Baluarte ni Chavit is an 80 hectares of terrains, hills and mountain sides that serves as natural habitat for Gov. Chavit Singson’s personal collection of wild animals like ostriches, tigers, donkeys, camels, stags, colorful pheasants, parrots, macaws and a lot of others. You can also see a life-size Alamosaurus Dinosaur statue (like in the Jurassic film). It also features Butterfly Exhibit, Photo opt with the animals (Tiger or Snake) for Php 50 with souvenir picture while using your own camera, they charged Php 20/cam.
There’s no entrance fee to Baluarte. Right outside are souvenir stores. If you’re in a budget, you may consider buying goods from Vigan’s Public Market. Prices of items outside Baluarte are way too high.
Below are some of the pictures taken at Baluarte ni Chavit.
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| Baluarte ni Chavit |
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| Deers and sheeps at Baluarte.. |
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| Photo opt with Tiger... |
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| Life-size T-Rex at Baluarte.. |
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I really hope the management of Baluarte, as well as the tourists, come to realize that they should be more sensitive to the plight of the dwarf horses. The Baluarte offers free carriage rides by the dwarf horses to their detriment. Today, I witnessed a sight of exhausted and wounded dwarfed horses being whipped every 3 seconds so as to carry a load of an average of 3 adults at a quicker pace. Animals are not machines and people should be more aware of this. Attached is a photo of one of the wounded and very exhausted dwarf horses.
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HI Pia, I definitely agree with you! Thanks for visiting.:)
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