It was more than 4,000 years ago when Noah built an arc to escape from the Great Flood. He collected all types of fish, birds and land animals he could find and placed them inside the arc. The flood indeed happened and covered all lands and mountains on earth. When the flood subsided, the arc eventually landed in a zoo located in 'Batu', a small town in the high plateau of Mount Panderman in the eastern part of Java island in Indonesia, that lies around 1,000 meters above sea level!
Batu Secret Zoo
Welcome to Batu Secret Zoo and be the witness of Noah’s collection of animals. Experience living in the Noah’s era where all kinds of animals have just been released from the arc! Haha..! It may sound exaggerated, but that’s the theme of the zoo as you will find the Noah’s arc in the location.
These exotic animals must come from far-away lands to this gorgeous site for one main reason: to let us witness world’s animal variant and make us realize how important it is to protect them, just like what Noah did thousands of years ago.
Noah’s arc
Together with museum satwa (fauna museum), Batu Secret Zoo is a part of Jatim Park 2. In here you may see various animals from all the five continents of the earth living in the man-made environment that was made to be similar to their natural habitat.Batu’s cool tropical climate, and year-round sunshine have made the zoo ideal homes for the animals.It has become one of the most livable man-made animal sanctuaries on the planet.
The animals are classified into several different categories where each category takes place in separate places along the exploration route. The zoo provides separate habitats for reptiles, bats and fish in aquariums (Batu Secret Zoo A area), the ungulates such as wildebeests and zebras (savannah area),small animals like rabbits (KampungAfrika or African village area), baby elephants (elephant village area), tiger (Tiger Land area) and also aseperate area forpoultries, turtles and tortoises, primates as well as hippopotamuses and crocodiles.
Interacting with a tiger
Do something unforgettable and interact with some tigers and snakes. If you have the nerve, you may want to try to love wild animals by touching a tiger or a snake! Wait.., there is no reason for panicking as so far not a single straight-walking primates has been hurt or eaten by them! They are tame and have been domesticated, although you need to interact with extra caution as no matter what, they still have the instinct to make you their prey!
Snake interaction
Why is it called a secret zoo? The reason is when exploring the14-hectare land area of Batu secret zoo there are always mysterious funs and surprises ahead that are waiting to be revealed and that visitors just can not stop wondering what lie ahead. It can take roughly three hours to explore the whole area by foot or perhaps shorter than that if you rent an electric bike for IDR 105,000 (USD 8)
Inside Batu Secret Zoo there is Fantasy Land that mainly provides swimming pool and water games. Also there is also an activity so-called river adventure where youcan see some orangutans living in their habitat.
After touring the zoo, continue your exotic journey to the “fauna museum”. In here you will admire itsbeautiful replica collections of some animal skeletons including those of the butterflies and dinosaurs.
Only in Batu
Its entrance ticket is IDR 75000 (around USD 5.65) from Monday to Thursday and IDR 105,000 (around USD 8) from Friday to Sunday. Please be noted that during peak seasons like public and school holidays weekend rates apply.
This model of zoo is called modern zoo, which is the only one in Indonesia and that makes Batu Secret Zoo truly worth visiting. Especially if you visit East Java, this is a must visit spot for you and your family as it is just 2 to 3-hour drive from the province’s capital city of Surabaya and about the same hours from the famous Mount Bromo. It is only about 30-minute drive from Malang city, the second largest city in East Java. Make sure your East Java visit a memorable experience.
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