Ilocos: The Tour (Sixth Part)

After Vigan, we headed to Baluarte. Baluarte is a zoological theme park whose main feature is that it allows close interaction between visitors and animals. It is owned by Chavit Singson. Entrance is free. There as an afternoon show every 5PM featuring the trained animals of the zoo.

I also met a true blooded writer in Baluarte. Please visit her blog here.

So here's the delayed post on Baluarte. Enjoy the pictures!

This is a blue-gold macaw...





A blue naped parrot...





These are sun conures. I like the way one of them stared into the camera. He seemed to have posed for the shot...





An umbrella cuckatoo...



Miniature horses...







Feeding time... Find the feeder...



An alpaca...



White deers. The first one was a bit sleepy...







A goose and a duck... The goose stared at me for a minute or so, and so despite the distance, I took a shot. This is the nearest that my zoom lens could get.





The animal that I really sought to shot... An enclosed one got excited when he saw me approached his pen... He probably saw me as his meal... :D This one has a mild temperament and was very obedient to trainers. He just came from their afternoon show and I met him along the way to his cage...




To be continued... Next post will be about Laoag and La Paz Sand Dunes...

Related post:

• Ilocos: The Tour (First Part)


• Ilocos: The Tour (Second Part)


• Ilocos: The Tour (Third Part)


• Ilocos: The Tour (Fourth Part)


• Ilocos: The Tour (Fifth Part)

In case you want to have a tour of Ilocos, and you'll be staying in Laoag, you may get in touch with Mang Lito, the man who offered to tour us around. His service is significantly low compared to arranged tours or packaged tours being offered by the hotels in Laoag. He may be contacted through his mobile phone: 09273387969.
I will not promote the hotel we stayed in. Although they had reasonably low room rates, good food and courteous staff, their water supply is not good - it's yellow. Their room rates are also a bit tricky, as this caused a slight argument when we checked out