Family Day at Manila Zoo
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
This is actually DJ's idea. Maybe because I once told him that I haven't been to Manila Zoo yet and that I've always wanted to go to Luneta Park for a date. Haha! Then he would always tell me that it's such a probinsyana thing to do. Only probinsyanas like me would have thought of that idea. This zoo idea was actually supposed to be done on my birthday but due to bad weather, we had cancelled the zoo visit that day. We however had the chance one Sunday afternoon (2 weeks after my birthday). So our little family drove out to Manila and paid the animals a visit.
I actually expected to see just a few people at this zoo but I was surprised to see the parking lot almost full and people bustling in and out. Mostly are families with small children or a group of teenage friends or a pair of lovers. Entrance fee for Manila Zoo is P100 for regulars but only P50 for those who can present an ID with a Manila address. For our case we wanted to check out the Kinder Zoo so that's additional P200 per head.
Kinder Zoo is the child friendly area of the zoo where you can have close encounters with their tamed animals. Here's some pictures of us with the phyton, the baby crocodile, colorful birds, the microhorse, the old turtle and the owls, to name a few. Kinder zoo also offers other activities like ziplining, wall climbing and swimming for the kids. We also had the chance to see Maali, the only elephant in captivity in the Philippines (the elephant is not part of the Kinder Zoo).
An afternoon at this zoo has been a great bonding experience for our family. Kiel may not have appreciated it yet due to his young age but when the time comes in the future when he sees these pictures of him, especially that snake dragged around him, he would surely react and ask a lot of things. Moreover, this might probably be not the only zoo he will visit in his life.
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