River Safari

Wow.. another jewel on the crown of Singapore wildlife reserve.  I have been to Singapore Zoo many times before , every time i was wondered by the cleanliness and the way they are maintaining . I was really excited when the announcement came about the River Safari project some years back, even more excited when the Pandas from china arrived .

The River Safari consists of 'World's largest repositories' of river dwelling animals. The park is divided into 2 zones linked by bridge. The two zones are

1) Rivers of the world : This zone consists of animals from  seven rivers around the world. The rivers includes      
   a) Mississippi River
  The beavers were not moving at all. We thought they were sleeping.. I have never seen one before.

Paddle Fish 

Alligator Gar

         b) Mekong River

Mekong Cat Fish

 

Arowana

         c) Ganges River

This are was very crowded and i was not able to take any good pictures.. but the crocodile looked awesome.

         d) Nile River

Giraffe Cat fish

         e) Congo River

Giant Buffer fish

         f) Murray River

          This area was also crowded not able to take pictures.. in fact very tough for us to even look through the tanks.

         g) Yangtze River

Yangtze crocodile

After going through these seven river comes the main attraction of the River Safari - the Pandas . What a lovely creatures.. I thought Pandas are slow moving and lazy animals. yes they are lazy but they are moving faster than i expected.

Giant Panda Forest:

Red Panda

Always eating...

There are two giant pandas there , they are Kai kai and Jia Jia .They are put under the simulated natural climate and this bio-dome is kept an cool 18 - 22 degree Celsius .  Singapore Post released a set of stamps in honour these two lovely pandas . I have the stamps too.!

2)Wild Amazonia

    This zone consists of
   a) Amazon River Quest : This is a boat ride which will take around 30-40 minutes.Here we can see close to 30 animal species. It was a wonderful experience .  For more details click here.

  b) Squirrel Monkey Forest :

       c)Amazon Flooded Forest:

Ghost Fish

Electric Eel

Red Bellied Piranha

Manatees..

 

Ray Fish..

Top View of the Ocenarium

View from outside..

   This is the world's largest fresh water aquarium !! Awesome... specially the Manatees ....!! For more details click here. 

Over all a great experience! Lovely way to spend 2-4 hours and be mesmerised by these wonderful creatures.  Don't forget to take water bottles as there are no free water taps as in zoo.