Hi!
I visited this facility in May, and I'm writing a visit report with species list.
First of all, this facility is not a zoo.
While some wildlife sanctuaries refer to themselves as "zoos," this place is different.
Visits inside the facility are only possible through guided group tours with advance reservations. You cannot enter freely or walk around after paying an admission fee. Additionally, to keep the animals in environments as close to nature as possible, interacting with the animals, feeding them (except during specific parts of the tour), or calling out to them is strictly prohibited.
This is an animal-first facility. Because visits are conducted in group tours, it is common that you may not be able to see certain animals, take photos, or get close to them. Approach your visit with the mindset that you don’t know what animals you’ll see, that it’s lucky if you do see them, and even luckier if you can get a photo. The main goal should be to learn about the rescued animals.
If you plan to visit this facility in the future, please follow the rules and understand that this is a sanctuary.
Here is the species list.
I'm following the format on Zootierliste.
<Mammals>
Asian elephant (no subspecific status) (Elephas maximus)
Asian small-clawed otter (Oriental small-clawed otter) (Aonyx cinerea (Syn.: Amblyonyx cinereus))
Asiatic Black Bear (no subspecies-status) (Ursus thibetanus (Syn.: Selenarctos thibetanus))
Barking deer (Kakar) (No Subspecific status) (Muntiacus muntjak)
Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis (Syn.: Nycticebus coucang bengalensis))
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
Common chimpanzee (No Subspecific status) (Pan troglodytes)
Common palm civet (Toddy cat) (Asian palm civet) (no subspecific status) (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
Crab-eating macaque (Long-tailed macaque) (Java macaque) (Macaca fascicularis (Syn.: Macaca irus))
Domestic goat (Capra aegagrus f. hircus)
Dusky langur (Dusky leaf-monkey) (Spectacled langur) (Trachypithecus obscurus (Syn.: Presbytis obscura))
Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana)
Javan rusa (Timor deer) (Rusa timorensis (Syn.: Cervus timorensis))
Lar gibbon (Lar) (White-handed gibbon) (no subspecies-status) (Hylobates lar)
Leopard (no subspecies-status) (Panthera pardus)
Leopard cat (No Subspecific status) (Prionailurus bengalensis)
Malayan slow loris (Sunda slow loris) (Nycticebus coucang)
Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina (Syn.: Macaca nemestrina leonina))
Red-cheeked gibbon (Southern Yellow-cheeked crested gibbon) (Golden-cheeked gibbon) (Nomascus gabriellae (Syn.: Hylobates concolor gabriellae))
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Sun Bear (Malayan Sun Bear) (no subspecific status) (Helarctos malayanus)
<Birds>
Great hornbill (Great Indian hornbill) (Buceros bicornis)
Southern cassowary (Double-wattled cassowary) (Two-wattled cassowary) (Casuarius casuarius)
<Reptiles>
African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata (Syn.: Geochelone sulcata) (Syn.: Testudo sulcata))
Common green iguana (No Subspecific status) (Iguana iguana)
This list only part of what the facility holds, since many parts of the facility is not open to the public.
There are two types of guided tours, a "Half-day Tour" in the morning, and a "Full-day Tour" that continues in the afternoon. A lot of species can be seen during the "Half-day Tour", but you must take part in the "Full-day Tour" if you wish to see these species:
- Asian small-clawed otter
- Common chimpanzee
- Hairy-nosed otter
- Northern pig-tailed macaque
- Red-cheeked gibbon
I participated in the "Full-day Tour", to get a chance to see the Hairy-nosed otter.
So, here are some photos:
Visitors are welcomed to the facility by a 44-acre elephant enclosure, with an island for gibbons in the lake. This sanctuary holds around 20 rescued elephants, with half of them in this gigantic space.
Since all elephants here are rescued from human hands, some animals prefer to be alone, rather than be with other elephants. These animals have private enclosures, which are smaller but still big enough.
Bengal Tiger exhibits are huge too. They even have a swamp and a small forest inside. The facility has multiple encloses of this size.
Bear exhibit. The facility holds two bear species, and all of them are in enclosures of this size.
Enclosures for primates are huge too. These are for Dusky Langurs and White-handed Gibbons. There were so many of these that I couldn't count how many they have.
Javan Rusas roam in the huge fenced area. Too huge that I can't see the fence.
