Taiping Zoo visit

Today we finally made up our mind (after talking for so long about this trip) and take a day of family trip driving to ~100km to Taiping Zoo. Actually it is quite easy to reach there. It took roughly around 1 hour drive from Penang. Just take the North-South highway from Penang to Ipoh and exit at Exit 148 Kamunting Taiping exit. From there go straight and pass through 3 traffic lights and you are there. We followed the zoo map that we have gotten during one of the past exhibition of cuti-cuti Malaysia. However, be aware that the map does not follow scale and it is actually another good 12km before you reach the zoo after the highway exit. The map made it looked quite nearby after the exit but that's not the case.
http://www.zootaiping.gov.my/

We wanted to visit this zoo mainly for Ethan's exposure. Also it would serve as a reference for him when we visited other zoos in future oversea.

Entrance fee is RM5 per person, child from 3 to 12 is RM3. Ethan is free because he does not fall in that category. No charge for camera and video cam. Entrance is through bar code scanning of the ticket, quite impressive.

Parking is convenient beside the zoo for RM2 per parking. Since this was a Saturday, there were quite a crowd at the zoo. There is a traincar service that brings one for a guided tour of the zoo if you are up to walking.

Most of the animals are found in this zoo, in fact the zoo compound is quite large.

Animals that could be found in Ethan's book which he learns about animals, like Tiger, Elephant, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Lion, Zebra, Flamingo, monkeys, chimpanzees, etc.

Some photos taken of the occupants at the zoo.

One key point is that the zoo is quite large and it takes a while to walk and go through all the exhibition. In hot weather it would be wise to come prepare with a cap or umbrella.

Overall impression was that it was worth the visit.