Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center (Travel Date: April 24, 2018)
For this post, I will be sharing our visit to Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center. As I have mentioned in my previous posts, hubby and I went to Palawan for our honeymoon. If you haven't already, you may read our journey by clicking the following links:
This place is a home to crocodiles and other rare wild animals. Here we have seen the efforts of Palawan people to save their rich animal population especially crocodiles whose species have been considered as endangered.
They let people in batch by batch so the place won't be crowded. We waited first in this area, and of course, a little photo op.
Upon entering the lobby, a tour guide welcomed our group and he explained how to maximize our visit in the area, and what to see in the center. He also explained a little history of the place and some "lonely planet-ish" information.
In the lobby, there housed a preserved crocodile skin and bones. It was one of the biggest crocodiles ever captured in the country (and probably in Asia). Then the tour guide also mentioned "Lolong", also captured in the Philippines, who became famous because it's been said that it's the biggest crocodile ever in the whole world. Seeing how huge the preserved crocodile was, I could only imagine how huge Lolong was. Pretty scary, but I felt proud knowing how rich Philippine nature is.
This place is also the sanctuary to thousand crocodiles. Here we saw how they try to populate the crocodile specie in several basins.
In our background, those basins are where they place the little crocodiles. Quite scary knowing soon these babies will turn into monster-like gigantic crocodiles-- but they're still so small that they looked so cute. Ironic, right?
Baby crocs inside the basin
There were also cages and cages of crocodiles in different forms, sizes, and colors. I have to admit I was kind of scared seeing these crocodiles but happy to see the efforts of Palawenios to save these species.
That's one huge crocodile!
More crocodiles!
After seeing the crocodiles, the tour guide let us explore the whole center on our own. Aside from crocodiles, we have also encountered different endangered species and wild animals.
Pumba, is that you?
Leopard! I actually thought it was huge!-- but it was only the size of a cat.
But it's okay. At least I saw a leopard.
Loooooong albino snakes!
This one was so cute!
That's one gorgeous bird! I think I've seen this type of bird in the film "Rio".
More snake!
At the end of the tour, you can have your photo taken with one of the crocodiles. I was so scared but I just couldn't let the opportunity pass. So, I summon up all my courage just to carry one on my own!
This little crocodile was wiggling before the caretaker handed it to me so I was really, really scared at that time.
Thankfully nothing bad happened. They were harmless.
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