Singapore - Singapore Zoo (Sep 2014)

Singapore Zoo

Physical Address: 80, Mandai Lake Road, Singapore 729826
Web Address: http://www.zoo.com.sg/
Nearest MRT stations: Ang Mo Kio (North-South line), connecting bus: 138
                                     Choa Chu Kang (North-South line), connecting bus: 927
Operating hours: 8:30am to 6pm daily

It has been a long while since I visited the Singapore Zoo.  It was refreshing to see animals roaming in their in-built habitat and not confined in cages.  There are entertaining animal performances at various timings.  There is a "rainforest kidzworld" for children and the young at heart.

Some enclosures allow visitors to roam around with tame animals like ducks, civet cats, butterflies and even get close-up view of fruit bats.  Just try to make sure you do not have stowaways when you exit the enclosure.

Wild animals at Singapore Zoo

This is not a safari in some exotic countries.  You can get decent photos of wild animals (as if you are in a safari) on a good day here.  You can pose near these animals, although you will not be able to stroke them with your bare hands.

I visited the Zoo on the same day I visited River Safari (above post), which is next to the Zoo.