Scan your e-ticket at the gate and you will be at the Orchid Garden. Work your way to the air-conditioned Penguin Cove to watch the King, Gentoo, Northern Rockhopper and Humboldt penguins flying underwater. In the area where the penguins are housed, the water and air temperature are maintained at a low of 8°C with special lighting that mimics the changes in day length in the different seasons - all to simulate the natural habitat of the penguins. Also remember to watch documentaries on the penguins at the Theater.
If you are not interested in the birds in tuxedo, maybe have a Penguin Bao (S$3.90+) to munch on. This is just your average tau sar bao (red bean paste bun) selling at marked up rate. If you have spare moolah, by all means buy one or a box of 4s to try.
Selected picture courtesy of Mandai Bird Paradise.
This great blue heron (in it’s white phase) was wading in the shallows when I pointed my cell phone camera at it; just as I was pushing the shutter button, it took flight, letting me capture the bird itself, as well as its reflection, in the lagoon.
There are said to be 200 species of birds on Hilton Head Island. Why not? With its water, temperate climate and tropical foliage, the island seems to me like a bird paradise
Blue herons, osprey, bald eagles, hawks, pileated woodpeckers, pelicans, anhingas, seagulls ... they’re all here, living the easy life.
Bird Paradise, photographs of Mandai's newest attraction
I had the opportunity to have a first look at Bird Paradise, Mandai Wildlife Reserve’s latest attraction.
Set on a 17 ha site close to the Mandai Road end of Mandai Lake Road, the successor to Jurong Bird Park will — at least at first glance — have what it takes to build an identity of its own. While it may not have a single iconic feature, which its predecessor had in its Waterfall Aviary, the…
The Amazonian Jewel aviary has this orange coloured Andean Cock-of-the rock which I spotted from afar but my lousy point and shoot camera could not afforded a decent closeup shot. So you have to settle for this Toucan (or maybe not) and Hyacinth Macaw which was actually found in the Crimson Wetlands avairy.