21 May 2011

Surabaya jaunt 2

An Tibetan llama greeted us as soon as we entered the gates
The Surabaya Safari Park is situated roughly 25km out of the city. Its a sprawling 290 hectares of  woodland - huge grassy areas blend well with huge old trees that simply look as if they have been there for centuries, instead of only 20 years old. Well most of the trees are but many are also older than that. But I beleive what Malaysia failed to produce, Indonesia has done quite well - a well maintained safari park. There are easily more than 60 0r 70 animal species here, with most of the major large mammals as well as the reptiles and birds represented.

The tigers were beautiful - large and rather lazy looking they were all having a siesta in the afternoon. One lion was seen having a drink but this one was quite old looking, and thin too.

We saw the endangered Sumatran rhinos from far though - there were three of them but they were too lazy to move. The elephants however were a mite too friendly and when Wan threw some bananas out at them, a trunk came sniffing right inside our van!

The most interesting of these animals to me were the dancing elephants! They could actually sway to music!

6 comments:

DIGITAL WORLD PAGES ARCHIVE said...

Very beautiful place! Thank You very much for sharing.

DIGITAL WORLD PAGES ARCHIVE said...

The fox made up of the real flowers..

Nature Nut /JJ Loch said...

What a great post and photos!!! You must have had so much fun wandering around there. :D

Hugs, JJ

The Bookworm said...

Awwww...the llamas are too cute! I like their faces, even though I've heard they can be mean at times....spitting and such...lol.

The elephants sound too cute. Nice photos!

Gattina said...

I love the llamas ! they have such big beautiful eyes !

The Chair Speaks said...

Thank you for visiting and comforting words.

The animals are lovely. Glad you enjoyed your trip.