Vinpearl Safari, Ganh Dau

I am always a bit leery of zoos in general but this zoo really caught my family by surprise. The animals are well taken care of, have plenty of room to roam, and for one of the first times in my life, I saw animals playing in a zoo! They were so happy! There were several things to do to pique a child's interest at Vinpearl Safari. When you first arrive you walk right into a children's zoo. There, my daughter was able to pet and feed goats. The staff gave children blades of grass to feed the goats and my daughter had the best time. She could have stayed there all day! There are two parts of the zoo: the walking zoo and the safari zoo. The walking zoo on a cooler day (which luckily was on the day we visited) is very easy to walk. They do have VIP golf carts that can take you from exhibit to exhibit. We found the golf carts quite annoying since we were walking. We had to constantly dodge the carts. It would benefit the zoo to make separate pathways for pedestrians to traverse the zoo safely. One of the highlights of our day was the lemur exhibit. The lemurs roam free and occasionally jump on guests, which luckily happened to my 6 year old daughter. She was so ecstatic and will likely always remember it!!! For a small fee for food, children can also feed giraffes and elephants. This was another highlight of my daughter's day. The safari portion of the zoo was wonderful. Driven in an air conditioned bus, guests get to see many animals like: lions, tigers, bears (oh, my!) and many others like zebras, antelope, giraffes, etc. It was incredible to see the animals up close and with so much room to roam. I highly recommend visiting Vinpearl Safari if you are on the island with children. It was a wonderful day!

This is a really great safari park! I would even say it was a better experience than other safari-style parks I've been to in the U.S. The air conditioned safari bus is such a great concept, I wish other zoos would do the same! The rest of the animal exhibits were also nice. The animals seemed comfortable and well-cared for. My kids enjoyed feeding the giraffes and elephants (roughly $1 USD to buy the food). You can opt to pay for a shuttle to transport you around the zoo area, but we did not do that. I found the walk really easy in the winter season. Perhaps in warmer weather the shuttle ticket would be worth the cost. The whole experience can be done in about 4-5 hours. My only complaint is that the ticket is single entry. Food options in the park are somewhat limited, and by choosing to eat lunch at the restaurant right outside the gate we were denied entry back into the park (we had seen most of the park anyway at that point, I should have read the ticket terms).