We planned this trip to Avilon Zoo on Labor Day, May 1, with my bestfriend’s sister and her daughter. Via would surely enjoy seeing the animals. I actually had no idea where the zoo was. I thought it was near Tiendesitas but that turned out to be an indoor zoo called Ark Avilon. Ark Avilon and Avilon Zoo had the same owners but Avilon Zoo, we were told is located in San Isidro, Montalban. We were stumped. That’s really far. But since we planned a visit to the zoo that day and it was still early, we decided to go on to Avilon Zoo anyway. How to get there since we went to Ark Avilon by taxi? There was a line of taxicabs at SM Hypermart and the driver, after consulting other taxicab drivers where exactly Avilon Zoo was (they all had sketchy ideas of the location and how to get there), decided to take us anyway. Good thing for us. It was a slow day for taxicabs and he did not even haggle. He used the taxi meter. I have to commend 24/7 taxi by the way, I always use them when possible.
So off we went and indeed it was far, far away. It took us an hour and a half because it was a holiday, and lots of asking around. On a regular day, the trip would most likely take more than 2 hours. We were excited once we finally got there.
As soon as we were there, Via kept asking, where are the animals? Where are the animals? She wanted to see elephants and giraffes and kangaroos. The first place we came across was the animal feeding station where one can feed the guinea pigs vegetables like carrots, beans etc.
From there, we came across the birds. There were so many different species. Some were very colorful. I marveled at how clean the zoo was and the animals were healthy. They were very well looked after. The zoo itself had several buildings where construction was going on. They really created it as close to the animals natural habitat as possible. Hardwood Flooring was probably used for the huge gorilla’s, or was it an orangutan, habitat who was all by himself high up on a structure made of wood.
Via enjoyed the big cats like the tiger, puma, cougar and the snow leopard which she recognized from watching Diego.
I loved watching her watch the animals 
She wasn’t scared at all and even had her picture taken with this orangutan called Trixie, holding her hand. She was really curious that she touched the tummy, face, mouth and the hair.
We enjoyed our visit to Avilon Zoo and hope that we can visit again. The entrance fee is P300 for adults and P200 for children 3.5 feet and below. Tour guides are available if you want one for P400. Picture taking with the orangutan, owl and eagle were P50 for two shots.
Hi! My siblings and I were at the Avilon Zoo last May 1, 2012 also. But we were there from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Avilon is really a beautiful place and there’s so much animals to see. Children and adults will surely enjoy the place.
One day, me, my wife and our son will visit that place. I just hope he will not be afraid of the animals. hehehe
oh, i heard it from my titas and cousins that it is really maganda
really wanted to visit this zoo…kelan kaya
i have been to avilon zoo way back 2009. At first I thought I will not enjoy but when we checked on there, a wide variety of animal species welcome us.
I was in Avilon Zoo, I think 5 years ago. That was a date with my gf (now my wife). After reading your post, I think I’ll plan to visit again especially now that we have a 4-year-old
Thanks for sharing!
That’s a nice picture of Via and the urangutan holding hands.
I always wanted to bring my son in a zoo because he loves seeing animals. I hope one day we could visit one.
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I heard so many good things about this place and would love to visit it myself soon. I hope you enjoyed the moment
I actually enjoyed watching my daughter’s reaction to the animals more
Highly recommended? I’ve always wanted to see it since I heard about its opening, which has been quite some time ago. hehehe I’m from the south, so it really would be quite a travel for me.
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my tot would love it there! she likes seeing and touching the animals. the rates are affordable, good thing that the place is well maintained!
Very well maintained. It’s evident by how healthy the animals look.
I think animals should not be kept in zoos. they should live in their natural habitats. they should not be taken out from the wild and kept like prisoners.
i’ve been here two years ago, nakijoin kami ng field trip ng pamangkin ko. nagpapicture din kami sa orangutan. hehe!
Ang bait ng orangutan. Sanay sa picture picture
wow. another zoo near the city. this is actually a good way to veer off your kids from going to malls. zoos and parks are good places to bond.
I agree! Too much malling and shopping for kids today.
