BALI BIRD PARK
FREE-FLIGHT AVIARY
Bali, Indonesia

Completed in August 1997, this project has added anew dimension to Bali's most important tourist attraction. Having over 1000 visitors a day, this park now includes one of ECO HABITAT'S free-flight aviaries.

An existing 15 metre high hill and large waterfall was to be incorporated within the structure. As there was no access for heavy equipment such as cranes, this provided some degree of challenge, despite this all went well.

Due to the provision of this habitat, the Indonesian Government has given the responsibility to this Park, of ensuring the survival of the extremely endangered Bali Mynah. Only 30 of these birds exist in the wild.

A 15 acre site on the banks of South East Asia's largest lake, is in the process of becoming a most exciting fauna complex.

Three canopy structures covering over 2 acres contain a wide variety of birds, butterflies, small mammals and reptiles. A nearby island is home to 15 orangutans which live in the most natural but confined setting designed to date.

Although this project is well under way a delay has been experienced in its completion due to the Malaysian economic situation. However has reached the point where completion is assured at a later date.

For the same reasons, two of the World's largest ever walk-through aviary habitats, Talaga Bestari and Kota Legenda, in northern Java have been put on hold.

ECO HABITATS is currently working with Dr. Bill Toone of the San Diego Zoo, investigating the viability of the building of a Butterfly House associated with the University, but with the further proposal of developing a system of open range butterfly farming, to enable some of the villagers in more remote areas to receive an income from this source. It is somewhat similar to the successful Papua New Guinea project.