{"id":8960,"date":"2018-11-14T08:01:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T00:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=8960"},"modified":"2019-05-22T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T01:59:32","slug":"zoocobia-fun-zoo-pampanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2018\/11\/14\/zoocobia-fun-zoo-pampanga\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoocobia Fun Zoo in Clark, Pampanga Mixes Play and Adventure with Animal Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><del><\/del>The zoo is not just for animals anymore as <strong>Zoocobia Fun Zoo in Clark, Pampanga<\/strong> combines entertainment with education with interactions with the animals as well as attractions, rides, and displays.\u00a0It is also a place where you can learn something about animal welfare and wildlife conservation in Pampanga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8973\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_9-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Despite not being a native animal in the Philippines, ostrich farming is popular. In Zoocobia, guests can feed the huge bird and learn how they are raised<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">From the Zoomanity Group, creators of the highly educational and immersive zoo and theme parks in the country, comes Zoocobia Fun Zoo in Clark, Pampanga. This is a zoo with native Philippine animals as well as animals from other countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8967\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_5-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The Barn is only one of the 16 attractions of Zoocobia. It houses farm animals that are often allowed to graze and be fed by the guests.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8966\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_4-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Meet the ducks, camels, pigs, boars, cows, goats, and sheep of The Barn. Zoocobia gets many school tours throughout the year and students enjoy understanding and learning inside The Barn such as distinguishing the animal eggs from one another.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The zoo theme park in Pampanga is Zoomanity&#8217;s fun and adventure zoo targeted for children to learn from play, interaction, and rides. Right from the entrance where hay\u00a0is strewn all over the floor, guests will see displays as well as a small museum of taxidermy as an introduction before meeting the live animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8972\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The Birds of Paradise exhibit houses colorful birds with all their melodious chirping. Most birds can perch on your arm for\u00a0a memorable picture!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As a fun zoo, Zoocobia houses friendly, harmless animals\u00a0which are highly interactive. This includes the rabbits, parrots, monkeys, camels, horses while the animals only for observation are the snakes, carnivorous birds, bearcats, and more. Children will also learn about the foods the animals eat as they feed the animals themselves!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">All Zoocobia staff members are attentive to avoid accidents and injuries. Should something occur, they are knowledgeable of first aid for both the animals and the human guests. There are medical kits around the facility for safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8968\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The must-experience Camel Ride (Php 200\/person) features riding a full-grown camel and be led by trained staff around the vicinity for a limited time.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8965\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_3-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The most popular ride in Zoocobia is the Zooc Ride (Php 99\/person) which is a gravity cart that will take riders downhill to the zoo&#8217;s next adventure!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You will not run out of fun activities at Zoocobia including the Zooc Ride which is a gravity cart that goes downhill on a 400-meter track. Another one is the Camel Ride where guests can ride atop a camel and circle around the area. They also have the Maze with a challenge of finding the exit while having chance encounters with roaming animals inside the labyrinth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8964\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Zoocobia\u00a0mostly features animals that are endemic to the Philippines. Many are rescued animals saved from illegal trafficking and butchering.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The theme park mostly has animals from their Animal Conservation and Breeding Center in Australia but some are donated or rescued animals being taken care of in the facility. Once they are well enough, they are released back into the wild.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8969\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Zoocobia_7-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>When in Pampanga, be sure to visit Zoocobia Fun Zoo in Clark, Pampanga for a memorable interaction with the animals as well as an exciting experience with their rides and amenities.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Zoomanity Group is serious about nature preservation and animal conservation that their vision is to create \u201cOne Big Green Park\u201d by having an educational zoo theme park in every province of the Philippines. The group currently has 8 operational local and international zoo theme park namely, Zoobic Safari in Subic, Zoori (Zoo at Residence Inn) in Tagaytay, Paradizoo Theme Farm in Mendez Cavite, Zoocolate Thrills in Bohol, Zootopia in Nagano, Japan, and the Animal Conservation and Breeding Center in Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read: <a href=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2017\/10\/01\/paradizoo-in-tagaytay-the-first-and-only-theme-farm-in-the-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paradizoo\u00a0in Tagaytay: The First and Only Theme Farm in the City<\/a> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Come to Zoocobia in Pampanga to support their cause and be better informed of the animals that the Philippines is very proud of!<\/p>\n<h4>General information:<\/h4>\n<p>Address: Calumpang, Mabalacat City,\u00a0Clark Freeport, Angeles, Pampanga<br \/>\nContact number: <span class=\"s1\">045-599-3956, 02-<\/span>847-0413<br \/>\nOperating Hours:\u00a08 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m. Open daily<br \/>\nEntrance fee:\u00a0Php 295 \/adult or child above 3ft; 3 ft below free of charge<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoomanity.com.ph\/themeparks\/zoocobia-fun-zoo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zoomanity Fun Zoo<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This also appears on Philippine Primer Japanese magazine\u2019s November 2018 issue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The zoo is not just for animals anymore as Zoocobia Fun Zoo in Clark, Pampanga combines entertainment with education with interactions with the animals as well as attractions, rides, and displays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,69,51,1572],"tags":[757,759,1417,1519,1520,1521],"class_list":["post-8960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amusement-theme","category-animal-park","category-pampanga","category-pampanga-spot-2018","tag-zoomanity","tag-zoo","tag-zoo-in-the-philippines","tag-zoocobia-fun-zoo","tag-zoomanity-group","tag-zoocobia-in-pampanga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11599,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960\/revisions\/11599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}