| Waiting at the bus depot for our ride to the zoo. One guy seemed pretty unhappy to see our kids for some reason. | Getting settled for the short trip | Many of the animals, including these small monkeys, are given free reign on the zoo grounds | Pulling back a bit, we can see how tiny the monkeys are, and how they’re pretty much just in the middle of the thoroughfare | The zoo includes lots of nicely constructed boardwalks and railings | False gharial (aka “ghavial”), a type of now-endangered freshwater crocodile native to the region |
| A girl from this school group, by the white tigers, interviewed me about my opinion of the Singapore Zoo | Flynn watches the tigers | Relaxing on the rocks | Some interesting fish, found with the pygmy hippos | Debra, Flynn, and Guinness watch a baby pygmy hippo with its mother | The shady walk to the elephants |
| The elephants and their handlers are getting set up for the show | The zoo is adjacent to Singapore’s Upper Seletar Reservoir, which helps moderate temperatures and provides a very scenic backdrop | The elephants greet the audience | The obligatory “misbehaved elephant sprays the announcer” gag ☺ | Introductions over, walking back to show off their talents | The hats give Debra and the boys away |
| There were lots of fun things to do with logs, including balancing on them | After the show, one could buy fruit baskets for feeding the elephants | See if you can pick our kids out in the crowd ☺ | Okay, so Flynn isn’t hiding that well in this shot | The elephant feeding is very popular with the crowd | The animal feeders are finally out of food |
| Wanted a family photo with the lake in the background | But the random stranger we asked to take the picture knelt down so that we completely covered up the view | Most of the monkeys at the zoo were in the “Primate Kingdom” area, including these patas monkeys (not to be confused with pasta monkeys) | A capuchin monkey | Another patas (or maybe the same ones have moved) | Four colubus monkeys playing on the logs |
| No surprise, they are great climbers | A spider monkey | The pelican at the manatee tank | African penguins | There’s a manatee in there somewhere. It’s also just a good example of some of the many well-maintained, attractive displays at the zoo. | They do have boat tours of the lake, but we didn’t have time to ride (anyway, they actually depart not here, but from a proper dock) |
| Checking out the Goeldi’s monkey at the Critters Longhouse | Playing on the branches | Saltwater crocodile, thinking it’s sneaky | A turtle at the reptile garden | Komodo dragon | A highlight of the day was these giant tortoises |
| They are impressive animals | Though, the photographer was momentarily distracted by a ghecko just hanging out on a tree | For a small “donation”, we were permitted to enter the area with the tortoises and feed them | They had a habit of munching the stick too. The handler explained it’s not a problem: the stick is food too. ☺ | The stick is important. The tortoises aren’t aggressive, but they are indiscriminate munchers, and the handler warned us to keep our fingers away | The tortoise area was divided by this fence, which allowed the smaller ones to choose whether or not to hang out with the large pair |
| There was no shortage of other types of lizards | On the ground, in the tree | Halfway in between | Not that there’s any lack of beautiful foliage in Singapore, but the zoo also has their Tropical Crops Plantation and Orchid Garden | More monkeys | Some of the orchids are quite large |
| They are all very pretty | Very intricate flowers | In the Fragile Forest display, these birds were happy to just sit and stare | The Fragile Forest was reminiscent of the Baltimore Aquarium’s rainforest or the Pacific Science Center’s butterfly exhibit, but instead of being climate controlled, just has netting all around it | Ring-tailed lemurs just wandered around wherever they wanted to | The Fragile Forest was also host to a number of flying fox bats |
| Easy to see where they get their name ☺ | Some more of the lemurs | Family photo as we board the tram to head back to the front of the zoo | They’re a bit blurry, but maybe you can make out the proboscis monkey stuffed toys at the shop | Most of the train stations we used are underground. It’s nice to see the train and tracks though, when we traveled above-ground. | One of the few stations on the MRT line where there aren’t barricades between the platform and the track |
