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Zoobic Safari
Attractions
Zoobic Safari is a 25-hectare amusement park presenting a once-in-a-lifetime experience for you and your family. Far from the conventional zoo, Zoobic gives you a chance to meet these wonderful animals up close and personal, promote awareness and concern for their species thru education/information given by our competent Tour Guides, a unique avenue to commune with nature and most of all, experience an adventure like no other here in the country: A close encounter with the biggest members of the cat family. This may very well be the closest thing to a real animal jungle safari around here in the country.
Important Tour Details
Important Tour Details
- The guided tour takes approximately 2 1/2 hours to visit 11 attractions
- Park Hours - 8 am to 4 pm (last admission of guests)
- No schedule for the tour. 15 minutes waiting time after purchasing entrance tickets, the assigned Tour Guide will conduct an orientation before start of the tour.
- There are two parts of the tour:
WALK-THRU : 30-40 minutes walking inside the Zoobic Park, Rodent World and Serpentarium
DRIVE-THRU : Group/s will go through the different attractions aboard their own vehicle (no additional charge) OR our Tram (additional P50/person). Groups will then be transferred to our customized Safari Jeep at the Tiger Safari Ride attraction.
DRIVE-THRU : Group/s will go through the different attractions aboard their own vehicle (no additional charge) OR our Tram (additional P50/person). Groups will then be transferred to our customized Safari Jeep at the Tiger Safari Ride attraction.
- Animal Show and Animal Parade on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
A thrilling forest adventure with live and stuffed animals, guest can have an excitement while walking in a shaking hanging bridge.
Zip through the air, soar over trees and fly like superman in our SKY SAFARI adventure ride!
- 380 meters long (back & forth: 200 meters one way, 180 meters back)
- Approximately 40 ft high
- Price: Php 199/ pax
- Maximum capacity is 200 kgs.
Enjoy a show put-on by park rangers as they show you some exotic animals and engage the audience in holding and feeding the tigers, snakes, large iguana lizards and other animals. This show is evolving and will feature new animals as these are brought out of training.
Get your picture taken while you feed or hold an exotic animal such as a young tiger, giant python “snake” or large iguana “lizard”.
You can see a realistic Aeta village featuring their homes and cooking areas. These native Filipino people will also treat you to a very entertaining tribal show including the butterfly and war dance. Marvel at the amazing athletic gymnastic ability of these dancers as they perform the monkey dance and catapult up a tree.
If you are a fan of the rodent kingdom, or just wonder how many different species were found in the world of rodents, then this is the place for you. You will find everything from tiny guinea pigs, porky pines to very large Palawan Rats. There’s even a grooming station where you can watch the rodents get their hair done.
Here you will find a pit of over 200 crocodiles. Walk over the steel grated walkway with the snapping predator directly below you. Here you can purchase a quarter chicken, dangle it on a fishing pole for the Crocs to snap away from your line. Then walk down to the Crocodile Café where you can view the quick-snappers from a water-level glass observation area while you snack on some goodies.
Get a close-up view of reptiles small and large. See snakes from around the world from the simple king snake to some huge pythons and boa constrictors. Also included here are lizards, iguanas, monitor lizards, turtles, and other cold-blooded creatures are available for viewing.
Drive your car into an animal sanctuary of farm and exotic animals such as wild boars, potbelly pigs and guinea fowls. Many wild ostriches roam free here and many times try to run alongside your vehicle. Some of these guys may attempt to get a closer look at you and your vehicle, even to the point of a peck or two at your vehicle window.
A special petting zoo and animal observation area set in a tropical jungle environment. Meander through and interact with, pet and enjoy displays of a diverse array of animals from many regions of the world. Many of these animals have become acclimated and friendly to human beings and are free and roaming amidst the visitors. You are free to reach-out and pet many of these animals. Here you will find deer, ostriches, albino carabao, monkeys, an eagle, miniature horses, bearcats, guinea pigs, ferrets, and many more.
See the amazingly-long and sharp tiger-canine teeth so close to you that you actually feel the fear and excitement of these ferocious hunters. Thrill as a 400 pound tiger easily jumps on top of your safari vehicle while he eats a whole chicken. A once in a lifetime adventure experience riding in a safari jeep were you will enter in a c close fence structure and be fascinated to see the live tigers roaming around as they thrilled you with their vibrating growl.
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Ocean Adventure Philippines Amusement Theme Park
Ocean Adventure Subic Bay is the first Southeast Asia’s only open water Marine Park. Here our animals live and play in a natural setting of clear water swarming with marine life, coral reefs, and a lovely white sand beach. Experience an encounter with whales, and sea lions, and a host of fish and sea creatures in a selection of exciting and cherished ways. Ocean Adventure is an all-weather park. It has covered walkways, sheltered stadiums, and indoor facilities that will insure their guests will have a comfortable experience, in sunshine or in rain.
The three main parts to the Subic Ocean Adventure Park are the Sea Lion Show, Whale Presentation and Discovery Aquarium.
