When all the places of religious importance we visited are the reminders of the past, the gardens and zoos in the city are the pastimes of recent developments of the future. We had a good time in the church, and now it was time for some fun. We travelled to our next destination, Alipore Zoological Gardens Kolkata. Alipore zoo is one of the oldest official zoological garden in India and its establishment dates back to the 19th century. The place wasn’t far and we made it with ease.
After paying for the tickets, we got inside the zoo; we found the place a little different from other zoological gardens in India because it totally focuses on wildlife and requests people to visit the place to witness the wildlife and not to the place as a picnic spot where one can play sports and have meals while sitting on the grass. Many strict rules were there and it was a good sign because when rules are present then quality of the place goes up and same was the case with this place.
After paying for the tickets, we got inside the zoo; we found the place a little different from other zoological gardens in India because it totally focuses on wildlife and requests people to visit the place to witness the wildlife and not to the place as a picnic spot where one can play sports and have meals while sitting on the grass. Many strict rules were there and it was a good sign because when rules are present then quality of the place goes up and same was the case with this place.
We were very excited about watching wildlife, so we went around walking all along to see animals one by one and first we saw monkeys and there was a bunch of them, jumping and eating bananas and some of them just trying to mimic people in the crowd and make funny faces, which were good to watch. The next animal we saw was a treat to the eyes because it was the sloth bear and they are very rare to find nowadays and watching them climbing trees with ease in front of my eyes was such a great feeling.
We also saw elephants and they were provided with a huge space for comfortable stay. Another set of animals was the Bengal tiger, jaguar, white-tiger and the leopard, which come under the category of carnivores and are rare animals and witnessing them gave immense joy to us. We also managed to see alligators lying carefree inside the pool and different birds in a huge bird cage. Every animal in the place gave us great joy and made our day.
We had a tremendous time at Alipore Zoological Gardens Kolkata and with this we wound up our trip to go back to our rooms and get ready to return to our hometown.
We had a tremendous time at Alipore Zoological Gardens Kolkata and with this we wound up our trip to go back to our rooms and get ready to return to our hometown.