Deerland Park Lanchang Pahang Visit Malaysia

After passing a cage with birds, you will come to a man at a makeshift stand. In exchange for your coupons, he will give you a small basket of potatoes cut into strips to feed the deer. You will then come to a large fenced-up enclosure where the deer freely roam under the trees. There is no grass or undergrowth within the enclosure, probably eaten by the deer to leave just bare earth.

The deer have a pretty big area to run around and generally seem well treated. Unlike other zoos, you can get to feed and pet them which makes it more memorable. On one of our earlier visits, one of the staff even allowed us to go into the enclosure and spend time with the deer.

Next to the deer enclosure is an ostrich. This guy is a bit fierce. After the deer enclosure, there are a few other cages containing various types of birds and one containing cats, apparently, they are “Bengal cats”. Among the bird enclosures, there are indian peafowls. One of the peacocks opened his tail for us to admire. Next to the hedgehog enclosure are three cages containing pythons. If you are not squeamish, the staff will take the snake out of the enclosure and drape it around your neck for that photo opportunity. Apparently, the snakes only eat once a month. Or so we were told by the staff.

Further along the trail, we came across a couple of super cute prairie dogs. We could have probably spent all day looking at the antics of these 2 rodents. Standing on their hind legs, looking at you, these comical creatures stood watching us while chewing on kuaci (sunflower seeds) as if we were their daily entertainment. Deerland is not a big zoo, you could probably breeze through it in half-an-hour. Also, with the advent of political correctness, you may find zoos in general something you wish to avoid.

It is true that some of the cages in Deerland, especially for the birds seem a little small and some of the animals like the raccoons look distressed, but the vast majority of the other animals, especially the deer seem to be content and well looked after. Kids especially will get a kick out of feeding and petting the animals. A nice enough stopover on the way to the Elephant Sanctuary.