Bali
Zoo Park, Learning to Care For Fauna
To assist the program
of government in preserving the rare animals
in Bali, Ir. Anak Agung Gede Putra founded
the ‘Bali Zoo Park’. This park
is expected to become a medium of education,
conservation, introduction and entertainment
for the local community, domestic and foreign
tourists. “Except for that, Bali Zoo
Park is an alternative tourist object that
supplements tourist attractions existing
in Bali,” explained Putra to Bali Travel
News.
 Bali
Zoo Park is established on 3.5 hectares
of land in Gianyar, at Seseh Apuan Hamlet,
Sukawati. It’s approximately an hour
drive from Nusa Dua and Kuta, while 30 minutes
from Ubud and Sanur. The park has operated
since September 2002 with 350 animals comprising
60% Aves (birds) and 30% Mammals. Bird group
consists of Bali Starlings, peacocks, cassowary,
eagles and so forth, while the mammals consist
of Sumatran tigers, African lions, deer,
kangaroos, camels and primates. Meanwhile,
the remaining 10% is reptiles like crocodiles,
Komodo dragons, snakes, iguana and tortoises.
Supporting
Facilities
As a tourist object, Bali Zoo Park is completed
with restaurant accommodating 300 seats
and open stage for dance presentation while
accompanying the lunch or dinner. Wide range
of menu selections of international, Indonesian
and Bali are served here. No less important
is the Café that provides assorted
light refreshments and venue of tame animal
attraction. And, other supporting facilities
provided are art shop, resting place, gallery
and spacious parking are.
Direct
Interaction
Visitors to Bali Zoo Park are not only satisfied
to see the animals on display in the cage
with attractive landscape; however, they
can also make attraction and interact personally
with some tame animals existing in the park.
By direct interaction, visitors can get
in touch, feed, and play together, stroking
them while sitting and pose together with
such animals for a momentous photograph.
Even, in welcoming the Christmas and New
Year 2006, Bali Zoo Park has prepared several
attractions of animal and interaction with
some sorts of tame animals. Afterwards,
increases display and other supporting
facilities to enrich the experience of visitors.
Some of the attractions are as follows:
Pony
Horseback Ride
Visitors, particularly children are leisurely
taken to ride the pony. Prior to riding
activity, they will be embellished just
like a cowboy and proceed to look around
the park. During the riding, they will be
guided with care by an experienced horseman.
Kiddy
Park and Baby Zoo
World of play is inseparable from children.
Therefore, Bali Zoo Park provides many kinds
of games at children playground. There is
also an attraction of Baby Zoo where baby
of animals like deer, antelope, kangaroo,
goat and other animals are gathered and
children can interact with those amusing
and cute animals.
Reptile
Attraction
Demonstration of various kinds of reptiles
is also drawn up. At that time, visitors can
immortalize the experience into t-shirt, plate
photograph, key tag or pose together with
reptile as distinctive souvenir of Bali Zoo
Park.
In addition, there is attraction of feeding
birds, orangutan, deer, tigers or lions. At
this good opportunity, you may also pose together
with tame birds; ‘stimulate’ the
crocodile to go out from its nest that will
become a fascinating and unforgettable experience
for every visitor of Bali Zoo Park. “As
world class Zoo Park that is parallel to other
world zoo parks, Bali Zoo Park continuously
shows its new creation to fulfil the satisfaction
of visitors,” said Putu Agus Sutyawan,
Marketing Manager of Bali Zoo Park. (BTN/014) |
