Came here about a month ago. The entrance fee for adults is P499, but it’s more like P499+. They offer photo ops inside the area for certain animals, e.g. tiger cub(s) and birds, as well as a feeding area for the horses, goats, etc. Be prepared to walk A LOT as the zoo is very big. Bring enough water, especially in the morning, wear sunscreen, and perhaps bring an umbrella too. They do have stalls that offer some snacks and drinks, although it’s outside the area already. Can’t remember if there are any inside the area.

There is a wide variety of animals, ranging from turtles to goats to ponies/horses to wild cats to wolves to birds to deers. Although when I went there, I couldn’t see half of the animals they had, as they were hidden or sleeping.

When visiting the feeding area, I noticed that the ponies were only given pellets to eat. When they were done eating, they still kept munching in their food container, despite them finishing the pellets already. This led me to sympathize with them, and so we decided to buy food (leaves and pellets) for them, which cost I believe P100. This does make me question the zoo’s integrity, and it makes me fall into a very tricky philosophical dilemma. They probably underfeed the animals intentionally, so that tourists, like me, can buy food and feed the animals themselves, and it’s working. But should we, as tourists, stop buying food to feed the animals, so that they can feed the animals more decently? Or will that just make the staff underfeed them even more?

This goes the same for the tiger cub, as every time they bring out the tiger cub, the tiger cub pays no attention to anything else, except for sucking on the bottle, as if it was the snake rising and dancing to a snake charmer playing the flute. To be fair, this is to ensure the safety of the tourists when taking the picture. But is it really right for the staff to seemingly deprive the tiger cub of milk?

A counterpoint though is that they do have a section dedicated to the Taal rescue horses, so that’s a bit relieving.

Other than these philosophical dilemmas, the park feels much MUCH more Instragrammable to non-animals ironically, and by non-animals, I mean, animal statues, and other scenic structures and backdrops. There is a vast amount of fake animals, to the extent that there is literally a giant deep pit enclosure, dedicated to fake animals.

Overall, if you don’t have a problem with the ethics of the park towards their animals, then I’d say it’s worth a visit.