This zoo is small-ish, very pretty and nestled right down in the midst of some beautiful mountains. We started off our day with the elephant show. The Elephant Encounter exhibit is fairly new and quite impressive. Lots of room for the elephants to roam and have fun. One elephant was due to have a baby any second—we could see her little one squirming around inside her. The highlight of our day was watching little Acara, the four-year-old orangutan. We were the only ones around, but she showed off for us like we were a crowd of thousands. We watched her for a good 15 minutes, until she'd exhausted every trick in her repertoire. We ended our day in the beautiful Asian Highlands, a replica Himalayan village. Most of the big cats were taking their afternoon nap, but the Amur leopard woke up and posed for several pictures. Fun day at a lovely zoo.

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