After Vigan, we headed to Baluarte. Baluarte is a zoological theme park whose main feature is that it allows close interaction between visitors and animals. It is owned by Chavit Singson. Entrance is free. There as an afternoon show every 5PM featuring the trained animals of the zoo.
I also met a true blooded writer in Baluarte. Please visit her blog here.
So here’s the delayed post on Baluarte. Enjoy the pictures!
This is a blue-gold macaw…
A blue naped parrot…
These are sun conures. I like the way one of them stared into the camera. He seemed to have posed for the shot…
An umbrella cuckatoo…
Miniature horses…
Feeding time… Find the feeder…
An alpaca…
White deers. The first one was a bit sleepy…
A goose and a duck… The goose stared at me for a minute or so, and so despite the distance, I took a shot. This is the nearest that my zoom lens could get.
The animal that I really sought to shot… An enclosed one got excited when he saw me approached his pen… He probably saw me as his meal… 
This one has a mild temperament and was very obedient to trainers. He just came from their afternoon show and I met him along the way to his cage…
To be continued… Next post will be about Laoag and La Paz Sand Dunes…
Related post:
- Ilocos: The Tour (First Part)
- Ilocos: The Tour (Second Part)
- Ilocos: The Tour (Third Part)
- Ilocos: The Tour (Fourth Part)
- Ilocos: The Tour (Fifth Part)
In case you want to have a tour of Ilocos, and you’ll be staying in Laoag, you may get in touch with Mang Lito, the man who offered to tour us around. His service is significantly low compared to arranged tours or packaged tours being offered by the hotels in Laoag. He may be contacted through his mobile phone: 09273387969.
I will not promote the hotel we stayed in. Although they had reasonably low room rates, good food and courteous staff, their water supply is not good – it’s yellow. Their room rates are also a bit tricky, as this caused a slight argument when we checked out
what a beautiful shot of the tiger Mark, it is my wish also to get a shot as close as that, but never have been lucky in our park they were always too far from me
Festive and pastoral Kapatid…
nice shots! a close-up take of the tiger is also my favorite subject. indi man ta makapapicture tupad sa iya mo. haha!
nako di mo alam na mahilig ako sa animals. ang cute ng tiger, haha
nakatingin sayo yung unang ibon sa left facing monitor sa pic 5
tinawag mo ata natingin tuloy hehe
Wow kakainggit ka talaga..
galing mo na kumuha, nakakagala ka pa kung saan saan..
gusto ko rin mga travel photography..
libre naman mangarap e lols.
btw, parekoy, hirap talaga ng pakontess mo NYahahhaahah
yung first 2 palang nasasagutan ko Nyahahahhaah
kaya ko pa ‘to.
huwaw! animals! i love!
That alpaca is the most ridiculous animal I’ve seen in a long time. I love it. I also like the depth of field in the picture of the goose. It actually worked out really well that he was so far away. The pictures of the tiger are really beautiful… they are all really beautiful. It sounds like a great place to visit, and you can’t beat free!
beautiful! a lot of people today always include visiting the baluarte in their itinerary. it’s indeed worth a stopover. those birds are photo subject perfect!
malapit lang ba ito sa fort ilocandia? di ba sa fort ilocandia mayroon din doong mini-zoo?
Thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures. I looks like you guys really had fun on the trip. Hope to visit some of these places when I retire.
The deer pictures reminded me of the deer walking around the big park in Nara, one of my favorite cities in Japan. If you have food, they’d follow you. If you don’t, the won’t. Until now, I wonder how come they know if a tourist has food or not. Haha
Nice pics Mark. I’m sorry for not being able to visit your blogs as often as I want to.
i always like taking photos of parrots…. they are just WOW!
nice pics here. looks like i have to travel around the philippines soon…
oh my! The birds are so beautiful. I’ve never seen colors like that. Thank you so much for posting them. Also thanks for the white deer. It looks like something out of mythology.
whahahah.
kuya salamat sa iyong pagbisita!
grabe
grabe
astig
sobrang astig ka!
kuya.
ang galing ng site mo.
ngaun pa lang ako nadaan dito.
at sobrang nagustuhan ko tlga.
bakit?
dahil sa mga pix mo!
grabe!
isa ka palang potographer!
kua, isama mo ko sa mga pangarap mo
grabe.
buhay na buhay
ang bawat larawan
na nasa itaas.
hanga talaga ko
sa inyo ni k’otep!
ang galing nyong magdala
ng mensahe sa bawat larawan.
turuan nyo ko!
o sige po.
check ko ha?
aww ang galing galing! parang nasa abroad yung mga kulay ng kabayo,hihihi
at ang ganda ganda ng mga tiger! congrats Mark!
sira pa din lappy ko…
hay salamat, muli na naman akong nakapasok dito, pasensya na CW kasi nagkaproblema ung computer ko…
ingats bro.
great photos! keep them coming.
wow ang gaganda ng mga shots..kayo po ba lahat ang kumuha nito???
btw pede po ba makipag ex links???
nice shots Mark! ngayon ko lang nakita. I especially like the tiger shots! it was nice meeting you in Baluarte
I’m sure I’ll see you again somewhere, clicking the camera.
Superb photos again kapatid!! Ang ganda ganda.. gustong gusto kong tinitingnan ang mga photos ng mga flowers at animals..
Meron na palang zoo sa north, hehehe.. ang dami ko ng namimiss na lugar dyan sa pinas..
Godbless!
nice kaayo ang pix mo d2
hallo!
I just uploaded some of my Baluarte pix! Was taking those shots exactly the time I met you hehehe.
ganda ng mga shots!
Salamat Junice!
galing talaga!!
kakahanga po e!
Salamat uli Junice…
hehehe..^^,
daan ka din sakin.. hihi..
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thankz*
Great photos!!
But you need to watermark them better otherwise people will steel it!
I would like to know if it was Mang Lito who took you to all th eplaces you went to, from Vigan, other towns and Pagudpud. May I also know the rate he charged so that i can at least provide for a b udget for the ilocos tour we plan to do., Thanks
Hi… Yes, it was mang Lito who took us to all the places we went to… He charged us less than 3K a day… Kindly text him and you may negotiate…
Happy trip!!!