Jurong Bird Park
Singapore Jurong Bird Park is located at the Jurong Hill of Singapore, spanning an area of 20.2 hectares. It is Southeast Asia’s largest bird park as it comprises of 8,000 birds over 600 species. Hence it is regarded as " the paradise of birds and bird-lovers ". Jurong Bird Park has won more than 21 awards by entertaining Singaporeans and foreign visitors from all over the world. The awards includes the ASEANTA 2007 EXCELLENCE AWARDS and the " BEST LOVED PRO-FAMILY BUSINESSES " by consumers.
Jurong Bird Park is a unique bird zoo featuring 95 aviaries with the largest walk-in aviary in the world with a height of 35 meters. Besides an African waterfall, there are 6 lakes and 10 paddocks which are homes to thousands of exotic and endangered birds from the tropical and frigid zones. It showcases flamingoes, swans, hornbills, Mandarin ducks, all sorts of eagles, parrots and various other birds from South America, Australia and from the African Wetlands. Though many may not have the chance of visiting Antarctica, they can meet imperial penguins at the " Penguin Coast ". These penguins live in the indoor climate-controlled den where visitors can see them from the board of a sailing-ship-decoration.
（Photo from http://www.birdpark.com.sg/）
In another aviary called " Jungle Jewels ", visitors can have a close-up view of free-flying birds like Tanagers, Cotingas, Finches and Honeycreepers. It’s not easy to capture all of them on camera. The sorting out process of these pictures in identifying the species of the small and colorful birds is even harder.
Don’t take it as an old-fashioned park. You will be amazed by those educational exhibits and fun shows presented by Jurong Bird Park. Visitors can enjoy watching shows like " Kings of the skies " or " Lunch with Parrots ". The former will take you back in time to appreciate the ancient medieval art of falconry, while the latter will amuse you with the parrots imitating human’s laughter and singing; they even paint modern masterpiece right before your eyes! Take the kids to the suspension bridges and let them flap their imaginary wings in ‘Lory Loft’ featuring interactive bird-feeding. Those colorful lories will perch on you and eat out of your hands. Isn’t that amazing and impressive?
Come and visit Jurong Bird Park. It will definitely give you an enjoyable time and a lasting memory. (â– Singapore 360°)
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- Address：2 Jurong Hill, Singapore 628925
Universal Studios Singapore
Located on Singapore Sentosa island, the Universal Studios is the world's famous movie-theme park which features twenty four exciting rides and spectacular attractions. One of the star attarctions is the pair of dueling coasters that will brush past one another in several near misses in their aerial combat. The Universal Studiods is the ideal place for everyone in the family to have a great time. For the adventurous and thrill-seekers, the duel coasters provide exciting breathtaking drops, speedy turns and loops with near collisions drama which guarantee to make all scream their hearts out. For the young and elders, there are the spectacular fun rides filled with dinosaurs and Egyptian mummies. The Universal Studios had designed eighteen attractions for Singapore and visitors can look forward to a wonderful experience; laughing and screaming away. Well positioned souvenir shops and themed restaurants are additional attractions for everyone in the family. （■Singapore360°ï¼‰
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- Add：8 Artillery Avenue， Sentosa Island， Singapore
Tel：（+65）6577 8888
Opening Hours：9am-7pm（Mon-Fir）;9am-8pm（Sat.Sun&Holidays）
Website： http://www.singaporetvl.com/universal.php
The Singapore Zoo
On 27 June 1973, The Government of Singapore opened the Singapore Zoo at at cost of around nine million dollars. Today it is operated by the Wildlife Reserves Singapore who also manges the Night Safari and the Jurong Bird Park. the Formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens, the current Singapore Zoo is commonly known locally as the Mandai Zoo. It occupies 28 hectares of land near to the Upper Seletar Reservoir which is within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. The Zoo was built at a cost of S$9m granted by the government of Singapore and opened on 27 June 1973. There are about 315 species of animal in the zoo, of which some 16% of them are considered as threatened species. Annually the Zoo received about 1.7 million visitors.
The Singapore Zoo adopted the trend of displaying the animals in their natural open exhibits with hidden barriers, moats and even preventive glass barriers between the animals and visitors. Incidentally, the Singapore Zoo houses the largest colony of orang utans in the world. As a matter of fact, in its earlier days, the Zoo had Ah Meng, the famed orang utan, as a chief mascot for the Zoo. An event called "Breakfast with an Orang Utan" allows the visitors to meet and interact closely with the orang utans in the Zoo.
The "Rainforest Fights Back" show is housed in the Shaw Amphitheatre which is also the main amphitheatre within the Zoo. The actors and performers act alongside the animals. The show has an interesting script where it cast a baddie in the form of a poacher who will attempt to mow down a section of tropical rainforest for land development. Expectedly the native people and the animals of the rain forest such as the orang utans, otters, deers, peacocks, lemurs, will rise together and chase the poacher away.
The "Elephants at Work and Play" show will demonstrate how the elephants are used as beasts of burden in the south-east Asian countries. The animal caretakers are referred to as mahouts, and the show simulates how a mahout would instruct an elephant to transport logs or kneel down so that they can be mounted.
The "Splash Safari" show highlight the Zoo's aquatic mammals and birds. The seals and sea lions perform tricks and the pelicans will demonstrate how they catch fish with their beaks, while the manatees swim elegantly in the pond below.
The "Animal Friends" show, housed in the Kidzworld amphitheater in the zoo's children's section, will feature mostly domesticated animals such as dogs and parrots performing tricks.（ â– Singapore360°ï¼‰
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The Night Safari
On 29 May 1994 constructed at a cost of sixty three million dollars, the Night Safari was opened and became the world's first nocturnal zoo. It has a size of about 40 hectares located adjacent to the Singapore Zoo next to the Upper Seletar Reservoir.
The Night Safari has about 1,040 animals spread over 120 species, of which 29% are of the threatened species. Just like the Singapore Zoo, the Night Safari is also operated by the Wildlife Reserves Singapore. Annually, the Night Safari received about 1.1 million visitors. For the records, on 29 May 2007 the Night Safari received its 11th millionth visitor.
The exhibits in the Night Safari come from South America and other parts of Asia. The naturalistic enclosures simulate the animals' native habitats. Similar to the Singapore Zoo concept, the animals are separated from the visitors with natural barriers, rather than cagedt. Cattle grids were laid all over the park to prevent hoofed animals from moving one habitat to another. Moats were designed to look like streams and rivers. Hot wires were designed to look like branches to keep the animals away from the boundaries of their enclosures.
Visitors can also look forward to cultural performances at the Night Safari. These areregular features which include tribal dances, blowpipe demonstrations and fire eating displays. And there is a performance presented by the trained animals in a segment called the "Creatures of the Night ". （■Singapore360°ï¼‰
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- Add：80 Mandai Lake Road，Singapore 729826
Website：http://www.nightsafari.com.sg/
The Merlion
The Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Regarded as the Singapore icon, the Merlion was designed in 1964 for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) and it functions as its corporate logo from 1966 to 1997. There are five authorised Merlion statues in Singapore, the most well-known being an 8m statue designed by Kwan Sai Kheong and sculpted by Lim Nang Seng. First unveiled on 15 September 1972, this statue is now located at Merlion Park, adjacent to One Fullerton at the Marina Bay waterfront. As a symbol representing Singapore, the Merlion features prominently in tourist souvenirs sold locally. （ â– Singapore360°ï¼‰
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- Add：One Fullerton | Fullerton Road, Singapore 049213, Singapore
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