Singapore Jurong Bird Park is located at the Jurong Hill of Singapore, spanning an area of 20.2 hectares. It is Southeast Asia’s largest bird park as it comprises of 8,000 birds over 600 species. Hence it is regarded as ” the paradise of birds and bird-lovers “. Jurong Bird Park has won more than 21 awards by entertaining Singaporeans and foreign visitors from all over the world. The awards includes the ASEANTA 2007 EXCELLENCE AWARDS and the ” BEST LOVED PRO-FAMILY BUSINESSES ” by consumers.
Jurong Bird Park is a unique bird zoo featuring 95 aviaries with the largest walk-in aviary in the world with a height of 35 meters. Besides an African waterfall, there are 6 lakes and 10 paddocks which are homes to thousands of exotic and endangered birds from the tropical and frigid zones. It showcases flamingoes, swans, hornbills, Mandarin ducks, all sorts of eagles, parrots and various other birds from South America, Australia and from the African Wetlands. Though many may not have the chance of visiting Antarctica, they can meet imperial penguins at the ” Penguin Coast “. These penguins live in the indoor climate-controlled den where visitors can see them from the board of a sailing-ship-decoration.
（Photo from http://www.birdpark.com.sg/）
In another aviary called ” Jungle Jewels “, visitors can have a close-up view of free-flying birds like Tanagers, Cotingas, Finches and Honeycreepers. It’s not easy to capture all of them on camera. The sorting out process of these pictures in identifying the species of the small and colorful birds is even harder.
Don’t take it as an old-fashioned park. You will be amazed by those educational exhibits and fun shows presented by Jurong Bird Park. Visitors can enjoy watching shows like ” Kings of the skies ” or ” Lunch with Parrots “. The former will take you back in time to appreciate the ancient medieval art of falconry, while the latter will amuse you with the parrots imitating human’s laughter and singing; they even paint modern masterpiece right before your eyes! Take the kids to the suspension bridges and let them flap their imaginary wings in ‘Lory Loft’ featuring interactive bird-feeding. Those colorful lories will perch on you and eat out of your hands. Isn’t that amazing and impressive?
Come and visit Jurong Bird Park. It will definitely give you an enjoyable time and a lasting memory. (Singapore 360°)
Address：2 Jurong Hill, Singapore 628925
Tel：（+65）6265 0022
Website：www.birdpark.com.sg