Subic Ocean Adventure Floating Habitat The Ocean Adventure Park is fairly proud of being environmentally friendly and try to encourage and teach conservation to all who come. The materials the marine park used: • 65,000 ft (6,000m2) Tensar which is a tough, lightweight plastic mesh used on hillsides to prevent mud or rock slides. This is used as the pen and fencing materials. • The fence and pen are sewn together with 90,000 feet (27,500m) of a tough UV-resistant nylon line called Tuna-Cord. • 1,100 ft (335m) of an oil slick retention boom-line, called Aquaguard, it is the same system used to contain oil spills. It protects the animals from surface scum and pollutants. • The pens and habitat are moored. They use over 150 tons (136,500kg) of recycled concrete, telephone poles and concrete batch sample plugs that are all used to hold everything in place. • Over 3,000 ft (950m) of nylon line is used as moorings. • 300 key-lock floats, made of a light weight polyurethane material and held together by hourglass shaped key-locks, make up the walkways. • 825 ft (250m) of heavy gauge 2" PVC piping make up the blue fence posts. • 1,200 ft (365m) heavy gauge 6" PVC, stiffens the walkway systems. Subic Ocean Adventure Sea Lion Show As you walk into the Ocean Adventure Park you will face the water. If you walk to the left you will come to the Seals, to the right are the False Killer Whales and Dolphins. They are kept and either end of the marine park. The sea lions are actually South American Sea Lions and they do a show in the Nautilus Theatre. The show is real fun and enjoyable to all, there is an underlying message of how to take care of the environment. Now if you want to have your photo taken with one of the Sea Lions, well you can, you can shake it's fin or receive a big fishy kiss. Lots of fun for everyone. Subic Ocean Adventure Whale Presentation The highlight of the day since you can view the Whale Presentation from the El Capitan Stadium, which is named after a shipwreck just outside the marine park. The two False Killer Whales are named Pounder and Tonker and put on a mighty show for all to see, diving out of the water and towing and hurling there trainers out of the water. The show is conducted with an educational slant hoping that the guests may pick up something and use it in a way that may help the environment. You can swim with them or even scuba dive with them but it will cost you extra. You will get to touch and be towed by the False Killer Whales and there is always a photographer ready to take your happy snaps, which you can pick up on your way out with their corresponding prices. Subic Ocean Adventure Discovery Aquarium The Discovery Aquarium is a walk through building with numerous aquariums built into the walls. Each aquarium houses different diversities of marine and fresh water creatures; from the coral reefs through to the mangroves each ecosystem has its unique variety of fish. From the Discovery Aquarium, you can really see the difference in colors between the marine or saltwater fish and the fresh water cousins, the marine are very dazzling and colorful. Entrance FEE : Adult: 450 pesos; Kids (12 years under): 370 pesos Inclusive of entrance to the Ocean Adventure, Sea Lion Show and the Whale Presentation. If you want to get up close and personal with the False Killer Whales, Pounder and Tonker, it will cost you extra, more on that in a minute.
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San Guillermo Parish Church
San Guillermo Parish Church is named after San Guillermo, the patron saint of Bacolor, Pampanga, the Philippines, where the church is erected. The church was originally constructed by the Augustinian Friars in 1576 – also the town's founding – with Fr. Diego De Ochoa, OSA, as the town's first parish priest.having been installed as such two years after.
In 1880, the church was destroyed by an earthquake only to be rebuilt by Fr. Eugenio Alvarez in 1886. On September 3, 1995, lahar flow from the slopes of Mt. Pinatubo which erupted into world notice on June 15, 1991, buried the church at half its 12-m height prompting its more than 50,000 town residents to evacuate to safer grounds in resettlement areas.
History
Bacolor is one of the oldest towns in the Philippines. The first church was constructed by the Augustinian friars in 1576 on the lot of Don Guillermo Manabat, a rich landlord believed to be the founder of Bacolor. An earthquake destroyed the edifice and a new church was erected by Fr. Manuel Diaz in 1897. It has a central nave and well-lighted transept with windows. The main retablo, side retablos and pulpit are gilded with golf leaf. The richness of the docoration of Bacolor church depicts advanced stage of baroque and rococo. In spite of the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo which half-buried the church on October 1, 1995, the structure is still being used as place of worship. It was already a world renowned tourist destination prior to the lahar tragedies; now more tourists flock to the church which remaining features are being preserved and maintained.
Description
The church boasts of having main retablo, side retablos and pulpit that are heavily gilded with gold leaves. The rich decorations of the church depict the Baroque style of architecture. Only half of the original facade of the church can be seen today due to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 which half-buried the church. After the volcanic eruption, the town’s people painstakingly excavated the altar and the retablo and relocated it under the dome in order for the tall wooden retablo to fit. The retablos niches are filled with centuries- old statues which were saved from destruction of the lahar. The citizens of Bacolor take pride in their rich heritage which is why they carefully excavated the ornately carved main and side altars and restored in its immaculate condition. The church is already a world famous tourist destination prior to the lahar tragedies and present has remained being so.
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