On Ben's last break we decided to go and visit the Taman Safari Park here in Jakarta.
It was about two and a half hour drive from Jakarta, which I am glad we went on a week day as I heard from other expats weekends are just to busy to really enjoy the experience.
The road leading up to the safari park was lined with carrot sellers where we stopped to purchase a number of bunches of carrots as when you drive through the park you are allowed to feed the animals in some sections. I don't think I had ever seen so many carrots in the one place.
On arrival to the entrance we were given a map that shows the park is made up of a number of different sections one of which you drive around and see all the animals roaming and some will even come up to you car to take the carrots from you. Paige was really excited to see all the animals but at first she didn't want to feed them through the window but after a while she changed her mind.
While driving you enter a section of the park which has the large cats roaming and it suggests to keep the windows up in the car. I was surprised at how many Indonesian people in their cars kept their windows down, as usual many Indonesians don't think about their safety.
Once we had driven around the section we headed to the section where you could hold some baby animals which we did.
I think for Indonesian standards the park is very well done and the highlight for me was to hold a baby orangutan.
Picture: One of the animals going up to a car
Picture: Ben feeding one of the animals a carrot from the car
Picture: Camels on the parks drive
Picture: Zebra on the parks drive
Picture: Paige patting a tiger cub
Picture: Bernadette & Paige patting a white tiger cub
Picture: Paige holding a baby orangutan
Picture: Bernadette holding a baby orangutan
Picture: Baby orangutan trying to give Bernadette a kiss
Picture: The parks lion bus
Picture: The parks rhino bus
Picture: The parks tiger bus
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