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Yeah! After wanting to visit the Night Safari for ages, my wish was finally fulfilled the evening of my birthday! ^_^
Hubby was the one who first spotted some discount coupons in the papers and got me to print them from work. Then we invited Beebee along to share in this experience cos, like me, Beebee had never
been to the Night Safari before. We had dinner at CCK Lot 1, then took a bus all the way there. Caught a little aboriginal performance, then queued for a long time to enter the Creatures of the Night show. Though it was hot and humid while we stood waiting for so long in the queue, it was totally worth it cos the performance led by the main host/ trainer was so hilarious. Some parts were also full of suspense as the audience waited for the animals to appear. One of the best parts was when a few trainers suddenly appeared yelling that a creature was loose in the house and made a big deal of trying to locate it, even getting some people in a frenzy for a short while. Then they finally zoomed in on one particular bench on which sat part of the audience, then they got those people to stand and after they lifted up the top wooden bench, hey presto! There lay a huge python! It took those few trainers to lift the heavy creature out and present it before the audience on the stage. Wow! Can you imagine -- the python was right under wherever those people sat for throughout the first half of the show! Cool! But in the early part of the show, I was a bit put off by some among the audience who did not heed instructions not to use flash cos the animals would be scared by it. It took so many repeated reminders by the host/ trainer before the flashes eventually subsided. Geez, what's up with those people?!
been to the Night Safari before. We had dinner at CCK Lot 1, then took a bus all the way there. Caught a little aboriginal performance, then queued for a long time to enter the Creatures of the Night show. Though it was hot and humid while we stood waiting for so long in the queue, it was totally worth it cos the performance led by the main host/ trainer was so hilarious. Some parts were also full of suspense as the audience waited for the animals to appear. One of the best parts was when a few trainers suddenly appeared yelling that a creature was loose in the house and made a big deal of trying to locate it, even getting some people in a frenzy for a short while. Then they finally zoomed in on one particular bench on which sat part of the audience, then they got those people to stand and after they lifted up the top wooden bench, hey presto! There lay a huge python! It took those few trainers to lift the heavy creature out and present it before the audience on the stage. Wow! Can you imagine -- the python was right under wherever those people sat for throughout the first half of the show! Cool! But in the early part of the show, I was a bit put off by some among the audience who did not heed instructions not to use flash cos the animals would be scared by it. It took so many repeated reminders by the host/ trainer before the flashes eventually subsided. Geez, what's up with those people?! 
After the show, the 3 of us quickly went to take the tram ride. We came face to face with the animals as we rode on the tram... so exhilarating! I just love the excitement of being out there in such proximity to the wild animals. Then after the first half of the tram ride, we alighted and went on the walking trail to visit other animals. Some highlights of the trail I particularly enjoyed include entering the fruit bats area where large bats fed on hanging fruit right in front of my face and whizzed past my ears at times (poor Beebee kinda escaped from the bat area in a flash cos she was so scared), as well as squatting down and staring at eye level at a spotted leopard with just a layer of glass between us. Awesome!
There were so many trails to explore that it was really great exercise... haha. Thank goodness Hubby was with us though. I don't think either Beebee or I would be able to find our way about the place that easily without him. We were just following him for most parts of the trail. Haha. Anyway, after all the walking, we went back to board another tram to complete the second half of the ride. I really really enjoyed myself, save for the fact that it was sometimes hard to squint to spot the nocturnal animals in the dark.
By the time we were done with the tram ride, it was already past 11pm. We then explored some of the souvenir shops but I guess the stuff there appeal more to tourists than locals, so we didn't buy anything. In the end, we just hopped into a cab waiting right outside the Night Safari (so convenient!) and went home, exhausted but more or less satisfied.
I think the novelty would definitely wear off after some time, so it's unlikely that we'll visit this attraction again in the near future, but I'm glad I've got some wonderful moments to remember! :D
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