Night Safari

We've been very busy since we got to Singapore. Last weekend we went on the Night Safari at the Singapore zoo. I wish we remembered to bring our camera, because we came right up close to hyenas, elephants, Asian deer, lions, giraffe, tiger, bats, and many more.

They have separate walking trails and a tram that runs through the park. We did both. And as the name says, it all takes place at night. In the twilight.

On the walking trails, you are mostly separated from the animals' living areas by fencing or moats. But on the safari tram, there is usually nothing separating you from most of the animals. Some of them come right up to the tram.

A couple highlights were the bats and the flying squirrels. They have a few very large areas in the jungle, enclosed top to bottom with fencing and set up as a walk-in cage. One was for bats. Another for flying squirrels. They draw the animals out by feeding them near the trails inside the cage. They came so close you could almost touch them.

These pictures are from the Singapore zoo web page. Its probably ok that we didn't bring our own camera, because they don't allow flash photography during the Night Safari anyway. It disturbs the animals. Of course that didn't stop some people from flashing cameras at the animals, or flashlights, or even bright multi-colored flashing-spinning toys!

Just like at home.