New place in Taman Safari Indonesia Bogor _ Cisarua, even though it's not really new, but it's new than others attraction.
To reach Istana Panda, find your way into car park E, or you also can in F when E is fully occupied. If you not use you own car, or park your car in others car park, I suggest you to use "KERETA WISATA" to get there. It's start from car park A and doing 1 looping route until back again to A. It only IDR25K and you will able to use this transportation until 17.00, which mean your ticket is valid for soo many rides as you want, until it closed. If you're in car park F, or Penguin, you can just walk uphill around 5 minutes.
After reaching park E, find shelter bus to Istana Panda, maybe 50 metres from Train station. You need the bus for reach Istana Panda. Private car not allowed to get there.
After you've arrived, you will feel the fresh air, nice view, quite place, clean, place that make you very comfortable to stay there for a long time. They provide spot for photo (but it's not free, it's cost IDR100K for max 5 person).
Cutie panda was located at 3rd floor on main building. 1st floor is for souvenir, it's veryyy cute but why so expensive. Sometimes in some event, they give some discount, around 15%, so make it become more affordable (but still...... :') ). -2nd floor is for restaurant. They have some tenant there. With nice traditional Chinese interior. They also have VIP table rights on the side of Giant Panda. -3rd floor is for the star here....Sleeping beauty Giant Panda and Master Shifu Red Panda :D. But the Giant Panda is literally sleeping beauty. They only wake up when they're hungry or when the keeper bring them food. But..good news is, master shifu is always available for photosession. For IDR50K you can do photo session with him for 5 sec or 1 portion food....
Some tips from me, Istana Panda was open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. I suggest you to get there around 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Because after that, especially when weekend, the queue for Bus Shuttle can be soo looong. The queue can take 20 minutes or more to get in to the...
Read moreIstana Panda (Panda Palace) is one of the newest attractions owned by Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI). To go to Istana Panda, we have to use the shuttle bus that has been provided by TSI, due to its location, which can be said to be quite far and high, if you have to go there by walking. Don't forget, when you visit TSI, make sure your ticket includes attractions to Istana Panda. Once there, we feel like we are in China, not Indonesia. The magnificent red building, surrounded by beautiful scenery & cool weather is a different scene from other locations in the TSI. Inside the building, the first floor was used as a place to sell merchandise related to pandas. The second floor is a food court that provides a variety of food choices. In my opinion, this is the best and cleanest food court in TSI. The third floor is the auditorium for panda introductions and the history of carrying pandas to Indonesia, as well as being the entrance for us to see pandas (Cai Tao & Hu Chun). Cai Tao & Hu Chun are placed in 2 different locations. Besides pandas, we can find red pandas, camels, and some...
Read moreEducational attractions with soothing air, beautiful scenery, and quite varied activities. The location is quite far from the main area of Taman Safari Indonesia. However, visitors do not need to worry because there are buses that can be used to depart to and return from the Panda Palace. Panda Palace consists of three floors with fairly complete facilities, ranging from souvenirs on the first floor, second floor restaurants, and a Panda education center on the top floor. On the third floor there are also two glass enclosures, each of which is only filled with one Giant Panda, this is because the Giant Panda is a solitary animal (do not like to group). The enclosure is also connected to an outdoor area. So that under normal conditions, during the day visitors can see panda activity outside the room and at night the panda will be put in a cage. Besides Giant Panda, there are also some animals that we can see such as Red Panda, Takin, and Golden Pheasant which also...
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