Paradizoo Tagaytay
We tried it again to continue our Tagaytay Adventure.
Last Saturday, me, Honey, Sam, Ley together with Kevin (Sam’s godfather), went to Paradizoo Tagaytay to experience it and find out what’s wonderful with the place. We had some fun along the trip despite the bumpy road on the way there. We videod some parts of it. It was a long trip. Finally after hours of driving, we arrived at the place. We had to park on an steep and narrow inclined which kept me worried that the car might get hit by other vehicles that pass by.
The facade of the zoo looked promising, it felt like a fun adventure awaits us.
We were first greeted by llamas and turkeys. There’s the five-legged Pig, which by the way, caught my attention since I have not seen strange animals like that before. But it was not that interesting when I saw the pig. It was just lying on the floor, barely showing the fifth leg which does not look like a leg. It looks more like an extra bone that popped out from one leg. Then, lots of pigs.
Next to the piggery was the poultry where white leghorn chickens lay eggs. They have about a thousand chickens there, which are also not interesting.
Paradizoo is not a zoo, but a farm. The animal cages are not organized like other zoos. You need to walk a long way under the heat of the sun to go from one site to another. The pathway is not cemented which made it very dusty during sunny days and muddy when it rains. There are shuttles for those who do not like to walk, and there are golf carts too. You need to pay 150.00 Php / 15 mins for the golf carts, which is too expensive since there were no interesting subjects to see along the trip. Apart from animals, they also have vegetable farms, gardens, some miniature horses, sheeps, llamas and turtles. There’s an albino carabao which they use to pull the ‘kalesa’ for people who rent it.
Animals which I expected to see are tigers, lions, gorillas, wild snakes, crocodiles and elephants, which they do not have. Well, it’s not a zoo.
They also have honey bee farm, which obviously is not too safe to enjoy, and a butterfly garden where we spent more time. It is the only comfortable place there. Although, there are only less than 30 butterflies, in 5 variety of colors.
They have a camping site with tents, that I don’t think anyone had used it. Tents are very small that you can’t survive the heat inside.
For breaktimes, they have two cafes where you can buy snacks for more than double their actual price. There is also an ice cream stand where you can have a cup for 35.00 Php. And a fresh ‘buko’ for 30.00 Php. I never thought that over-pricing is also their specialty.
It was a fun adventure. We enjoyed the day because we were together, but we did not enjoy the place. And I almost forget, entrance fee costs 199.00 Php. 2 years old and below ‘enjoys’ free entrance. All in all, I still do not recommend Paradizoo as a place to spend your vacation with.
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