The next morning, we woke up at around 8 and had breakfast courtesy of our resort. The breakfast was Filipino and filling. We left the resort at around 11 and had lunch at KFC SM Olongapo and bought some snacks for Zoobic Safari. We went to Harbor Point in search of a cab that will take us to the zoo. There are no public transportation going to the tourist spots (Tree Top, Zoobic Safari and Ocean Adventure) so we didn't have a choice. We found an FX in the taxi bay and the driver agreed to take us to Zoobic for the price of P1200. Yes, cabs there are pricey. Good thing the driver that we got was kind enough he even acted as a tour guide, saying something about the places we we're passing going to the zoo.
The first animal that greeted us when we arrived there was an adult Pot Bellied pig roaming around freely. Entering the park, we we're welcomed by the roars of a baby tiger obviously not wanting to take photos with the tourists hehe.
Tourists are grouped and we were around 15 in ours. The first part of the tour consisted of the aviary, the reptiles and other mammals.
A train took us to the next section of the trip. There was a some sort of museum which housed a number of stuffed and preserved animals. It had a strong smell of chemicals so some members of our group just stayed in the train.
What I was excited about was meeting the tigers. It was just a little disappointing because when we were there we only met 2. I thought there would be more of them freely roaming around. *sigh* The jeep ride in tiger territory was only a few minutes. We met more of the tigers in their breeding cages.
The last part was the dance of the Aeta's and a visit to the crocs. :) The zoo trip took us around almost 3 hours. Good thing it only started raining when we we're already back in the cab. At 7 pm we were already back in the resort. We decided to just eat dinner at the resort and ordered their seafood kare-kare, rice, onion rings and juice. Though it was a little expensive, it was worth it as the kare-kare was really delicious. We ended the day with a massage for one, which I happily took :)
Next day: Checking out the beach
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