I understand why there are so many negative reviews left by visitors. I agree, the place has much to be improved starting with garden landscaping. It needs more trees, plants to provide a more pleasant environment for visitors and animals.
Despite the heat (we had an umbrella and hats), our family of four did enjoy ourselves and spent over 2 hours there. We basically had the whole park to ourselves as it was the muslim fasting month. It was quiet, and something we really appreciated since everywhere else was bustling with hyped adults and screeching kids.
The animals looked malnourished particularly the carnivore. Nevertheless, animals in captivity are never happy looking. The lone otter broke our hearts with its cries when we were leaving and the birds were friendly and welcomed the seeds we bought to feed them.
The highlight and the reason we chose to visit this nature park was the mangrove walk. No regrets. Love how serene the place was. If you're not a nature lover you might want to skip this place altogether because it's just rows and rows of mangrove trees. The day before we went on a mangrove tour by boat and that was great too!
This is not a petting zoo, the other one is and more suited for young kids. I hope they could listen to the complaints here and improve on the park by adding more trees for shade. So much potential really.