CATS (Big & Wild)

Cassowary

Black Bears

Beautiful Birds

Alligators (or are these Crocodiles?)

Avilon and Animals

Avilon Zoo ; Animals; Amazing.......

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Arapaimas in the Avilon lagoon(s)

Very large ARAPAIMA fishes during feeding. Just not sure if they are the largest freshwater fishes in the world. But they sure are the biggest we have seen.

The main lagoon

A lagoon surrounds the main pavilion at the entrance. There are big fishes (arapaimas) that swim in it.

Pavilion in Avilon

View of the main pavilion from the side

A smaller pavilion / gazebo on the lagoon

The entrance to the zoo leads to a main pavilion where you can freshen up, rest a while, or have your snacks and meals. (Packed lunches are available at modest prices and it was a welcome surprise.)

It connects to a smaller one on the lagoon where special functions can be held. There are several pavilions inside the zoo for stopovers during your visit.

Inside the Avilon Zoo

Very clean and spacious surroundings, well paved paths and walkways, lots of shades and greenery, well maintained facilities are some of the things that made our visit enjoyable. Wait till you get to see the animals.

At that time, there were not so many visitors yet, but we do hope that it would only get better and improve as more people go to the Avilon Zoo.

A trip to AVILON Zoo

Discovered a great place to visit within the outskirts of the City.

The AVILON ZOO in Rizal.

Went there on a Saturday morning ( 9 am on March 10, 2007 - three months ago), and took about 2 hours from Paranaque. From the Batasan, it was just more than an hour. We encountered traffic in the town proper and even went past the place going to the Wawa Dam. But by 11 am we were already in the Zoo.

Nestled in the Hills of Montalban

Animals and Creatures in the ZOO.

Great and wonderful animals can be found in the zoo. Our travel three months ago brought us to a great place that can be enjoyed by everybody.



The AVILON ZOO.



It was recommended to us by a friend who said that once inside, you would feel that you are in another country. Somehow, we felt it. Especially if the only Zoo everybody has been used to is the Manila Zoo. The Residence Inn in Tagaytay also has lots of animals though it is a lot smaller.(We really just can't compare it with the Singapore Zoo because visited the Night Safari instead. )



The pavilions, the facilities, the plants and the beautiful ambience can be seen in the photos we took. The place is accredited with the Department of Tourism.



Entrance fee was equivalent to US$4.00 or at that time was at about PhP 208.00. Modest enough and we felt was well worth it. You can see that they were still fixing and putting up a lot of improvements in the place.



Another interesting aspect of the visit was that you can get close and personal with the animals. We really got wonderful photos.

Garden creatures

Some photos of the interesting animals that come out in the night in the garden.

Pet Fishes in the Garden

Goldfishes in the pond


A Golden Flowerhorn in the aquarium