The Night Safari
Last night, my parents brought me to the Singapore Night Safari. It was very crowded and most of the visitors were tourists. We bought our tickets and decided to have a light supper before we embarked on our night adventure. We ate at Bongo Burgers and watched the thrilling tribal performance on stage. My dad took a short video of it.
A group of half-naked men playing with fire =D
Before we joined the queue at the tram station, we visited the Safari Shops to buy a few souvenirs for myself =) After I had my bag of goodies, we hopped onto a zebra stripped tram and started on our journey across eight geographical regions.
Waiting for the tram.
During the tram ride, there were some close encounters with the animals and we were advised to remain quiet and also not to use our camera flashes. I saw many species of hyenas. They are much bigger in size than they appear on television. The largest member is the Spotted Hyena, also known as the Laughing Hyena. We had a stop-over at East Lodge. From there, we embarked on the Leopard Trail by foot. We went into a few walk-through domes and experienced really close encounters with giant fruit bats and giant flying squirrels. It was very exciting and scary. I walked on a dark narrow path with giant bats hanging above my head!
I am riding on a zebra at the Z'bar =)
Come, let's go leopard hunting on the leopard trail. Follow me!
Mango juice or fruit punch?
About an hour later, we hopped back onto the tram and continued our travel through Equatorial Africa, Indo Malayan and many other regions. Along the way, we had 'face to face' encounters with the Malayan tapirs and many deers. There were three large hippopotamuses resting in a murky pond. We saw lions, bears, rhinoceroses and elephants too. Soon, we came to the end of our tram journey and the ride ended near the Entrance Plaza. It was almost 11.30 pm and I was a little tired. We decided to head back home.
I had a wonderful time and I look forward to visiting the night safari again.
Malayan Tapir / Fruit Bats
Giant Flying Squirrel
The huge Spotted Hyena, also known as the Laughing Hyena.
