Indeed there's no Africa here with the wildesbeest plying around our forests. But I'm surprised that there's a zoo within proximity here in the city. Trying out something different to do after watching the NatGeo channel and seeing the wild animals makes me wonder where can I see such animals. Ofcourse the only way is to travel out of the country and see it for myself the real thing. But being realistic for a weekend holiday, Avilon Zoo is just several kilometers away.
With my wife and daughter, we drove within in some parts of the twisty road of San Mateo in Rizal for almost 45 minutes. There was traffic in the commercial areas-apparently part of the crawling development of Metro Manila's suburbs. From Batasan Road, we drove down Batasan-San Mateo Road and turned left to Gen. Luna Ave. From here the traffic began spontaneously at every town proper we had passed by. Joining this road was J.P. Rizal (not the typical road you find in Kalookan and Makati) for about 5 kilometers and ended at MH Del Pilar St. About another 2 kilometers we turned left to Eastwood residences. After the subdivision, we dealt with a one kilometer rough road. Not advisable for a lowered car.
Upon entrance a large lagoon can be seen. And from here moving forward I looked for the map because the area was big. A bit feeling of a Jurrasic Park came in. First we roamed around the aviary, and then the snakes' turf. We saw an anaconda and it was really huge with almost one foot diameter. It can swallow a person in one big gulp. The exciting part was the mammals area. Too bad the lions were in their dens. I couldn't see a good glimpse of them.
Video of the Big Cats : Leppard caught growling, Sumatran Tiger, Jaguar,
Others: Crocodile, Ostrich, Ducks, Hyena
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| want to see donald duck |
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| Turtles from the order of Testudines |
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This peacock expands her wings only in the morning.
Unfortunately, we came to the zoo in the afternoon. |
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| Ostrich |
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| A hungry leppard |
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| Quack...quack...quack... |
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| Buffalo-not our typical carabao plowing the philippine farms |
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| Lacoste? as some people say |
Indeed there's no Africa here with the wildesbeest plying around our forests. But I'm surprised that there's a zoo within proximity here in the city. Trying out something different to do after watching the NatGeo channel and seeing the wild animals makes me wonder where can I see such animals. Ofcourse the only way is to travel out of the country and see it for myself the real thing. But being realistic for a weekend holiday, Avilon Zoo is just several kilometers away.
With my wife and daughter, we drove within in some parts of the twisty road of San Mateo in Rizal for almost 45 minutes. There was traffic in the commercial areas-apparently part of the crawling development of Metro Manila's suburbs. From Batasan Road, we drove down Batasan-San Mateo Road and turned left to Gen. Luna Ave. From here the traffic began spontaneously at every town proper we had passed by. Joining this road was J.P. Rizal (not the typical road you find in Kalookan and Makati) for about 5 kilometers and ended at MH Del Pilar St. About another 2 kilometers we turned left to Eastwood residences. After the subdivision, we dealt with a one kilometer rough road. Not advisable for a lowered car.
Upon entrance a large lagoon can be seen. And from here moving forward I looked for the map because the area was big. A bit feeling of a Jurrasic Park came in. First we roamed around the aviary, and then the snakes' turf. We saw an anaconda and it was really huge with almost one foot diameter. It can swallow a person in one big gulp. The exciting part was the mammals area. Too bad the lions were in their dens. I couldn't see a good glimpse of them.
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