There’s only so much you can entertain your kids with during the break. So had to check our list again on what to do with the kids during the school break.  Last week, we went back to Vietopia and luckily they have a weekday promo at 130,000 VND for each kid!
But for this week, we decided, a trip to the zoo is IT!

How can you say no to 15,000 VND per kid? Less than a dollar! And the botanical gardens kept everybody cool.

I think it’s our 4th time to visit the zoo but it is always fun seeing the animals while teaching the kids as well.

And if the kids get tired, there is a mini amusement park inside too.

Luckily the animals kept them interested and we had a grand time talking about what they ate, how big or small, or smelly they are! 😛

The kids also fed the elephants with sugarcane at 2,000 VND each.

As much as I am not all for animals in captivity, at least the Thao Cam Vien are able to take care of the animals real well. My heart is still in tears seeing Raju freed from 50 years in captivity in India.

The kids of course couldn’t help compare the animals to what they’ve seen in the movie, Madagascar.

The Thao Cam Vien has a lot of species but the kids were sadly disappointed not to see dinosaurs. 😛

Seriously. The kids were looking for dinosaurs. At least these were kids unlike the news that came out recently about Steven Spielberg killing a triceratops. Now that’s a laugh!

My favorite part of our visit is seeing this atop of the trees flying free, unencumbered by cages.

I’m just not sure what it’s called.There were black bears, crocodiles, tigers, lions —

To cap of our visit, we rode on one of the carts that drove around the zoo which costs 15,000 VND for adults and 10,000 VND for kids.

Don’t know what to do with your kids this summer break? Take them to the zoo!