PHUKET Thailand - attractions and seightseeing around Phuket.

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. read more

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.

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.
Also located in the park is the:

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. learn more

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

Snake Farm and Cobra Shows :
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 - Chalong
Similar to Phuket Snake Farm
Show times: 10am, 12am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm daily

Phuket Monkey School
Trained monkeys show of their skills such as picking coconuts, diving, basketball playing and counting.

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