This thread is for a relatively new facility, the Suraloka Interactive Zoo which opened up in 2021 and is located in DIY Yogyakarta, specifically in the Sleman regency. The collection is fairly extensive, housing exotics such as Caracal, Capybaras, Common Marmosets, Capuchin Monkeys, Squirrel Monkeys, Coatis, Alpacas, Banded Mongoose, Prairie Dogs, Red-necked Wallaby and Black Swan. Here is their website: Suraloka Interactive Zoo Here is their instagram: www.instagram.com/suralokainteractivezoo
Apparently they also have a couple of West African pied hornbills, probably the second African hornbill species held in Indonesia after the Von der Decken's hornbill in Surabaya. Suraloka Interactive Zoo on Instagram: "Satwa baru yang melengkapi dinasti aviary di Suraloka Interactive Zoo, ada yang tau nama burung ini? Liburan lengkap? Yaa Suraloka Interactive Zoo jawabannya Suraloka Interactive Zoo - Pusat Edukasi dan Rekreasi Keluarga OPEN DAILY 09.00 - 17.00 WIB #funtimeatsuraloka #havefunwithsuraloka #suralokainteractivezoo #suralokaquiz #kebunbinatang #kebunbinatangjogja #kuissuraloka #interactivezoo #kaliurang #dolannyaman #dolanjogja #wisatajogja #wisatayogyakarta #pusatedukasirekreasikeluarga"
Whenever a zoo in Southeast Asia has the word 'interactive' on their website, is that implicitly stating that visitors can handle a number of the animals? I ask because some reviews of a few SEA zoos have images of people holding monkeys or small mammals. Of course, there are also the 'tiger temple' zoos as well, with humans in with tigers.
Yes, though I don't think this zoo does anything as egregious, just photos with birds, touching petting zoo staples and holding large constrictors (which could be corrected but not uncommon worldwide). Maybe a light petting on some of the more docile exotics like Binturong and Otters. Other zoos (even PKBSI members) have had more involved interactions. Taman Safari used to have photos with adult tigers and cubs until they were suspected of drugging their animals so they remain docile. Solo Safari's ASC Otter exhibit has a few holes where the otters can stick their hands out for visitors to touch. Baobab Safari Hotel, which is part of Taman Safari Prigen has encounters where you can touch and feed a white rhino, giraffes and meerkat (not at the same time of course).
