A Drive - Thru Taman Safari

We often see a zoo where animals are put behind the bars or the "open concept" kind of zoo in Singapore where the animals are enclosed in their natural settings. But my experienced in Taman Safari I Indonesia yesterday was totally unique where "we" are the one in the cage instead of the wild animals. The cage I'm referring to was our car which we use to go around. It is a drive - thru safari style zoo. Animals are set free and wandering around the car and on the streets.






We bought 3 bundles of carrots along the road for only 20,000 rupiahs to feed them. Thanks to the woman selling it, she gave us big discounts for it. All carrots we bought are still fresh. It is pretty neat to feed the animals from our car window.

We are asked to close our car windows when we enter the Wildlife Zone. We saw lots of African lion, Bengal tiger, cheetah and others. Some of my male friends at the back of the car are very naughty. They keep on opening the window despite of the park rules given, so we experienced many times the lions and the tigers staring at us.

Its a little bit scary but quiet helpful since it gives us the best photo of them.


We also went to the Baby Zoo where you can be able to touch or take pictures with the baby tiger and cute monkey. For every photo with the animals or take a ride with the camels and the elephants costs us IDR 10,000 or 1 - 2 USD. Very affordable. The admission ticket in Taman Safari only costs us IDR 75,000 per head plus IDR 15,000 for the car's ticket. The price is reasonable and affordable.

It is just two - hour driving from Jakarta to Bogor. The easiest way to get there was through following a travel tour or by hiring a car. This is the absolute way to spend a day away from the city. Best for family day out.

I think I will be back here in the future to stroll and watch other shows in here with my mom :).