Our Halloween celebration was a bit different this year. Aside from the fact that I almost celebrated Halloween
alone, my hubby and I were lucky enough to be included in the group of
bloggers, traditional media folks and employees from Zoomanity Group
who visited Zoocobia and Zoobic Night Safari last Saturday, Oct. 30th.
All thanks to Alex deVera Dizon for including us in the list. ^_^
The
first time we visited Zoobic was in 2004. I wasn’t actively blogging
then and I lost our set of photos for that trip. I promised myself that
one day we’ll go back to Zoobic Safari if only to recapture those
photos I took but unfortunately, it never materialized. We either ended
up surfing in Zambales or trying out the adventures in Treetop or sunbathing at some of the nicest Subic
beaches. So when this opportunity came, I was more than ecstatic…
especially when I found out that we’d be one of the first few people to
experience the very first Night Safari in the Philippines — Zoobic
Night Safari! Weee! ^_^
So, we had three places to visit that day: Paradise Ranch, Zoocobia Fun Zoo inside the Paradise Ranch and Zoobic Night Safari.
Paradise Ranch
This
is a nature and conservation park located at the hills of Clark
Sacobia Valley, touted to be The Next Frontier, a rolling landscape
overlooking the Clark Freeport Zone, Mt. Arayat and Mt. Pinatubo.
We
got there at around noon and from where we were standing, it really
looked like a perfect destination for family outings, field trips,
retreats, nature getaways, team buildings, parties and other occasions
you can think of.
Zoocobia Fun Zoo
The
zoo is located inside Paradise Ranch. Though it’s not yet fully
developed, it already boasts of a variety of attractions that are
popular among kids and organizers of educational tours. They have the
following attractions:
Birds of Paradise
It’s
this cove that displays a lot of bird species. The tour guide urged us
to feed the birds by providing us with a handful of bird seeds. It
looked fun so I tried it.
As
soon as I opened my palm, all these colorful birds started flying
towards my hand and started pecking on the seeds. I got scared! What if
the seeds run out and they start biting my hand?
Hehehe.
But i had an awesome time. And the moment I did run out of seeds, the
birds flew away. But I made sure we had a photo together first, with
Peter and one of ‘em birds. Teehee.
We saw different kinds of birds like Rufous Hornell, owls, etc.
Outside the cove, we saw ostriches. They’re the second fastest land mammal next to cheetah! Woah!
Peter also took a photo of me near a bearcat. It’s out in the wild and I was a bit scared it might jump on me. Hehehe.
Garden Maze
There’s
still not much to see here except the framework of the walls where the
plants must grow to create that mazelike wall similar to the Harry Potter film. I can’t wait though! I’ll go back years from now and experience this maze in its full glory.
Zooc Ride
From the garden maze, one can already have a view of the race track for the Zooc Ride.
Since
I was wearing a skirt, I opted not to ride. Peter, being a young boy
at heart, couldn’t wait to get in one of the Zooc cars. He looked so
cute and adorable! Haha! Plus, he also needed the ridecoz his left knee
was starting to hurt again from all the walk we’ve been doing.
As for me, I had to walk all the way back to the Barn. I didn’t mind. I had to burn a lot of calories anyway. Hehehe.
Barn and Kids World
At
the barn, we saw a lot of animals. Peter and I noticed how hungry they
were. Maybe this is part of the attraction so when people feed them
with grass, the animals would willingly do so. Poor animals.
By
the time Peter got to the hedgehogs, the little animals were so hungry
it bit Peter’s hand. I dunno who to pity… the cute little hedgehog or
my adorable hubby. Haha!
Then we had our lunch and off we went to Zoobic Night Safari.
To be continued…
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