Phuket
Aquarium More
than one hundred species of sea life are on display at the
aquarium, many of them taken from the water around Phuket. Open
daily, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The aquarium is located at Cape Panwa,
on the island's extreme southeast; admission is 5 Baht for
children and 20 Baht for adults. A Songtaew (local bus) can be
taken from the Talad Sot, or Fresh Market. Tel. (076) 391126.
Phuket
Butterfly Farm and Aquarium
Tropical species of butterflies, other insects, and many kinds of
marine life are on display. Located in Sam Kong about 3 kms. from
downtown Phuket. Open daily, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Tel. (076)
215616, 210861.
Phuket Zoo South of
Phuket town on Soi Phalai, on the east side of Phuket island, you
can find Phuket Zoo. Here you can see a large collection of animal
and reptiles, such as 60 kinds of birds, over 100 kinds of
butterflies, more than 6.000 crocodiles and also tigers and lovely
rabbits and a lot more.
Open daily 8:30am - 6:00pm
Show times:
Monkey show
9:00 am, 12:00 am, 2:30 pm,
4:45 pm
Crocodile show
9:30am, 12:45am, 3:15pm, 5:30pm
Elephant show
10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:00pm
Butterfly Garden
9:00am - 17:30pm
Khao 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.
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.
Monkey School :
at Chalong, show times are 11:00, 14:00, 16:00 daily except
Friday Tel. 01-9569338.
Snake Farms and Cobra Shows :
are located at Chalong and Patong.
Wildlife
Conservation Development and Extension Center
