On our last night, we joined the Night Safari tour. This is a tour which is intentionally to be taken at night. It's a different approach to visiting a zoo. Here we view nocturnal animals - or animals which mostly do not sleep at night.

Of course, some of these animals and birds can be seen in daytime on any ordinary zoo. Only, we see them mostly asleep in their cages. I never wondered before why they sleep most of the time. Now I know it's because they are nocturnal animals.

The Night Safari tour gives the visitors a view of animals in their natural habitat, moving around AWAKE in an environment which has been created to resemble their jungle home.

       Touring through the "jungle" in a railway car was an eerie, magical experience. Our guide gave commentaries almost in a whisper. We were told not to converse in loud tones or take pictures, as the camera flash would disturb or scare the animals. (And that's why we have no photos on this tour - sorry..:( Although it was night, the lighting gave the effect as if we were traveling in moonlight.

Part of the tour included walking through trails with our guide. We had an opportunity to see some of the animals "up close and personal".

So if you're planning a vacation in Singapore, don't miss the Night Safari.

For a brief opener on the site below:

"The Night Safari is the world's first wildlife park built to be viewed at night. It is not an ordinary zoo simply illuminated by night or a modern version of nocturnal houses found in many zoos.
Set in 40 hectares of dense secondary forest, the Night Safari offers guests the unique experience of exploring wildlife in a tropical jungle at night. Through the use of subtle lighting technique, guests are able to view over 1000 nocturnal animals of 100 species in vast naturalistic habitats."