The last time we went to zoo was when we went to Nepal with my then 6 months nephew. This time we wanted to take the little girls, Chhori and our niece, there.
The zoo is located a few kilometres away from the city centre, Kathmandu. It is the only zoo in Nepal but there has been about talk about opening another zoo somewhere else as well.
We went there with AS’s mum, his two brothers, sister in law and niece. We really wanted the girls to have a good time. As it was Saturday afternoon, as expected the zoo was busy with many families coming for an afternoon out. It was a warm sunny day which was great.
The zoo is arranged according to taxonomy, with mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes all occupying different parts of the zoo. There are also playground rides, picnic lawns and boat rides on the lake.
The zoo houses some 780 species including the critically endangered white-rumped vulture and Chinese alligator and six endangered species: Asian elephant, royal Bengal tiger, one horned rhino, wild buffalo, gharial and yellow headed turtle.
Along with these animals, there was a hippo that was lazily sunbathing, a hyena, a giant deer, peacocks, white-napped crane, two big rhinos, monkeys, water buffalo, chimpanzees, leopards, bear, tigers, lions as well as golden pheasants, silver pheasants, chukar, kalij, parrots, owls. They also had a small reptile collection which featured a common cobra, an Indian rock python, snakes and a turtle.
As we walked from one enclosure to another, I could see the girls’ excitement. They would make noises of the animals that we saw or count the birds.
Chhori loves to look at real animals as she can hear them make noises and she gets really excited. I am so glad that she got time to spend with our families in Nepal and the girls did bond well despite fighting from time to time.
After the whole tour of the zoo, we were all tired so decided to go to a nearby restaurant for our favorite momo and Nepali food.
I have mentioned before that Chhori loves momo and she was over the moon in Nepal getting to eat so many times. In one occasion, she surprised us all by eating 8 momos in one sitting. I guess she is showing us her Nepali side. 🙂
I hope everyone is having a great week. Take care till next time.
M from nepaliaustralian
XOXO
nepaliaustralian 
Can’t wait to take Ruby to the Zoo. I used to love it as a child
Little one will have heaps of fun. Make sure you go around midday so you get change to ride elephant too. We missed that this time.
We are planning to take my toddler tgo perth zoo.While we took him to the wild life park to feed kangaroos.He enjoyed it.
Nice pics dear.
I think as kids get older, we need to do it more often as it is the only way they could see real animals. Chhori loves the animals and we love it to see her so happy. Have a great time with your family in Perth zoo. I have never been to Perth but is on my cards 🙂
Well we can catch up when you are here 😊
For sure :). Let you know when we plan .
Visiting a Zoo is often much fun for kids. Nathan enjoys going to our local zoo as there are few animals he can even touch (goats, sheep and even some mini pigs!)
I think all kids are the same and I love to see Chhori so happy enjoying the animals. We went to petting zoo yesterday and she can touch animals. She was so happy making nose of duck,hen,cow, dog, pg etc while playing with them.
Watching kids playing/ patting animals is so much fun. Today Nathan was fluffing and snuggling our bunnies so much