A monkey at Residence Inn Mini Zoo, Tagaytay

If you want an extraordinary adventure at the heart of nature and experience seeing exotic plants and animals, then Tagaytay just might be the best destination for you. Paradizoo and Residence Inn Zoo are just two of its proudest attractions that continue to draw visitors throughout the country.

 

• Paradizoo

Blogsite eatandrun.com.ph features a wonderful article on Paradizoo, a 10-hectare theme farm and zoo located in Mendez, Cavite. It is filled with lush gardens and lively animals that are well-sustained to give simple pleasure and fascination to every visitor. Together with family and friends, Paradizoo is a perfect getaway to spend leisure time that will surely be loved by your kids because they will definitely be amazed by the different exotic animals. Kids can feed the animals and have their photos taken with them.

There are also table for picnics, camp sites and accommodations for visitors who want to spend overnight or even days in this garden.

Coming from Tagaytay City proper, drive towards Nasugbu, Batangas. After Tagaytay Market, look for the road towards Mendez, Cavite. Drive 5 minutes further and look for the signs and turn left. You’ll go through a narrow but paved road and just follow the signs.

 

• Residence Inn Zoo

The Indangbeauty blogsite features Residence Inn Zoo in Tagaytay, which is famous because of its Mini Zoo. Visitors of Residence Inn Zoo will get a chance to experience seeing wonderfully exotic animals as well as enchanting plants in their lovely gardens. Upon entering the Mini Zoo, the first things that you will notice are the parrots and cockatoos that are out of the cage and tied loosely to their perches. There are monkeys, apes, and tigers too. Visitors can take pictures with these animals. The zoo is within Residence Inn and is the best location overlooking Taal Lake.

Residence Inn Zoo is 8.8 km down the track from Tagaytay Rotonda.

 

Visiting Tagaytay

Tagaytay is about a one-hour-and-15-minute drive from Manila via the South Luzon Expressway, exiting at Santa Rosa, then via Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road. It can also be reached via the Coastal Road Expressway, then taking the Aguinaldo Highway heading south towards Tagaytay.

By public transportation, there are buses that ply to Tagaytay from Manila on a daily basis. Several bus companies have their terminals in Cubao, EDSA, Pasay City, and at Baclaran, below LRT, Manila.