Just went to Jagat Satwa today, went from home at 9 AM and arrived here around 11 AM or so. Thankfully there was a ticket bundle that includes all five Jagat Satwa animal parks (Farmhouse, Burung, Komodo, Air Tawar and Serangga) for a cheap price of 97k rupiahs. I bought the ticket last night at a rather last second moment because I realized that I haven't reserved the ticket.
So without further ado, I went to Farm House first. I spent a very short time there since it was very disappointing and like its name, the collection comprises of domestic animals with the exception for some (Javan binturongs, prairie dogs, chital deers, rusa deers and a lone agile wallaby). The muntjac was off-display. None of the animals previously advertised/teased like ocelots, kinkajous and echidnas were exhibited there.
I continued to the adjacent Taman Burung, and it was a refresher after the disappointment that is Farm House. The place was even more spacious and lush than it was back in 2013, my last visit there. The Sunda Besar aviary had some rarities such as the Great Argus, which caught my eye most since it has a very long tail. There were also bronzetail peacock pheasants on its adjacent exhibit too.
Then I took a short break at Bantimurung Resto. The pond that once had kois has been modified into a river-like natural pond that has a lone koi, some mahseers, some sultan fishes and some silver arowanas. There were the free-roaming pelicans too. The adjacent Plaza Puyuh has a small aviary housing some quails/patridges that were unsigned.
After that, I went to the Wallacea/Sahul aviary. Most of the freeroaming birds are non-native birds, with the exception of the waterfowls (magpie geese, cattle egrets and masked lapwings) and the elusive helmeted friarbird. The pitohui was not there sadly, but I saw some cockatoos and lories.
Onwards to the reptile museum/Taman Komodo, the one thing that caught my eye was the Indochinese box turtle. It was a rarity, and living alongside it was a green skink. There was also the huge Papuan terrarium that has pignose turtles, a redbelly sideneck turtle and a blue tongue skink. The rattlesnake exhibit now has a naturally colored rattlesnake along with the albino one.
In Museum Serangga, the live exhibits were nearly full and the Caucasus beetle was the cherry on top. There were also exhibit for several species of ants too. Dunia Air Tawar was pretty great, though there are some missing animals and new additions like the African arowana and the paroon shark. The mangrove exhibit, Indian barb tank and Amazonian planted tank are still under maintenance and renovation. The nearby Resto Bakau has a splendid natural pond filled with a chockful of predatory fishes including arowanas, golden dorados and even Elopichthys bambusa.
Photos will be uploaded soon!
So without further ado, I went to Farm House first. I spent a very short time there since it was very disappointing and like its name, the collection comprises of domestic animals with the exception for some (Javan binturongs, prairie dogs, chital deers, rusa deers and a lone agile wallaby). The muntjac was off-display. None of the animals previously advertised/teased like ocelots, kinkajous and echidnas were exhibited there.
I continued to the adjacent Taman Burung, and it was a refresher after the disappointment that is Farm House. The place was even more spacious and lush than it was back in 2013, my last visit there. The Sunda Besar aviary had some rarities such as the Great Argus, which caught my eye most since it has a very long tail. There were also bronzetail peacock pheasants on its adjacent exhibit too.
Then I took a short break at Bantimurung Resto. The pond that once had kois has been modified into a river-like natural pond that has a lone koi, some mahseers, some sultan fishes and some silver arowanas. There were the free-roaming pelicans too. The adjacent Plaza Puyuh has a small aviary housing some quails/patridges that were unsigned.
After that, I went to the Wallacea/Sahul aviary. Most of the freeroaming birds are non-native birds, with the exception of the waterfowls (magpie geese, cattle egrets and masked lapwings) and the elusive helmeted friarbird. The pitohui was not there sadly, but I saw some cockatoos and lories.
Onwards to the reptile museum/Taman Komodo, the one thing that caught my eye was the Indochinese box turtle. It was a rarity, and living alongside it was a green skink. There was also the huge Papuan terrarium that has pignose turtles, a redbelly sideneck turtle and a blue tongue skink. The rattlesnake exhibit now has a naturally colored rattlesnake along with the albino one.
In Museum Serangga, the live exhibits were nearly full and the Caucasus beetle was the cherry on top. There were also exhibit for several species of ants too. Dunia Air Tawar was pretty great, though there are some missing animals and new additions like the African arowana and the paroon shark. The mangrove exhibit, Indian barb tank and Amazonian planted tank are still under maintenance and renovation. The nearby Resto Bakau has a splendid natural pond filled with a chockful of predatory fishes including arowanas, golden dorados and even Elopichthys bambusa.
Photos will be uploaded soon!
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