Night Safari, Chiang Mai

Night safari.

Last night I went to the night safari in Chiang Mai. Because I have been having such amazing experiences with the animals attractions here, I thought the night safari would be fun but sadly it wasn't.

The actual concept of the night safari seemed good. There were various shows such as the Lunna Dancers, Water Fountain and Tiger Show.

The dancers were very beautiful but they only did three dances, it would have been nice to see more.

The fountains were good, lovely colours but it was the Tiger Show that made this place awful.

It was like a circus show. Seven large tigers entered the arena with three 'keepers' dressed in spandex pants and silky shirts (that says it all really!).

The tigers were told to sit on a podium each but as they jumped up to sit, most were either falling off the other side or their front paws were on the floor. You could see they were clearly drugged as they were all over the place.

One tiger didn't want to follow the instructions and kept getting down, his 'keeper' kept waving this metal skewer in front of his face and the tiger kept flinching.

Tigers are supposed to be these fearless beasts of nature but these poor tigers were scared and drugged up.

The whole show was a complete joke. You could see how sad they were but the mindless idiots in the audience were clapping and cheering away.

I love animals and although I know they should be in their natural environment, I also know that isn't always possible. Seeing how happy and playful the tigers were in Tiger Kingdom was such a horrendous difference to the Night Safari.

After leaving the tiger show, we were shown to a place whe two tigers were kept in small cages waiting for the tourist to take pictures. The cages were so small and when the keeper went to stroke one, it was acting like a littlempussy cat. Rubbing it's ears and face in the keeper.

The instructions in Tiger Kingdom were not to tough the tigers face or stand in front of them. This is obviously but they are still wild beasts. But sadly these tigers have been domesticated far too much.

The actual tram ride around the safari park was ok. There were a large variety of animals such as bears, elephants, deers and zebras. It was great to feed the zebras as they got so close to me. You're not supposed to feed them by hand as they bite.

It really felt like the animals were there more to put on a performance than be normal animals. When we stopped at the elephants, the driver said to the elephant to wave his trunk at us and when we stopped at the bears, the drivers said stand and a bear stood up.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend people to visit this park. There are some incredible animals there but sadly they have been domesticated too much.