ASLAN: English Assignment - Holiday Report (Silmi Kaaffah)

Last holiday, my family and I went to Taman Safari. It is located in Cisarua, Bogor. The reason why we choose Taman Safari to spend our holiday is because my little brother and my cousin hasn’t go there yet and then in 2011 Indonesian government had awarded Taman Safari Indonesia as Lembaga Konservasi Terbaik. Unfortunately, one of my sisters can’t come along us because she has some project to do with her friends.

We left early in the morning because we didn’t want to get any traffic light. We go there by two cars. But, when we enter Padalarang toll road, it started to rain. It rain so badly. I’m hoping that when we arrive there it won’t rain anymore.When we enter Puncak, the scenery and the air is really good. But, what I’m expected is not became a reality. When we enter Puncak, it’s rainy and foggy. Besides that, we need to wait for three hours. The road was blocked because of one-way-system that operated in Sunday. Actually, there was a man who offered us some alternative way to go to Taman Safari, but I don’t think that’s a good idea plus my uncle said that the road is bad. So, we decided to wait patiently.

Finally, the road was opened. We continue our trip to Taman Safari. Not far from Taman Safari, my mom and my aunt buy some carrots. They said the carrots are for animal. Finally we arrived at Taman Safari gate. We have to get in line to buy a ticket. After we purchase the ticket, we can go inside. The first arena is Herbivore Wild Road.

The animals aren’t stay still in their cage. They walk around, even in the road. We can feed animals in here. It’s really fun to feed the animals. There were tame animals, but there was a fierce animal too. For example the fierce animals, when we feed them, their mouth will go into the car. It’s so scary.

In there we can see elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, goats, monkeys, some deer, buffalos, and many more. After feeding herbivores, we went to see a hippopotamus. Seeing hippopotamus remind me of Gloria in Madagascar movie. Even in the real life, it’s still funny to see it.

After that, we went to Carnivore Wild Road. In here we can see lions, tiger, cheetah, etc. We can’t feed the animals, because it’s dangerous. We have to close our windows and locked the door. There are a lot of lions in here. But, I think the animals in here were hungry, because they seems so tired and not excited.

Besides that, the scenery in here was really good! The air was so fresh and cold because it was rainy when we go there. After we finished Carnivore Wild Road, we went to Amusement Park. There were a lot of games in here. For example; Roller coaster, Ghost House, Carousel, Midair Bicycle, Viking, Swimming Pool, etc.

We also watch animal attraction in Taman Safari. The first one is bird attraction. Unfortunately, my family and I can’t sit down in the chair because it is full, so we watch the attraction while standing. But, it didn’t make any effect to the attraction. In this attraction, we can see an Eagle that really big. The zookeeper chooses one lucky guy from the crowd to help her feed the bird, although at the first he failed, but after he tried again, he finally made it. After that, we saw sea lion attraction. The zookeeper told the sea lions to clap their hands, swimming, playing with the ball, etc. The best part of this show is when the zookeeper ordered the sea lions to splash the water to the crowd. It’s very funny! I feel this show is very entertaining among the other. When I go to lion attraction, the attraction is nerve wrecking to watch. I’m afraid the zookeeper eaten by the lion.