It has been more than a decade since I last visited the Singapore Zoo, which was then known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens. Also commonly known locally as the Mandai Zoo, it is one of the best zoos in the world by Forbes, presenting an “open concept” zoo where animals are enclosed in natural settings rather than keeping them behind bars.
Admission rates for an adult is S$18 and a child (3 – 12 yrs old) is S$9. Daily opening hours are from 8.30am to 6.00pm. After visiting the Zoo, you can continue the fun at the Night Safari which is located just next to the Zoo. The Night Safari is the world’s first wildlife park for night visit.
A walk through the Zoo now!
Ah Meng was a female orangutan which belonged to an endangered species; she was smuggled from Indonesia but was later given a home at the Singapore Zoo. A tourism icon and the first non-human recipient of “Special Tourism Ambassador” award in Singapore, Ah Meng passed away due to old age last year. Can you spot the late Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter, with her in one of the pictures?
A cafe named after Ah Meng, serving local food.
White tigers are very rare. They suffer from a genetic condition that leaves them with snow white fur, black stripes and blue eyes.
On Nov 2008, a Malaysian cleaner was mauled to death by three white tigers after he jumped into their enclosure. He was seen behaving erratically and passed comments like “Goodbye, you won’t see me again”, before he fell into the moat. Many onlookers witnessed the horrific attack. However, officials assured the public that the exhibit is very safe.
Two white tigers started to behave intimately in front of many visitors.
Classic!
Another one doing her poo business.
Qns: Guess what is this animal with the hairy brown tail? Scroll down for answer.
A Babirusa or Pig-deer.
A Malayan Tapir.
Ans: A Hippo
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the white tiger looked awesome!!
yeay!
OMG..18bucks?! tat’s really expensive!!
omg!!! i wanna see those albino tigers irl!
i didn’t know you have it there in sg!
LOL @ the tigers making out ^^
This is only Part 1 and I already like the zoo
@Zara: gorgeous!
@lz: agree…I got free ticket that’s why! anyway it’s world class mah hehe
@alex: yes those even killed a cleaner recently! but according to source, the cleaner might want to take his own life too, that’s why he jumped into the white tiger enclosure. What a way!
@Borneo Falcon: yaya part 2 coming soon!
I love going to the zoo…seeing Bengal tigers is amazing.
what a coincidence! I went to our national zoo in Malaysia last weekend.
Hopefully could post some photos of the trip but sadly to say only those common species of wildlives could be seen here in our zoo. Singapore zoo seems much better from your photos….
S$18 entrance fees for an adult is reasonable if compared with RM15 per entry to our not that interesting Malaysian zoo.
@Blogger: I only went to 2 zoos in my lifetime, one is in Taiping Malaysia. Er.. is Disney Animal Kingdom considered a zoo too? It’s really nice!
@Cecil: National zoo in KL? I only went to Taiping zoo before in Malaysia. Hey I’d recommend you to visit our zoo when you are here in SG. I bet your kids will love the SG zoo. It’s really interesting and at some points, we can be very close to the animals. Cool!
Woo… Long time did not go to zoo already. Need to plan some time to visit it someday.
Sad for the cleaner but wonderful shots though.
Some of the photos quite funny, cute
p/s: yah.. i have been in London for 3 months already.
i like the white tigers the most. and they even wanted to be blogged? hahaha…
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wow! the white tigers look nice!
great pics!
the last time i went to the singapore zoo was in 2003 =D
thats so long ago.. haha..
@kikey: wow for holidays? how nice
@Jayce: oyeah
@dong ho: ok thanks
@Jasper: yup yup
@kenwooi: 2003? not that long to me, I didn’t go there for more than 10 yrs!
Seems like a beautiful zoo. I especially like the last scene.
The zoo near where I live is the largest and most progressive zoo in the world. I love to visit the place; the giant pandas there are a magnificent sight.
The zoo I was referred to is the world famous San Diego Zoo.
A fair while since I’ve last visited (and I don’t think you’ve visited either). I also went to the Sing Zoo last time I was in Singapore and was impressed. The orangutans, the white tigers (great photos), the baboons and some really exotic animals were superb.
@Mark H: er? I just visited the SG zoo and took those pics. The previous time I went there was around 14yrs ago.
Those white tigers look great. Wonder whats it doing:
http://travelerfolio.com/travelerfolio/photos/white-tigers-making-out.jpg