Thursday, February 21, 2008

Night Safari

Explore wildlife in the world's first wildlife park designed exclusively and especially for night viewing. Singapore Night safari is located just next to the Singapore Zoo in 40 hectare of secondary jungle will unfold the mystery and drama of the tropical jungle after dusk with stunning effect. Singapore Night Safari is open for 5 hours every night. Night Safari prides itself on re-creating the natural environment for the nocturnal animals it shows, and offering its visitors the unique experience of exploring wildlife in a tropical jungle at night.

There are 1,200 animals of over 100 exotic species that are more active at night than during the day. Some 90% of tropical animals are, in fact, nocturnal, and to see them do something other than snooze gives their behaviour a new dimension. Night Safari, like the zoo, uses a moat concept to create open, natural habitats. The park is illuminated with more than 700 lampposts, which are enough to spot the animals. One can view the free moving animals in their habitats in search of food during the night lights but not to disturb or bother their normal activity.

Singapore Night Safari is covered in two stretches. One stretch includes the walking trail and the other the tram rides. Roam the jungle in the complete safety and comfort of your TRAM which takes you through the East and West Loop passing by a large reservoir and weaving through selected habitats designed specifically to replicate the natural environment from the Himalayan Foothills to the Southeast Asian Rainforest and Indian Subcontinent.
On completion of the tram ride, your tour guide will lead you on a walking trail where you will be able to view some of the small cat families, such as the fishing cat; primates, such as the slow loris and the tarsier; and the pangolin . Larger animals include the Nepalese rhino, the beautifully marked royal Bengal tigers, which are somewhat intimidating to the nearby mouse deer, wild mountain goats and mountain sheep. You can look a rhinoceros in the eye, hear the howls of a pack of striped hyenas or watch giraffes glide serenely across the plain in the still of the night Strike out on your own along the walking trail or relax in a tram ride - whichever you choose, the Night Safari is a wild adventure not to be missed.

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