night safari
Yesterday we finally visited the zoo we have been longing to see for ages; The Singapore night safari.
This is the world’s first night zoo where you both go by a little train and walk around among the animals (120 different species) in the middle of the darkness. The zoo is build up with very tiny fences, so it gives you the feeling of being surrounded by the animals. And in some cases you really are!! During the train safari you are actually facing the animals with no fences or anything, just like in the real safari. Unfortunately (or fortunately) we were not allowed to take any pictures with flash, since we had to respect the animals by being quiet and calm and try to melt in. (Therefore we have no good pictures to share)
It was completely amazing, and I recommend every one that ever goes to Singapore to go there. You are walking around in the “natural” environment for the animals, and you hear their sounds from all over the forest. The bats are flying over your head and suddenly you find yourself one meter away from an indian crocodile.
Except from the usual elephants, giraffes, lions, tigers, rhinos, leopards etc. there were some really cool animals for example the flying squirrels, hippos, black and white tapirs and the dotted huge hyenas.
Both Nico and I love these things and behaved as two silly kids. What a great Saturday night pleasure.
