| Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo It was built in 1950
as Thailand’s first crocodile farm. It is now the world’s largest crocodile
farm. It is situated at Tambon Tai Ban, 3 kilometres from Samut Prakan town.
The farm has over 40,000 crocodiles of different kinds in various pits.
Daily shows feature catching crocodiles bare-handed. Shows take place every
hour from 08.00-17.00., except at noon; additional shows at 12.00 and 17.00
on holidays. Feeding time is between 16.30 - 17.30. Another star attraction
for visitors is the elephant show of which performances are held daily every
hour from 09.30 -16.30. Furthermore, you can see tigers, chimpanzees, and
other animals such as gibbons, turtles, boa constrictors, pythons, birds,
camels, hippopotamuses, and of various species of fishes.
There is even a Dinosaur Museum which has on display life-size models
and skeletons of more than 13 kinds of dinosaurs and also features a multivision
slide presentation on man and prehistoric animals. The farm is open daily
from 07.00 - 18.00.
Neighborhood : Outside Bangkok (Samut Prakan)
Open : daily from 07.00 - 18.00.
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