"Gambira loka - not for sensitive souls - the zoo" Top 5 Page for this destination Yogyakarta Travelogue by belgianchocolate

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Gambira loka - not for sensitive souls - the zoo - Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta zoo standards...
In this cage a Gibbon wastes away.

Noizy indonesians give him
unhealthy food!

The quarantaine...
is more a waiting zone
when one of their species dies inside
the zoo.

Also waiting a Siamang and
one of those beautiful
Celebes macaques.

The expression says enough. No?
A chimpanzee , and
it is a young animal.
Where did they get him?

They had no female...
He belongs in Africa.

The recreation is ofcourse there...
A tunnel to walk through...
A playground for children...
Boats like swans to sail the lake.

The Bird you see is a lucky one ,
It is a wild one , just stopping by...

Recreation sounds a lot like education.
There is something there,
but it's not too accurate and
rather little.

Anyway , I hope they learn at least something...
I hoped that Islam said that they had to
be nice for animals instead of..
(choose something yourself)

I found it strange...
To see a zoo like this.

I did expect to find better ,
because Jogya is a university city ,
lots of students studying veterinarian.

Where are they?

The vieuw on the local garbish dump
is free and can be enjoyed behind the
tiger enclosure.

See , the zoo is not a place to visit...
a sad place.
I refused to see the orangutans used
in a circus show.

I hope one day this will stop.

Page Updated Feb 19, 2004
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Comments (22)

Jim_Eliason May 11, 2011 at 9:28 PM Report Abuse

Nice page.
mary2u99 Sep 29, 2009 at 7:32 AM Report Abuse

Wow nice reading and tips. I am going there in November and really want to try gudeg. :-)
uuth Jun 22, 2009 at 9:34 PM Report Abuse

if you have time to go back to jogja... it's good to try to go to parang ndok... it's anice palce also.. don't forget to visit some caves... unbelievable... full of mystic and beauty...
roamer61 Aug 7, 2006 at 9:32 AM Report Abuse

Very informative pages. I would go to Yogyakarta just to be able to visit Borobudur and the Temples of Prambandan.
eelaine Jan 15, 2006 at 2:53 AM Report Abuse

thanks for a great yogja site! i'm planning to go in two weeks' time.. how much is enough time for this wonderful place? :)
bpacker Jan 4, 2006 at 12:41 AM Report Abuse

Thanks for sharing about the zoo. Great photography here btw, love your macro shots on insects.
zafilm Nov 13, 2005 at 8:30 PM Report Abuse

Nice page and absolutely good tip. Going there next month.CHEERS....
kyoub Jan 15, 2005 at 4:15 AM Report Abuse

A wonderful page and photos on Yogyakarta. I would love to go back some day.
biawak Dec 7, 2004 at 8:22 PM Report Abuse

The first spider is a Nephila sp. (Silk Spider). It builds huge orbs sometimes almost a meter in diameter. The third spider is an Argyope&i sp. (orb weaver spider)
ukirsari Oct 28, 2004 at 10:39 PM Report Abuse

this moment >> bit windy, shower rain ... but can not playing under the rain as i did when i was a kid [many many pollutans in big doerians], but i can do that in jogjakarta, next month. woawww, will going there again next month :)