Singapore Zoo

This weekend's excursion led us to the Singapore Zoo! As this is one of the top rated "sites to see"  here in Singapore, we wanted to make sure we did not miss it. We decided to visit on Saturday afternoon to try and beat the heat and the crowds and we were lucky to manage at least one.....the heat was another story, but it's one that we, unfortunately, seem to be getting used to here.

Here are a couple of pictures from the day. It really was an amazing place, and I'd have to say it was probably one, if not the best that I've been to.

The Singapore Zoo is unique in that it takes on a rainforest feel throughout the majority of the park with lush foliage, canopys and beautiful Kapok trees. They take great pride in displaying thier animals in a way that does not seem unnatural to thier habitat.  As we were walking around it was amazing how close the animals were, in some instances it was almost like we were seeing them on more of a safari than at a Zoo. Kevin and I laughed walking around at first because everything was so lush and natural it really did feel like something could jump out of the bushes at any moment!

This was one of the many beautiful animals seen throughout the park. We really enjoyed seeing all of the animals, but like I said in an earlier post, its just so hard to get pictures..I just want to experience it all alongside my boys.

Here is a picure of sweet Harper enjoying the fish, while watching a Ballerina Hippo. While he is still quite young to truly enjoy the animals here at the zoo, he really enjoyed the people watching. :)

There was one animal that truly caught Harper's eye, the ZEBRA....unfortunately for us all I caught was the tail! I did however manage to get this sweet picture of him and his daddy below looking intently at those black and white creatures.

 I couldn't decide what is was about those animals that he loved.... the black and white contrast that he is sooo familiar with, or thier tails moving quickly back and forth much like his sweet Emmy girl's back at home, either way we had a great time togehter as a family and look forward to what next weekend has in store.