Farm in the City

I've been wanting to take the kids to the Farm in the City ever since I heard rave reviews about it from other mummies. Although I'm not a big fan of animals, it would be good for the kids to get close to nature and be comfortable around furry and feathery beings (don't be like mommy... hehehe). Kids these days are such city kids, they are afraid of anything 'dirty' - my kids certainly are and from my conversations with friends and colleagues, so are their kids. E.g. H used to be afraid to step on sand and grass, he's ok now but L is still icky about stepping on grass barefooted. When it comes to getting close to animals, no need to say lah, all the more they're afraid.

Last weekend, Hubs organised a day trip to the Farm with a few of his friends from work, all with kids around H & L's age. We convoyed at one of his friend's place in TTDI before heading off to Seri Kembangan. We had no clue how to get there, but with Waze (this is an amazing app), we managed to find our way there without getting lost :-)

I can't remember how much is the entrance fee, I think there's a family package (2 adults 2 kids) for RM99. Kids under 90cm in height enter for free! The entrance fee includes all the animal feeds, so you don't have to fork out anything else, except for the pony ride which costs RM5 per ride I think.

The first section as soon as we entered the Farm is the tortoise and turtle area. There's a giant galapagos tortoise for you to pet and feed. We were quite surprised that H actually went up and fed the tortoise. L on the other hand just clung on to me and refused to get down. She's such a 'big talker'. Before we went to the Farm, she's the one all excited and said she wanted to feed the animals, etc. But as soon as we got to the farm she became all timid although not admitting it, "I'm not scared..." and she told her little friends, "Don't need to be scared, it won't bite!"

There are other species of turtles too and the kids were fascinated. We then walked through the reptile area (there were huge snakes and H got a little scared) and the bird aviary. Here H really freaked out cos the birds were everywhere. One even came and perched on L's stroller. He started crying and wanted to get out NOW! The kids were also scared of the goat (who's overly friendly) and the deers, so we had to also exit the area quickly.

After that we went to the fruit and vegetable farm. The plants and trees aren't really grown yet so you don't really see any fruits and vegetables, except for the banana tree and winter melon creeper which were bearing fruits. But the kids got to see scarecrows and a well. There's also a cow for feeding but none of the kids wanted to feed the cow.

One thing great about the Farm is that they have sinks everywhere for you to wash your hands. We took a break at the cafe (it's really not much of a cafe but good enough) for drinks and ice-cream. The cafe is just next to the petting zoo and longkang fishing area. There are lots of cute little bunnies and guinea pigs. L only wanted to stay outside the fenced area to fish. I think this is where the kids had most fun, all trying to net the fish but nobody was successful. The fishes were just too fast. Even daddy, with 4 nets in his hands, couldn't net any. Hubs asked if H wanted to feed the bunnies, and surprisingly he said yes. He happily fed the cuddlies and we praised him for being brave. He even showed off to L, "see mei-mei no need to be scared, look at kor-kor, you just hold the vege like this!"

We then went to the lake to feed the swans and fishes. This is the only place L wanted to participate. After emptying 2 containers of feed, she wanted to stay on but we were told there was an animal show starting in 5 minutes so off we went. There's a butterfly area which we didn't go in. We also went through the exotic animal area rather quickly (they had giant rabbits, praire dogs, marmosets, iguanas, etc. *don't know and can't remember the names of some of the animals...hehehe).

We didn't go on the pony ride. After the show, we headed off to find lunch. All in all is was a great day out. The kids had fun (L's been asking to go again and said she'll feed the animals the next time we go). We should really do more day trips like this on weekends, it's much better than staying at home or going to the malls. Now where shall we go this coming weekend? Hmmm....