

Here comes the Hamadryas Baboons...

The home of Hamadryas Baboons...

The Hamadryas Baboons...

On top of the Baboon's home, I spotted the Nubien Ibex...

Nubien Ibex

And some tortoises...

Diffeerent types of monkeys, the right bottom photo are the shy monkeys when in front of camera...:)

Proboscis monkeys

The home of Orang Utan...

The mother and the baby Orang Utan having fun...

The Orang Utan might be the son or grand son of 'Ah Meng'?! I have no idea...

We missed most of the animal feeding time, except this...we were lucky...
The feeding time for Giant Arapaima!

They allow the visitor to feed the giant, it's huge! Too bad I wasn't fast enough to capture it!

The stream we waiting for the Arapaima...

One of the visitior trying to feed the Arapaima...out of sudden, the giant jumped out the water for the small fish and I couldn't get the photo of the whole Arapaima...only the small portion of its head...

The Arapaima jumped out from the water in split second!

Then we came to a some kind of cave which is the cute little animals home, too bad I forgot the name of it...

The face of the cute little animal...

Most of them were sleeping except the one...

We were lucky enough to getting in and out of the Tram many times because of the Unlimited Tram ride ticket...that really save a lot of troubles. Especially bad weather, we got into the tram for 'merry-go-round' the Zoo during the raining time! :)

The Tram in Singapore Zoo

The Zoo introduction was continue to broadcst in the Tram once it start the tour...I'm surprised with the Bose Audio System, nice audio!

Bose satellite speaker in the Tram

The tour continue...

Rhinos...

Some kind of wildboar...

The Green environment and the Giraffes....

Please disturb me while I'm sleeping...The Lion

Me too...

The group of cute Penguins...

YeeeeeeHaaaa! It's cold...

We spent almost 8-9 hours in the Zoo and having a rest at the Kids World...

after some cold drinks...we waiting for the last boat to go back to the Zoo exit (from point 2 to 1), you can see from the small map below...this was our Only boat ride during that day...

'Ah Meng' is the name of the boat, I believe this is one of the reason to remember the Greatest 'Ah Meng' for Singapore Tourism.

The jetty for the boat ride...

The boat was nice and comfort, you can see the life jackets are clearly under every seats...

At last, I managed to capture the scenic view of the lake from Singapore Zoo.

The Zoo is a 'Smoke Free area' where you can enjoy the fresh air in this Huge garden. The area is even comfort enough to have a walk from the start point to the end point. My family like it very much!

For more information about Singapore Zoo, please visit their official website : http://www.zoo.com.sg

Location map of Singapore Zoo at Singapore

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