On Saturday we visited Bali Safari. It took our driver around an hour to take us there from Legian, although the return trip took over an hour and a half. A convoy of tourist (I think) buses had a police escort from Legian for about half the distance to Bali Safari, so we sat immediately behind them and enjoyed the clearer traffic.

I expected the Safari to be identical to how it was on our previous visits, but I actually noticed some minor changes this time. A couple of the animal shows seemed to have a slightly different script, perhaps making them less scary. Instead of poachers miming shooting an elephant, they frightened away the villagers on the elephants’ land. And the tigers didn’t damage the village building, but instead the tiger’s presence just made the villagers flee. Maybe they just no longer have the animal with that specific training.

We also made it to the Bali Agung Show, which tells the legend of a Balinese prince and his Chinese bride. As before, it’s an impressive spectacle, including many performers, elephants, ducks, goats, hornbills, doves, and probably some other animals that I have forgotten.

They have also added a system where, similar to Waterbom, official photographers are posted in key locations, and after taking your photo they will give you a wristband so that at the end of the day you can purchase your photos. They probably need these in a few more locations to make the option good value, but we did get a digital copy of our photos anyway.