KEBUN BINATANG SURABAYA

outside wall of the zoo

map of the zoo

Finally I got here, last time I were here around 5 years ago while I'm still single and now I already have a 4 years old son who eager to asked me to come here. The outside wall is crafted with animal shape art around the zoo.

ticket and photo souvenir

In the main gate we can see the Surabaya monument which is made of shark and crocodile statues in kind of seaweed thingy around them. Around this monument there are local photographer those will offer their service to taking pictures of you and your family or group then they will asked you to choose the best picture and the picture you want to be printed and they will cost you IDR 10.000 per picture of your choose and also you may have the copy by USB flash drive if you want to.

The entry ticket of this zoo is IDR 15.000 for adult and children above 3 years old must buy 1 ticket. It's quite expensive for the government zoo but they said this zoo have more animals than Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta. The ticket itself is unique, it is a bracelet that made from tyvek by 3M, it's like a paper but it's not easily to torn, water-proof, sweat-proof and it is very durable. Trust me, I already tried to torn it with all my strength and it's still stay still in my wrist. Once you worn it you have to cut it off.

free space near the entry gate

the lake

The Entry gate is made on a junction and we can choose which way to go and there are a map to guide us which animals you want to visit first, because my family not make sure which way first, so we went to the left way. There are a quite big space with cages around it. you will see a lot of tree and the sound of birds surrounding. I walked straight to the watching tower and the animals are so many here, I can't mentioned everyone of them but I saw Comodo Dragon, Crocodiles, Camel, Giraffe, Elephant, monkeys, apes and many others.

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In the tower here, there are 3 floors to the top but I'm not hike to the top because my son want to play with the water-bike on the lake near the tower. the place is quite peace and there was a good scenery around the lake and the mountain goat site.

view from the lake

the peaceful lake

bridge on the tower

the column of the tower

boat tour on the lake

The tower itself has some bridges to connected it with another site but poorly maintained so some of the bridges are in poor condition and please watch your steps here because some have quite big holes that will put your foot in, specially if you bring children to this site. The column of this tower is also crafted with animal shape art, it quite magnificent on the past when this tower once opening for the first time but sadly this is in bad condition and need to be renovate.

They also have a boat tour on the lake for those who came in group because the boat will operate minimum for 10 persons or more.

the main and the exit gate

 after walked around the tower site, we walking back to the exit gate event actually we not satisfied but because of the time we should back home. On the way back to the exit gate, I saw a souvenir shop with sell t-shirt and calendar with photo edited on it with only IDR 25.000 per t-shirt. So, I made 2 t-shirts for my son with his photo with tiger and elephant. The quality of the t-shirt is so-so but the design was great but you can't take the file because those are their proprietaries. My son actually so excited to this because he wanted to ride horse, elephant and to touch turtle and other small animals in the children zoo but those sites was closed and only operation during weekend only.

statue on the lake

gateway road

The aquarium is also under construction so we can't see any fishes and reptiles since those animals inside the aquarium area.
Tips to come here, bring food and drink but don't liter, camera or phone must be in the full battery and capture the best moment here.
I'm out of battery in the middle of event so I'm not capture many moments here.
This zoo is actually a great place to bring our children to learn about animals since every cage have detailed information about the animal in that cage. Great place with an affordable price. (jmz)