On Saturday, December 19th, we took a trip to the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. Opened in 1991, it is home to the world's largest free-flight, walk-in aviary. As the park is covered by a net, birds are free to fly around the park, peck at people's food, and strut down the pathways whenever and however they like. The grounds are packed with peacocks, parrots, and more birds of all colors, shapes, and sizes. The landscape includes streams and lush rainforest habitats for the birds to live in.
The park is split into four sections, zone 1, zone 2, zone 3, and zone 4. Zone 1 houses the Love Aviary, the Flamingo Pond, and the Bulbul Land. The other zones house more birds, the second including ostriches, and the third including the Hornbill restaurant and gift shop, as well as actual hornbills. The fourth zone has a walk-in parrot enclosure with 20 different species of parrots and an amphitheater where daily bird shows are performed.
The bird show has birds, mainly parrots, that race each other, slide down slides, and do flips and tricks for all to watch. They are also trained to talk and sort shapes and colors.
What a cool place! Approximately how big is the park? I can't begin to imagine such a large area as you described being enclosed completely by a net! It must have taken some creative engineering on their part to keep predators out, too. Sounds like a fascinating place. I'd love to visit it.
ReplyDeleteMom says it's about the size Franklin Park Zoo. Miss you, V.
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