I will definitely book a date to go to Avilon Zoo. Now that I have a little princess whom I know will enjoy going into parks and seeing different animals. Before I was opt in going to parks since ex bf (hubby) told me that it is only for kids. Now we have our princess no more excuses in going to
The groups I saw there were mostly families with little kids
Wow! I never thought we still have a good zoo here…
Tnx for this!
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we’ve been to Ark Avilon and i really want to take my son to Avilon in Montalban
That’s where we went first. I thought that was the zoo. We were shocked that it was actually in Montalban
I so love that snow leopard… I remember cruella devil after seeing this lovely… hahaha orangutan is awesome… nice
Yup the Orang smells good too. Uses powder and cologne according to her trainer.
I remember Faye’s field trip at Avilon Zoo years ago, I was so tired because the place was really big. Been planning to go back with the rest of the family, but couldn’t find the right schedule yet.
I like that photo of Via sitting by the pond
I like it too. Parang nagmumuni muni
how I wish we have somthing like that here in Cebu. Sophia is into tigers and lions, I wish I could take her to see the real one. Do they have lions too?
Yes, meron lions
Hi, thanks for sharing about Avilon Zoo. So, where is it exactly? We just came back to the Philippines and my 2 daughters still haven’t visited the zoo. Maybe we could go there one time.
It’s in San Isidro, Montalban, Rizal. It’s best you get your relatives to bring you there because it’s kind of hard to find, or maybe it was just us, but we got lost a couple times.
awww!!!! gusto ko pumunta kaso ang layo lang sa akin..
wow thats cool. you can even interact with the animals.
wow, ang linis naman ang zoo nila… good thing naalagaan ng maayos ang mga animals…
i was surprised when i went her ein your site. i thought i was on my site because we had the same theme. hahaha! anyway, we’ve never had the chance to bring my kids to Avilon Zoo because of its location. hope when we go back to the Phils we’ll have that chance.
I changed my themes a lot of times because I couldnt get some plugins to work:)
Even if it took us hours of traveling, I loved Avilon Zoo too! I also got a picture with Trixie, shown in this post:
I’d like to take my almost 2-year-old to a zoo too because he likes animals so much! But Avilon Zoo seems too far. I wonder what the Ark Avilon looks like…
Ark Avilon is small and has mostly hamster and indoor animals according to the bantay.
We didn’t see it cos it was closed but I plan to visit it too.
i’ll bring my nephew there on my next vacation, he loves animals and visiting zoo…
The zoo seems like a nice place to spend the weekend with family. Too bad it’s too far away, I would love to visit it some day.
Yes very far talaga. Might be our first and last visit
Thanks for sharing this post. Will ask my husband (I’m ornithophobic, yikes.) to bring my little girl to this zoo when she’s a little older.
The birds are all in the same place. Avoid it na lang
Thanks for sharing Avilon Zoo for sure mag enjoy ang daughter ko dito always asking me to visit Zoo eh kaso small zoo lang meron sa amin and no tiger and leopard like that =)
Oo mag enjoy ang kids talaga. Malayo lang. I don’t if we’ll go back anytime soon.
Hi! We’ve been there before when my son had their field trip at the Avilon zoo. The place was quite huge and talagang nakakapagod ikutin. But the experience was nice although medyo mainit that time na nag ikot kami.
the place seems great and i’m sure the experience was a blast! thanks for sharing, i wish i could also visit the place one day.
awww! love the bunny feedings…they are so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Ang kyut ng orangutan, naka polo shirt pa talaga ha!
you’re little one loves animals just like my little man!
i would love to visit Avilon Zoo, but have not found the time to do so, it has been almost a year since last been on a zoo. hopefully we’ll get to go to this little animal paradise soon!
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Thanks! I’ll check it out
I’ve only been to Avilon Zoo once, and I had a flu pa back then so I wasn’t able to really enjoy and take in the experience. Maybe a next visit is in order
my son loves to visit the zoo but we don’t have zoos here in my place, I hope I could bring him in Avilon zoo someday!
wow adventure looking forward to go there too
I really want to bring my son there, hopefully this year madala ko na sya.
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