A visit to Singapore’s River Wonders

Worth it if you want to meet the “animal stars”

Kai Kai the panda. Photograph taken by writer.

I loved my recent visit to River Wonders.

There were many attractions, like otters, sea cows, and piranhas, but to me there were really two major highlights, personally.

The first was the Giant Panda Forest to see the giant panda Kai Kai and the giant panda cub Le Le (although Le Le was asleep in the nursery when I was there).

The second was the animal show “Once Upon A River” at the Boat Plaza.

I came up and personal with the “animal stars” in this show, such as otters, pelicans, capybaras, and even several reptiles.

It was “edutaining”, especially when the animal trainers reminded audiences to “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” and other messages relating to conservation and protecting beautiful creatures.

Was seated maybe a metre or two from this nice, friendly lizard. It was quite harrowing! Photograph taken by writer.

A capybara, apparently the biggest rodent on earth, begs for food. Photo by writer.

Well, other than the pandas and “Once Upon A River”, I was actually also looking forward to a third personal…