Visiting Baluarte Zoo in Vigan Ilocos Sur

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In my long existence in the Universe, I only recently discovered that, in addition to the Manila Zoo, we also have another zoological park called Baluarte Zoo, which is located in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Chavit Singson, a politician and the mayor of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, designated it. I looked up the Baluarte Zoo's history and found the following:

The Baluarte Zoo was established by local politician and businessman, Chavit Singson. Singson, who cites his hunting hobby as his motive in setting up Baluarte only considered opening a zoo when his hunting trophy collection grew too big. He thought that a zoo would serve to edify it patrons aside from promoting conservation and protection of endangered species.[1] Described as an interactive wildlife sanctuary, the facility was designed and developed by Singson himself.[2]

Source: here

This is the photo we took in front of the Baluarte while waiting for the vehicle that would take us to the assigned stations. There is no admission fee to this zoo, and anyone is welcome to visit. However, because the location and stations are so far apart, you will need to rent a vehicle to visit all of them. I'm not sure what we got, we paid 200 per person and visited 6 stations as well as took a ride to other stations, but we're just at the vehicles and see them from a distance, unlike the 6 stations where we can get nice capture pictures.

When we first arrived at the Safari Gallery, they informed us that all of the animals inside had been killed or collected by Chavit Singson, the founder of the Baluarte Zoo. He enjoys collecting animals in various locations, so he decided to open a zoo to store his collections and allow visitors to view them.

They claimed that everything was real and that they had done something to preserve it. I initially thought they weren't real. Haha.

Those are the animals I photographed with my phone; the rest I did not photograph because my phone ran out of battery and shut down in the middle of our zoo visit. I had a good time because it was my first time visiting a zoo, and I had never been to the Manila Zoo before. I also have videos that I wish I could let you watch, but you know, it wasn't easy to upload videos here unless they were already on YouTube. I am fortunate to have captured the Phantera Leo, a white lion crawling. Haha. The sound is so big and full that it was a little frightening to hear them in person. Haha.

Final Thoughts

Thank you for taking the time to read today's article. I enjoyed my visit to the Baluarte Zoo, even though I am not particularly fond of such places. I gave the place a 9 out of 10; the only thing that disappointed me was that the vehicle took too long to arrive after we had finished exploring the station. We only stayed and wandered for 10 minutes and had to wait another 10 minutes before the next ride, which made us feel bored at the location. However, it was a positive experience.

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Unless otherwise stated, the lead image and all subsequent images were all taken with my phone.

Publishing Date: July 8, 2022

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Comments

Such a nice place just like a museum in Natural History

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2 years ago

Nice... must be a great experience for you guys

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2 years ago

Nakakatuwa makapnta dyan sis lalu at maaaliw mga bata dyan naak agaw Ng attention ko ay Yung sawa I thought you will hold it sis heheh pero d ako sa snakes as long n hidni po sila mangangagat

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2 years ago

Ganda sis, hope makarating din dyan someday though malayo sa amin, hehe.

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2 years ago

Taga saan po ba kayo sis?

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2 years ago

Bulacan bhe.

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2 years ago

Isa yan sa mga lugar na gusto kong puntahan hehhe. And all the photos you shared, mas lalo akong naganahan mag-ipon para makapunta sa lugar na yan.

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2 years ago

Go sis go with your friends or family para masulit niyo.

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2 years ago

Wahhhg ang gandaaaa kaso pansin ko lang parang lulungkot ng nga animals jan, or baka borrd na sila sa kulungan nila no haha.

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2 years ago

Yon din feeling ko sis, na malungkot sila. Ang hirap din kasi ng situation nila sa totoo lang.

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2 years ago

Ganito talaga wish ko na mabisita, gusto kulang Makita Ng malapitan Ang mga rare na hayop. Meseum din Ang Isa sa mga gusto kong bisitahin soon.. kapag may Chance

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2 years ago

Oo sis first time ko lang din nagvisit sa ganito and okay din pala.

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2 years ago

Nakapunta na rin ako dyan sis. libre lang din ang entrance. Pero naawa ako dati sa sleepy tiger tinutusok nila para sa photo op huhu.

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2 years ago

Samin walang tusok tusok sis, picture nalang sa malayo ganon. Kawawa naman yon

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2 years ago

Ommyy. Even the lion and the snake? Patay na?

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2 years ago

Hindi sis. Yung mga nasa loob ng Safari Gallery

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2 years ago

Ang ganda naman po diyan.. Makapunta nga diyan sa susunod..

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2 years ago

Opo, visit kayo soon.

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2 years ago

Ang ganda naman dyan sis. Isang beses lang ako nakapunta ng zoo and hoping makapunta ulit together with kids na

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2 years ago

Oo sis, perfect to sa mga kids kasi maeexcite sila makakita ng iba't ibang animals

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2 years ago

Nice tour! Do you mean all those animals looking like moulded are real? Interesting!

Seems I'm the only that's yet to visit a zoo. But I've seen wild animals live on farms though

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2 years ago

Yes, they were real. They just put something just to preserve them.

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2 years ago

I never entered a zoo before though we have it also in Negros. I'm not fond of such places, too.

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2 years ago

Try mo minsan pasyalan sis, nakakaenjoy din minsan. Hihi

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2 years ago

gusto ko po makahawak ng lion or tiger. kahit balahibo lang po ate. hehe.

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2 years ago

Ako takot ako. Haha. Hanggang cat na muna siguro ako. Haha

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2 years ago

Need ko bumalik dyan. Kasi inaayos pa Lang ung museum nung pumunta kami dyan. Like bago pa lang

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2 years ago

Maganda na siya now sis pero hindi gaano madami ang tao.

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2 years ago

Need ko na magipon 😅

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2 years ago

One of my dreams that sis to visit ilocos part kasi dami maganda place

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2 years ago

Oo sis dami places na pwede pasyalan like Vigan and mga windmills

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2 years ago

Kya nga sis, sana one day makapasyal din dyan

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2 years ago

Good adventure! Super bata pa ko nung last time na nakapunta ako sa zoo, and sa Manila zoo yun first and last haha

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2 years ago

Ako di pa me nakapunta ng manila zoo. Malayo saamin yon eh. Haha

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2 years ago

Woww legit yung ganda jan , same here dipa nakaranas na makapunta ng mga zoo ,. May mga nakita mn akong mga hayup usually wala sa zoo palagi kong kasama before haha mga kaibigan kung asal hayup charoot ..peru totoo ang ganda ng lugar😊

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2 years ago

Hahahhaa grabe as asal hayop ah. Pero minsan legit. Charot. Haha

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2 years ago

Wow naman sis. Ako di pa ako nakapunta sa kahit saang Zoo. Gusto Kong makakita ng mga ganyang hayop na kadalasan sa TV ko Lang nakikita. Anyway ang bongga ng collections ni Chavit

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2 years ago

Pasyal ka minsan sis. Maganda din minsan hihi.

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