Epic Holidays: the Safari

So... in order to get up to date, what better post shall we put than the one from a year ago? As part of our Epic Holidays last year, Kecil, Mama, Daddy and the Eyangs actually visited a safari park.

The moment you entered the park, we were ushered to the Safari bus to go through the "safari" part of the park. You may also opt to use your own car, but since Eyang's car was a bit too low and crowded for all of us to enjoy the safari properly, we opted for the bus. The big windows and the higher elevation sure provided us with better view of the animals.

At the end of the safari (which include a lot, many animals, no fear. This Mama just can't quite get enough mojo to take pics of animals out of context), at the terminal where we got of the bus, yet another kind of 'ride' is waiting for us:

The pony....

And the Elephant!

Pretty cool, right? Kecil had always been interested with horses, but riding an elephant was definitely a first.

Then we moved on to the more conventional, amusement park kind of rides:

The rides which were only for kids, like the ones above and below:

One or two with Mama and Daddy:

And somehow, between one ride to another, Kecil managed to misplace ONE of her shoes.
Grrrrr.... Just like that. And Mama and Daddy had to take turn carrying her around until we got to one of the eateries. Luckily they do have a shop selling slippers and what not. So Kecil got a new pair of slippers to walk around with as we made our way to the zoo after lunch.

Notice Kecil's new rubber slippers? Ha!

Within the amusement park there are also a few enclosures for some animals, which include this brute of an orang utan:

And of course, there are spots to get your pics taken with some of the animals: Baby tigers, birds, even snakes! We took a pic (or two or more) with the tiger cub. Isn't she gorgeous?

But we passed the snakes, thank you very much. We did stop for the birds, though. And even Kecil got a bird on her shoulder:

Check out her face!

In any case, just around the corner from the birds, Kecil caught sight of the huge waterpark which was part of the Safari.

I kid you not, there's a waterpark within the safari, entrance to which was already included in the admission. And so that was where we spent the rest of the afternoon, basically splashing around, manning the water cannons, braving the water dump and the slides.

We only emerged sometime in the evening, when it was getting too cold to swim around. Anyway we were getting hungry, and it was time to go home.

All in all, it was a long, fun day at the safari. We concluded that the whole park can only be enjoyed fully if you start right at the opening time and stay around until closing time. I mean, the waterpark alone was worth hours of entertainment! But I guess that's lesson for next time. in the mean time, we look forward to our next adventure!