Hunter has never been to a zoo, as I’m more interested in bringing him to a petting farm, since I feel it’s better for very young kids as they can see the animals up close and touch them. Mum found a place called The Animal Resort and so we trooped there with Hunter, his cousin Elliot, and respective grandparents. It’s in a forested area of Singapore which is a pretty rare sight, since Singapore is virtually completely developed. Silly us forgot our mosquito repellent but we were lucky that they had fumigated the area in the morning, so no one was bitten except unlucky me. Mosquitoes LOVE me very much, so I ended up with 5-6 bites all over my legs – grrrr! The Animal Resort is actually more of a dog kennel (their actual business) than a fully featured petting farm. To be frank, it’s pretty run down. But, it’s FREE to enter. So you can’t exactly expect whizz bang, right? 🙂 You can pay $2 to buy 3 packets of animal feed, which is optional, but I’d highly recommend it because the kids had heaps of fun feeding the animals.

I thought the cutest animals were the rabbits and guinea pigs. One of the rabbits had also recently given birth and the lil baby bunnies were sooo tiny!! Hunter was fascinated with the animals here, but unfortunately they are all in cages so only the adults can reach in from the top to pat the animals… and the kids couldn’t 🙁 A bit odd, as to me, a petting farm is when kids are INSIDE the area with the animals to touch and cuddle?

There were loads of ducks and geesewandering around the place, and they were super tame, coming RIGHT up to you especially if you were holding food 😉

The goat and horse were in a really large enclosure and also very tame.. probably because they’re always fed by visitors 😉 It’s a shame they don’t allow people in to actually pet the animals though. It’d have been awesome if they have ponies, etc for the kids to ride on!

I’d say The Animal Resort is a nice place to bring young kids to, to do something a bit different than the standard Singaporean bring-kids-to-the-mall activity. It’s way more informal than the zoo, a lot more hands-on and close-up, and a good way to kill time. It’s worth a pop into, considering it’s free. But don’t expect too much or a spick-and-span/professional petting farm 🙂