Jumat, 04 Desember 2015

6 Top Parks in Bali - Bali Bird Park

Bali Bird Park

This gorgeous park is located at St. Serma Cok Ngurah Gambir, Singapadu, Batubulan, Gianyar, Bali. Started operating since 1994.  It takes about 25 - 30 minutes driving from Denpasar. Daily open from 09:00 - 17:00 HRS Bali Time. In this 2 ha artificial tropical forest, you can see around 1000 birds divided into 250 species from some countries including Indonesia. Some of the birds that live there are: Scarlet Macaw (South America), African Grey Parrot (South Africa), Black Indian Hawk Eagle (Sumatera), Nicobar Pigeon (Borneo), Golden-necked Cassowary (Papua), Javan Hawk Eagle (Java), Bali Starling (Bali) also some Eagle Owl that live in a traditional Toraja House, and many else..
You are not only able to see the birds from many places but also ambiance each place/country as the original habitat of the bird. The park try to recreate the bird's natural habitats complete with the indigenous plant life.
If you wish to have your lunch surrounding those beautiful birds, you may make a stop at Bali Starling Restaurant. Its a casual open-air restaurant that provide some local and international dishes. Inside of  the park also you can just refreshing with a glass of tropical juice or hand made ice cream at Rainforest Cafe.
For something a little different, visit the adjacent Reptile Park with the most complete collection of reptiles in Southeast Asia.
Some of them area 8-meter reticulated python, an extensive collection of Indonesian monitor lizards as well as the world-renowned prehistoric – and huge - Komodo Dragons, some turtles (very big turtle) and a lot more reptiles live there.
This Reptile Park is right in front of The Bird Park.

Here are the updated schedule at the park:
09:00 & 17:30: Guyu Guyu Corner (hands on birds)
09:30 - 17:30: Papua Rainforest Feeding
09:45 & 12.45: Lory Feeding
10:00 & 13:15: Pelican Feeding
10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30 & 17:00: 4D Cinema Show Times (Avian Theater)
10:30 & 16:00: Bali Rainforest Free flight Show
Tues 11:00 & Fri 14:30: The Komodo Experience
11:30 - 15:00: Basic Instinct
12:00, 13:30 & 16:30: Meet The Birds Stars ( Bali Starling Restaurant)

The bird shows and the 4D cinema really worth to watch. Do not skip it.

The entrance ticket is around USD 25.00- 30.00net/adult and usually children under 12 yo will get 50% discount from the adult's price.
You only need to buy 1 ticket for both of the park, Bird & Reptile Park.

Some additional activities for family or group like cycling tour, team building, etc are also available. The cycling tour for the example, will bring us to the traditional Balinese House crossing the rice field and make a stop at Luwak Coffee Plantation. Especially at the Luwak Coffee Plantation, you may try a lot of kind of coffee, so not only the Luwak coffee. Oh, you also can see the real Luwak in there.

This trip really good. You have to try it.