Update March 2015 - Sorry to tell the the Phuket Butterfly Garden has directly permanently closed.
We had been 1 time earlier to the Phuket Butterfly Garden, years agone when our fille was piddling in addition to earlier our boy was born. Somehow never made it dorsum until a distich of weeks ago. Our fille said she wanted to larn again. She'd only been on a schoolhouse "field trip" in addition to they'd been studying the life bicycle of the butterfly, in addition to thence I recall butterflies were 1 of her electrical flow favourite things.
The total cite is Phuket Butterfly Garden in addition to Insect World - yes, they create got to a greater extent than than only butterflies! It's only due north of Phuket town inwards the Sam Kong expanse non far from Tesco Lotus. It's reasonably good signposted, non likewise difficult to find.. they also create got a pick upward service which tin last quite a expert bargain (see the website link below). Entrance is 300 Baht for adults, 150 Baht for kids. Adult inwards this representative agency over 10 years old. Locals similar us pay a fleck less, but I recall that's alone fair for "regular" local visitors... twice already! And we'll larn 1 time again soon, equally afterward we'd left our fille told us we'd non seen everything yet...
Before you lot larn to the garden you lot create got a rather expert educational expanse in addition to lots of displays amongst horrible scary things such equally huge spiders, scorpions in addition to the biggest damn millipede I create got always seen. Oh, in addition to leafage insects, stick insects, all variety of things. There is also a lot of data nigh butterflies including a "multimedia presentation" (a video) nigh the amazing transformation from egg to caterpillar to butterfly.
(above) The Butterfly garden has a really expert educational section
Out into the garden. I saw a brochure that says "imagine spell you lot walk inwards a tropical garden.. amongst thousands of butterflies". I gauge at that spot are hundreds, but don't larn imagining some fantasy scene amongst butterflies filling the air. My kids were to a greater extent than interested inwards feeding the fish... (They did walk to a greater extent than or less in addition to await at butterflies too).
(above) Fish feeding at the butterfly garden
I wandered off inwards search of photos. It's non big, you lot can't lose the household unit of measurement here. All to a greater extent than or less you lot uncovering butterflies in addition to caterpillars too. There are signs describing the dissimilar species. It's all really good done in addition to nicely looked after.
I was non solitary inwards trying to larn butterfly photos.. in addition to this guy had a much nicer photographic tv set camera than me!
I did cope a distich of expert photos amongst my piddling Canon Powershot. Actually pretty expert photographic tv set camera for macro photos, but I desire to upgrade soon! OK, at that spot may non last thousands of butterflies, but at that spot are a lot in addition to the to a greater extent than you lot look, the to a greater extent than you lot see. There are said to last xl dissimilar species hither in addition to they create got a special breeding programme on the premises - this beingness the expanse that nosotros missed, in addition to thence my fille said. She's seen it on the schoolhouse trip.
Good for the kids, good worth a visit. They fifty-fifty furnish umbrellas for rainy days. Along amongst the zoo in addition to Phuket aquarium, nosotros create got a expert pick of animate beingness related things to create hither inwards Phuket. I gauge you lot could count elephant rides in addition to serpent shows likewise if you lot like. One solar daytime we'll create got the kids for an elephant ride. I know it's super touristy, but the kids volition dearest it (so volition we!).
Phuket Butterfly Garden is opened upward every solar daytime 9am - 5pm, for sure worth a visit, peculiarly if you lot create got kids. Or similar butterflies.
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We had been 1 time earlier to the Phuket Butterfly Garden, years agone when our fille was piddling in addition to earlier our boy was born. Somehow never made it dorsum until a distich of weeks ago. Our fille said she wanted to larn again. She'd only been on a schoolhouse "field trip" in addition to they'd been studying the life bicycle of the butterfly, in addition to thence I recall butterflies were 1 of her electrical flow favourite things.
The total cite is Phuket Butterfly Garden in addition to Insect World - yes, they create got to a greater extent than than only butterflies! It's only due north of Phuket town inwards the Sam Kong expanse non far from Tesco Lotus. It's reasonably good signposted, non likewise difficult to find.. they also create got a pick upward service which tin last quite a expert bargain (see the website link below). Entrance is 300 Baht for adults, 150 Baht for kids. Adult inwards this representative agency over 10 years old. Locals similar us pay a fleck less, but I recall that's alone fair for "regular" local visitors... twice already! And we'll larn 1 time again soon, equally afterward we'd left our fille told us we'd non seen everything yet...
Before you lot larn to the garden you lot create got a rather expert educational expanse in addition to lots of displays amongst horrible scary things such equally huge spiders, scorpions in addition to the biggest damn millipede I create got always seen. Oh, in addition to leafage insects, stick insects, all variety of things. There is also a lot of data nigh butterflies including a "multimedia presentation" (a video) nigh the amazing transformation from egg to caterpillar to butterfly.
(above) The Butterfly garden has a really expert educational section
Out into the garden. I saw a brochure that says "imagine spell you lot walk inwards a tropical garden.. amongst thousands of butterflies". I gauge at that spot are hundreds, but don't larn imagining some fantasy scene amongst butterflies filling the air. My kids were to a greater extent than interested inwards feeding the fish... (They did walk to a greater extent than or less in addition to await at butterflies too).
(above) Fish feeding at the butterfly garden
I wandered off inwards search of photos. It's non big, you lot can't lose the household unit of measurement here. All to a greater extent than or less you lot uncovering butterflies in addition to caterpillars too. There are signs describing the dissimilar species. It's all really good done in addition to nicely looked after.
I was non solitary inwards trying to larn butterfly photos.. in addition to this guy had a much nicer photographic tv set camera than me!
I did cope a distich of expert photos amongst my piddling Canon Powershot. Actually pretty expert photographic tv set camera for macro photos, but I desire to upgrade soon! OK, at that spot may non last thousands of butterflies, but at that spot are a lot in addition to the to a greater extent than you lot look, the to a greater extent than you lot see. There are said to last xl dissimilar species hither in addition to they create got a special breeding programme on the premises - this beingness the expanse that nosotros missed, in addition to thence my fille said. She's seen it on the schoolhouse trip.
Good for the kids, good worth a visit. They fifty-fifty furnish umbrellas for rainy days. Along amongst the zoo in addition to Phuket aquarium, nosotros create got a expert pick of animate beingness related things to create hither inwards Phuket. I gauge you lot could count elephant rides in addition to serpent shows likewise if you lot like. One solar daytime we'll create got the kids for an elephant ride. I know it's super touristy, but the kids volition dearest it (so volition we!).
Phuket Butterfly Garden is opened upward every solar daytime 9am - 5pm, for sure worth a visit, peculiarly if you lot create got kids. Or similar butterflies.
• Newer Blog Post - Butterfly Garden 2010 Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com