Up inwards the Northeast of Phuket inwards a heavily forested expanse is the Khao Phra Thaeo National Park as well as the Bang Pae waterfall. To instruct there, y'all caput North on the airdrome route from Phuket Town as well as plough correct at the Heroine's Monument, hence displace roughly 10km - the entrance on the left side is slowly to find... there's a map at the bottom of the page. We conduct maintain been upwards this agency many times, non simply for the Gibbon Project as well as Bang Pae Waterfall which is flora simply yesteryear the Gibbon Project, but nearby is Bang Pae Seafood as well as too Bang Rong, where y'all uncovering a floating restaurant as well as y'all tin instruct a ferry to the isle of Koh Yao Noi. There's a eating seat called Peang Prai simply at the entrance gate to the waterfall.
As y'all displace upwards to the commons entrance the roadside is lined alongside prophylactic trees every bit is much of this Northern expanse of Phuket. Rubber was 1 time real of import to the economic scheme of Phuket as well as indeed it continues to hold upwards important. There are too fields of pineapples nearby, but 1 time y'all hitting the commons entrance y'all are inwards the jungle, baby! At the entrance gate in that location is (normally) an entry fee to pay. Last fourth dimension nosotros visited in that location was nobody collecting entrance fees. It was mid afternoon, nigh 3:30pm. I conduct maintain heard that afterward 4pm entry is ever free, but can't 100% confirm this!
The Phuket Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (GRP) is based hither - this scheme aims to protect gibbons as well as their habitat through rehabilitation as well as education. It's a distressing fact that gibbons are caught as well as kept every bit pets inwards Thailand as well as fifty-fifty hawked circular the streets inwards Phuket to conduct maintain photos taken alongside tourists. This is illegal. The projection takes inwards gibbons who conduct maintain been rescued, taken away from their "owners" yesteryear the law or that conduct maintain been handed inwards yesteryear owners who no longer want to expect afterward them. They hence become through a long rehabilitation earlier oftentimes beingness released dorsum into the forests. Not all tin hold upwards released. Below is a video (from July 2012) of a gibbon called Tam who has 1 manus as well as 1 human foot missing due to mistreatment yesteryear his "owner". He can't hold upwards released.
The Gibbons that are beingness kept hither tin hold upwards seen inwards large cages similar the 1 above. Some are closed together hence the gibbons tin hold upwards social, some gibbons are paired together. There are data boards alongside lots of details nigh the gibbons as well as the operate of the GRP.
Gibbons swing roughly as well as sing their distinctive song. Some sit down quietly. They all conduct maintain names as well as conduct maintain quite unlike personalities. The data boards state y'all to a greater extent than nigh the individuals. It's non a house y'all tin pass hours, unless y'all are a exceptional gibbon fan I approximate .. but the volunteers in that location are ever happy to utter as well as response questions.
If y'all are inwards Phuket (the worst house is Bangla Road inwards Patong) or anywhere else inwards Thailand as well as run across a gibbon beingness taken circular the streets for tourists to conduct maintain photos, delight conduct maintain a photograph as well as e-mail it to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project - grp@gibbonproject.org - state them where as well as when the photograph was taken. You tin too e-mail the Natural Resources as well as Environment Crime Division at forest@royalthaipolice.go.th. Please banker's complaint that the projection gets none of the National Park entry fee (200 Baht for foreigners), hence whatsoever donation y'all tin brand is appreciated. They conduct maintain a pocket-sized store (photo above) selling gibbon related souvenirs. For to a greater extent than nigh the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project run across the spider web site www.gibbonproject.org or follow on Facebook.
Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (and Bang Pae Waterfall) - Location Map
View Bang Pae Waterfall as well as Gibbon Rehabilitation Project inwards a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
As y'all displace upwards to the commons entrance the roadside is lined alongside prophylactic trees every bit is much of this Northern expanse of Phuket. Rubber was 1 time real of import to the economic scheme of Phuket as well as indeed it continues to hold upwards important. There are too fields of pineapples nearby, but 1 time y'all hitting the commons entrance y'all are inwards the jungle, baby! At the entrance gate in that location is (normally) an entry fee to pay. Last fourth dimension nosotros visited in that location was nobody collecting entrance fees. It was mid afternoon, nigh 3:30pm. I conduct maintain heard that afterward 4pm entry is ever free, but can't 100% confirm this!
The Phuket Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (GRP) is based hither - this scheme aims to protect gibbons as well as their habitat through rehabilitation as well as education. It's a distressing fact that gibbons are caught as well as kept every bit pets inwards Thailand as well as fifty-fifty hawked circular the streets inwards Phuket to conduct maintain photos taken alongside tourists. This is illegal. The projection takes inwards gibbons who conduct maintain been rescued, taken away from their "owners" yesteryear the law or that conduct maintain been handed inwards yesteryear owners who no longer want to expect afterward them. They hence become through a long rehabilitation earlier oftentimes beingness released dorsum into the forests. Not all tin hold upwards released. Below is a video (from July 2012) of a gibbon called Tam who has 1 manus as well as 1 human foot missing due to mistreatment yesteryear his "owner". He can't hold upwards released.
The Gibbons that are beingness kept hither tin hold upwards seen inwards large cages similar the 1 above. Some are closed together hence the gibbons tin hold upwards social, some gibbons are paired together. There are data boards alongside lots of details nigh the gibbons as well as the operate of the GRP.
Gibbons swing roughly as well as sing their distinctive song. Some sit down quietly. They all conduct maintain names as well as conduct maintain quite unlike personalities. The data boards state y'all to a greater extent than nigh the individuals. It's non a house y'all tin pass hours, unless y'all are a exceptional gibbon fan I approximate .. but the volunteers in that location are ever happy to utter as well as response questions.
If y'all are inwards Phuket (the worst house is Bangla Road inwards Patong) or anywhere else inwards Thailand as well as run across a gibbon beingness taken circular the streets for tourists to conduct maintain photos, delight conduct maintain a photograph as well as e-mail it to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project - grp@gibbonproject.org - state them where as well as when the photograph was taken. You tin too e-mail the Natural Resources as well as Environment Crime Division at forest@royalthaipolice.go.th. Please banker's complaint that the projection gets none of the National Park entry fee (200 Baht for foreigners), hence whatsoever donation y'all tin brand is appreciated. They conduct maintain a pocket-sized store (photo above) selling gibbon related souvenirs. For to a greater extent than nigh the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project run across the spider web site www.gibbonproject.org or follow on Facebook.
Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (and Bang Pae Waterfall) - Location Map
View Bang Pae Waterfall as well as Gibbon Rehabilitation Project inwards a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com