River Safari Trip

All thanks to Mothership, I came across this great promotion by Wildlife Reserve Singapore. With some cash remaining in the SingapoRediscover Voucher account, and wishing to avoid the school holiday period, we decided to buy the ticket online and visit River Safari the very day (04-Mar), bringing our *OEE* along to see some river wildlife! That is 2 out of 4 down, leaving Singapore Zoo and Night Safari left to conquer. (Sidetrack: Thank God that *OEE* did not develop fever the next day after his vaccination)

Promotion Period: 3-7 March 2021 (Online)

Validity: Any days in March 2021

Eligibility: Only local residents

Picking a weekday to visit is really amazing. Not only there is no crowd, you can take your time to take all the pictures you want (if you can take the heat of the sun)! Well, another good thing about River Safari is that almost 50% of the exhibition are in Air-Conditioned Room 😄.

No crowd!

Entrance to the River Safari featuring the otters!

One thing I do notice though are that most of the sea creatures in the river are gigantic! Human are easily dwarfed comparing to them in terms of size! Not sure if their meat can be eaten though 😜. First part of the tour (River Safari is developed in such a way that you only need to continue walking forward to tour through all the exhibits) brings us to see the sea creatures living in the major rivers of the world (Mississippi. Congo, Nile, Ganges, Mary, Mekong, Yang Tze)

After touring Rivers of the World, you will arrive at the main attraction of the safari, the giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia! Of course, there is also the lively Red Panda as the side attraction.

  

Kai Kai

Kai Kai

Kai Kai

Kai Kai

Jia Jia

Yup, the giant pandas are really cute and adorable. 😄 We arrive just in time when they are having their snacks! With that, we have finished half of the River Safari. Wanting to give *OEE* a break from his carrier and give our tired legs a much needed rest, we took refuge in the Mama Panda Kitchen.

Food ordered

1. Seafood Basket - $12.90
2. Panda Cappuccino - $3.45 (50% off after ordering a meal)
3. Chocolate Panda Bun - $2.90

We did saw bad reviews for the Ramens and rice, so we end up trying their Western Section, which we did not regret doing so. The seafood basket with 2 fish fillets, 3 prawns and a generous serving of lightly salted cut potatoes are served pipping hot! Cappuccino wise is normal, definitely not worth paying $6.90 for it, but can consider if it is 50% off just for photo sake. The Panda bun wise is soft and the chocolate filling is not too bad. *OEE* like the plain bun quite a lot! Do bring your own serviette, as the café will charge $2.00 if you need them. Well rested, we continued on the rest of the journey, crossing the Upper Seletar Reservoir bridge. 

As *OEE* did not meet the height requirement for the Amazon River Quest, we have no choice but to bypass it. Anyway, the boat ride will cost $5.00 each pax. The next exhibit is the Monkey forest, where all the creatures such as monkeys and Azara's Agouti in the enclosure are free roaming. Better keep all your belongings least they are snatched away (Hence no pictures here) 😞. The last exhibit will bring us to the Amazon Flooded Forest, where visitors will be treated to a gigantic view screen showcasing the Amazon River wildlife! I felt this was way better than the Southeast Asian Aquarium!

After cooling down in the air-conditioned room and taking all the pictures we wanted, this bring us to the end of the River Safari journey! We might give this place a re-visit though, if there is such a chance.