Zoobic Safari, 'The Only Tiger Safari in the Philippines' is located within the Ilanin Forest at the side of the
beautiful Subic Bay. The 'Zoobic' name is a play upon the location. This collection is owned by the Residence Inn group who own the Residence Inn Mini Zoo and Paradizoo.
This is a wonderful location for a zoo but sadly there are so many missed opportunities and it is extremely doubtful whether there is any involvement in any conservation programme. There is education in the form of guided tours and the staff have participated in Zoo Keeper training courses unlike the staff at Manila Zoo.
The zoo first opened its doors in 2004 and has increased in popularity ever since. It is a purely commercial venture with little interest in anything other than dollars through the door.
This is one of a series of zoo reports that was actually included within my travel journal ‘The Itinerant ZooKeeper’. Initially I started to extract the zoo data but found the reading was diminished by it. So look on it as a zoo travelogue. The only major edits I have done is a little censoring and to remove the Casanova exploits.