One of the best experiences of my recent girls trip to Malaysia was spending the day touring from coast to coast on a wildlife adventure that included bathing and swimming with baby elephants, handling cute and cuddly hedgehogs, holding snakes and cruising down a river at night time to do a bit of firefly spotting.
One of the first stops on the day (after a visit to the grand Batu Caves) was a visit to Deerland park in Pahang where we got to pet and feed a very populated yet gentle group of deer. The deer were very friendly (the apples in our hands helped a lot), although the obvious group leader was the usual alpha male bastardo and kept pushing the other deer out of the way with its antlers just to get the prime feeding position.
After that, a quick stroll through maintained Malaysian jungle led us to a small sanctuary of sorts that housed various creatures, amongst them a rather overly cute baby hedgehog (that seemed to live precariously too close to a snake pit inhabited by three pythons), lizards, native chickens and other such birds, more deer species, ferrets and even more birds.
It was a great break from the usual shopping/eating majority of our trip, especially since I can't really indulge in these sort of things back home with my toddlers.
Stay tuned for the elephant swimming adventure!
