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Aquarium
Butterfly
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For the animal lover there is a lot to
see and learn on Phuket, Thailand, from butterflies to
snakes and crocodiles. Here are some locations you should
visit while on Phuket.
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Phuket Butterfly Garden & Insect World
On display is a wide range of Magnificent Butterflies, a colourful
tropical garden and houses of abundant insects... Locate in
Phuket town at a district called Samkong. You can find the
home of butterflies set in a natural rainforest. A trip to the
Phuket Butterfly Garden & Insectarium will give you an experience
with nature that you'll never forget. An educational journey
through the rainforest & a trip into paradise. Great for all
ages. Entry Fee : Adult 200 Baht - Children Below 10 Yrs 100
Baht Open Daily : 9.00 A.M.-17.30 P.M. Tel. (076) 215616, 210861.
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Phuket Aquarium (And
Phuket Institute of Marine
Biology & Research Centre)
More than
one hundred species of sea life are on display at the aquarium,
many of them taken from the water around Phuket. The aquarium
is located at
Cape Panwa, on the island's extreme southeast; admission
is 50 Baht for children and 100 Baht for adults.
A Songtaew
(local bus) can be taken from the Talad Sot, or Fresh Market.
Tel. (076) 391126. Open daily, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Kha Phra Thaeo
Wildlife Conservation Development and Extension Center
22.28 square kilometers of virgin forest are covered
by this
park, which also
actively conserves a number of wild animals; they would otherwise
be extinct in fast-growing Phuket. It is a center for study
of the environment. Forest vegetation is spectacular : Giant
trees supported by huge buttresses are thick with creepers and
climbers of every description.
One species of palm found,
the
Governor's Palm
or White Back Palm (palm
lang khao in Thai) is especially rare. Languor, barking
deer, mouse deer, deer, bear, wild boar, monkeys, gibbons, and
many species of birds inhabit the forest.
Khao Phra Thaeo
serves also as one of Phuket's most important water sources.
Also located in the park is the:
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Gibbon
Rehabilitation Center
The
Gibbon Rehabilitation Center
is a center of saving many kinds of rare gibbons. You will find
the center if you head out of
Phuket Town towards
the
airport and turn
right at the Heroines monument. The Gibbon Rehabilitation Project
(GRP) is a research division of the Wild Animal Rescue Foundation
of Thailand (WAR) working in co-operation with the Royal Thai
Forest Department (RFD). It was established in Phuket in January
1990, with the support of the RFD, by the organization Asia
Wildlife.
It is a project dedicated to help return
domesticated gibbons to the wild. The GRP became the research
arm of WAR in 1994. It is currently the only Gibbon Rehabilitation
Project in the world.
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Phuket Zoo
 South
of
Phuket town on
Soi Phalai, on the east side of Phuket island, you can find
Phuket Zoo. It's area covers 62 rai and is a fun place to see
a large collection of animal and reptiles such as lovely rabbits,
60 kinds of birds, more that 100 kinds of butterflies and more
than 6,000 crocodiles.
In addition, animal performances
such as clever elephants and monkeys make visitors enjoyed and
amazed. Meanwhile, those get the exhilarated and exiting feeling
in fighting between men and crocodiles without weapon.
The
zoo is open daily 8:30 am - 6:00pm
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Show Times |
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- Monkey Show
- Crocodile Show
- Elephant Show
- Butterfly
Garden
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9:00 am,
12:00 am, 2:30 pm, 4:45 pm
9:30am, 12:45am, 3:15pm,
5:30pm
10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:00pm
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Snake Farm
and Cobra Shows
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- Phuket
Snake Farm -
Patong Beach
At the snake farm, just like in a zoo, you will get a general
idea of how many different kinds of these boneless creatures
that exist. A man will show different snakes and a woman will
in her best English explain the effects of the venoms. You also
will get the chance to pet a living cobra and have a very close
look at its teeth .
Show times: 10am, 12am, 2pm, 4pm, 5pm
daily
- Kinnaree House
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Chalong
Similar
to Phuket Snake Farm
Show times: 10am, 12am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm
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Phuket
Monkey School
Trained monkeys show of their skills such as picking coconuts,
diving, basketball playing and counting.
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Crocodile World & Elephant Land
Located at
Chana Charoen Rd. at
Phuket Town.
A tropical garden showing elephants, crocodiles, alligators
birds and snakes.
Daily shows in the morning and afternoon.
Open daily 9am - 6pm.
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