Taman Safari


Taman Safari Indonesia or simply Taman Safari are animal theme parks in Bogor, West Java, Mount Pangrango, East Java, and Bali Safari and Marine Park, Bali. Being part of the same organization, they are known as Taman Safari I, II and III. The most popular is Taman Safari I.

Taman Safari I

Taman Safari I, or called as Taman Safari Bogor, is located at district Cisarua, on Bogor regency, on he old main road between Jakarta and Bandung, West Java. It is roughly from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta and from Bandung. Taman Safari is located on Puncak, a tourist area in West Java.

History

Taman Safari I covers an area of and houses a collection of 2,700 animals, including Bengal tigers, Malayan sun bears, giraffes, orangutans, hippos, zebras, and Sumatran elephants. Some, such as the Bali myna, are involved in conservation projects. The majority of the species represented are African.
Taman Safari I was built on 1980 on 50 hectares of unproductive plantation land. On 1990, the park was named as a National Tourism Object by Soesilo Soedarman, the Minister of Tourism, Postal, and Telecommunication at that time.
The zoo used to exhibit two polar bears delivered from Adelaide Zoo after a breeding program. However, one of the polar bears died in 2004 while another died in 2005, both due to old age. The exhibit is now used as a humboldt penguin exhibit, the polar bears can be seen as a taxidermy in the exhibit.

Animals

Ticket Counter aquarium

Visitors are encouraged to drive through the park and it is possible to come within touching distance of most of the animals. Some areas allow for guests to feed animals from their cars. Guests are not allowed to feed carnivores, and the area that showcase carnivores such as tigers and lions are monitored by the warden. Guests are not allowed to step out from the car. Guests that didn't own cars may see the safari areas from buses that are run on schedule. Sometimes, many crab-eating macaque and Javan myna can be seen roaming the Safari area, this animals are native to the forest of Mount Pangrango.
For a small fee, visitors can take a photo with baby animals, snake, or birds.
Six wildlife shows are offered, including a Bird of Prey Show, Dolphin Show, and Tiger Show. Bungalows and camping sites are available for guests who wish to stay in the park overnight.

Taman Safari II

Taman Safari II is a branch of Taman Safari located in Prigen, Pasuruan, East Java. It is about from Juanda International Airport, Surabaya and about from Malang. It lies on the slope of Mount Arjuno, above sea level and covers about, the largest Safari Park in Asia.
The safari area showcase four different zone, which is the America-Europe zone, carnivore zone, Asia Zone, and Africa zone. The America-Europe zone showcase animals from North and South America and Europe such as bison, elk, turkey, and llama. The zone also have a emu exhibit near the end of the zone, which formerly houses a maned wolf and later binturong. The carnivore zone showcase three large carnivores such as Syrian brown bear, Bengal tiger, and African lion. The Asia zone showcase animals from Indonesia, India, and the Himalayas. The Africa zone show animals from Africa and the Middle East, this zone also showcase the Sumatran elephant.
The baby zoo of Taman Safari II have more diverse animals to take a photo with than Taman Safari I. This part of the park also have several exhibits for white lion, white tiger, saltwater crocodile, Sunda porcupine, mandrill, proboscis monkey, orangutan, chimpanzee, and pygmy hippo. The area also include several exhibits such as the bird aviary, reptile park, and the big cats exhibits. Aquatic Land located at the edge of the baby zoo, this exhibits houses aquatic animals such as the humboldt penguin, spotted seal, and American beaver.
The park have an Australia themed zone named Australiana. The exhibit showcase animal such as merino sheep, horse, gray kangaroo, red-necked and agile wallaby, black swan, and wombat. The indoor wombat viewing area also include herpetarium for Australasian reptiles, this part of the zone also showcase non Australian animals such as reticulated python, Malayan porcupine, and large flying fox. The park planned to add koala to the exhibit in the future. Some of the animals came from Australia zoo. The original Australia zone houses red kangaroo, located in the baby zoo.
Prigen Conservation Breeding Ark is a breeding facility owned by Taman Safari II for different type of song birds, such as hill myna, Javan green magpie, Sumatran laughingthrush, and white-eye.

Bali Safari and Marine Park

Bali Safari and Marine Park is a branch of Taman Safari located in Marina Beach in Bali.
In December 2019, the zoo introduced striped hyena.

Batang Dolphin Center

Batang Dolphin Center is a branch of Taman Safari located in the Sigandu beach, Batang Regency, Central Java
The park mainly focus on bottlenose dolphin, but the park also have other animal exhibits like sea turtles touch pool, mini safari, bird aviary, reptile exhibits, and freshwater aquarium.

Jakarta Aquarium

Jakarta Aquarium is located inside the Neo Soho mall, Jakarta. The aquarium have saltwater, freshwater, brackish, and land animals from around the world. Right next to the gift store, there is a restaurant named Pingoo. Where visitors can eat their meals with a humboldt penguin

Criticism

The company came under fire in April 2016 for its alleged practice of drugging wild animals in order to utilise them as props in photographs with tourists. The company stated the pictured lion had not been drugged and was 'just sleepy'.
In November 2017, two visitors gave an wine to the blackbucks and hippo. One of them rule the animals with carrots, as they reach the carrots the visitors quickly pour the wine to the animals mouth while the other laughed and share it on their Instagram story.