5. Mandai Wildlife Reserve

Return to the Great Catchment Nature Reserve, but this time with the goal to visit the Mandai Wildlife Reserve - a complex of 5 zoos.
We chose to visit more unusual zoos:

River Wonders, a zoo focused more or less on fresh water animals. They had mostly aquariums with freshwater fishes all around the world, but also mammals like Manatees, Pandas and Anteaters. There even was a boat tour where you could observe animals from the amazonian river.

Night Safari, the world's only nocturnal zoo. This night zoo opens at 7 p.m. and has the focus on showing mostly nocturnal animals. The animals are made visible by lighting that resembles moonlight. Although it is brighter than full moonlight by a few orders of magnitude, it is dim enough not to disturb nocturnal and crepuscular animals. With a tram, you could visit even another part of the zoo.
A real unique experience, as you not just visit a zoo by night, you are in the middle of the rainforest, too.

Between the two zoos, we did a walk at the Mandai boardwalk.Read more