1. Pre-visit Research on River Safari

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The River Safari is the newest wildlife attraction after the Singapore Zoo, Jurong Bird Park and the Night Safari. The park is home to over 6,000 animals which includes 40 species that are threatened. It is home to our resident giant pandas, Kai Kai and Jia Jia as well. The River Safari is worth $160 million and has the world’s largest freshwater aquarium.

The River Safari has six rivers – the Mississippi River, Congo River, River Nile, Ganges River, Mekong River and the Yangtze River. There is also the Giant Panda Forest where people are able to see Kai Kai and Jia Jia.

There are three programmes at the Wild Amazonia – the Amazon River Quest, Squirrel Monkey Forest and the Amazon Flooded Forest. The River Safari also offers special programmes such as the River Safari Cruise, River Trails, Panda Rise and Shine and Meet the American Beavers.

Visitors can not only enjoy various attractions, they are also able to dine at the two diners that River Safari offers – the River Safari Tea House and the Mama Panda Kitchen. Besides dining, there has to be souvenirs shops as well for visitors to buy from. Souvenirs could be bought from the River Safari Shop and the House of Kai Kai and Jia Jia.

The River Safari admission tickets are priced differently for adults, children and senior citizens. The adult ticket is priced at $30, children tickets at $20 and senior citizen tickets priced at $14. There are also various specials such as birthday special where you could get a ticket for free within your birthday week. Alongside with the birthday special, there is also the parkhopper special where visitors can buy a ticket from about $70 where they could visit not only the River Safari but also the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and the Jurong Bird Park.

In order to attract more visitors to visit, River Safari will put out various promotions. For example, there is an ongoing promotion right now where NTUC, Passion and SAFRA card members are able to enjoy a discounted price of 20% on Adult and Child admission tickets. There is several information on the official River Safari website which visitors could read before making their visit to the attraction, this includes basic information such as the opening and closing hours, how to travel there by busing or trains. There is also information on parking rates for people who are driving there.

On the official website, there are also guidelines for visitors to take note of when they are at the safari. Guidelines such as wearing sunscreen and comfortable food wear, bringing an umbrella and reminders on not to feed the animals. These information are very useful for visitors before their visit to the River Safari as it prepares them. It is also a kind of engagement as it shows that the people at River Safari cares about the visitor’s wellbeing which is why they offers tips in order to make their experience at the River Safari a pleasurable and exciting one.