The new chimpanze exhibit houses one rescued animal.
The otter exhibit houses one Hairy-nosed Otter and one Asian Small-clawed Otter. They were ex-pets,and rescued together.
This was my first time seeing a Hairy-nosed Otter! Look at it's feet!
More photos will be uploaded to the "Thailand-Other" album shortly!
Overall, I think this place is a great destination for both animal and zoo lovers.
I've talked with the staff there, and they mentioned that zoo nerds are always welcome!
Feel free to leave any comments or questions!
I visited this facility in May, and I'm writing a visit report with species list.
First of all, this facility is not a zoo.
While some wildlife sanctuaries refer to themselves as "zoos," this place is different.
Visits inside the facility are only possible through guided group tours with advance reservations. You cannot enter freely or walk around after paying an admission fee. Additionally, to keep the animals in environments as close to nature as possible, interacting with the animals, feeding them (except during specific parts of the tour), or calling out to them is strictly prohibited.
This is an animal-first facility. Because visits are conducted in group tours, it is common that you may not be able to see certain animals, take photos, or get close to them. Approach your visit with the mindset that you don’t know what animals you’ll see, that it’s lucky if you do see them, and even luckier if you can get a photo. The main goal should be to learn about the rescued animals.
If you plan to visit this facility in the future, please follow the rules and understand that this is a sanctuary.
Here is the species list.
I'm following the format on Zootierliste.
<Mammals>
Asian elephant (no subspecific status) (Elephas maximus)
Asian small-clawed otter (Oriental small-clawed otter) (Aonyx cinerea (Syn.: Amblyonyx cinereus))
Asiatic Black Bear (no subspecies-status) (Ursus thibetanus (Syn.: Selenarctos thibetanus))
Barking deer (Kakar) (No Subspecific status) (Muntiacus muntjak)
Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis (Syn.: Nycticebus coucang bengalensis))
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
Common chimpanzee (No Subspecific status) (Pan troglodytes)
Common palm civet (Toddy cat) (Asian palm civet) (no subspecific status) (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
Crab-eating macaque (Long-tailed macaque) (Java macaque) (Macaca fascicularis (Syn.: Macaca irus))
Domestic goat (Capra aegagrus f. hircus)
Dusky langur (Dusky leaf-monkey) (Spectacled langur) (Trachypithecus obscurus (Syn.: Presbytis obscura))
Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana)
Javan rusa (Timor deer) (Rusa timorensis (Syn.: Cervus timorensis))
Lar gibbon (Lar) (White-handed gibbon) (no subspecies-status) (Hylobates lar)
Leopard (no subspecies-status) (Panthera pardus)
Leopard cat (No Subspecific status) (Prionailurus bengalensis)
Malayan slow loris (Sunda slow loris) (Nycticebus coucang)
Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina (Syn.: Macaca nemestrina leonina))
Red-cheeked gibbon (Southern Yellow-cheeked crested gibbon) (Golden-cheeked gibbon) (Nomascus gabriellae (Syn.: Hylobates concolor gabriellae))
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Sun Bear (Malayan Sun Bear) (no subspecific status) (Helarctos malayanus)
<Birds>
Great hornbill (Great Indian hornbill) (Buceros bicornis)
Southern cassowary (Double-wattled cassowary) (Two-wattled cassowary) (Casuarius casuarius)
<Reptiles>
African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata (Syn.: Geochelone sulcata) (Syn.: Testudo sulcata))
Common green iguana (No Subspecific status) (Iguana iguana)
This list only part of what the facility holds, since many parts of the facility is not open to the public.
There are two types of guided tours, a "Half-day Tour" in the morning, and a "Full-day Tour" that continues in the afternoon. A lot of species can be seen during the "Half-day Tour", but you must take part in the "Full-day Tour" if you wish to see these species:
- Asian small-clawed otter
- Common chimpanzee
- Hairy-nosed otter
- Northern pig-tailed macaque
- Red-cheeked gibbon
I participated in the "Full-day Tour", to get a chance to see the Hairy-nosed otter.
So, here are some photos:
Visitors are welcomed to the facility by a 44-acre elephant enclosure, with an island for gibbons in the lake. This sanctuary holds around 20 rescued elephants, with half of them in this gigantic space.
Since all elephants here are rescued from human hands, some animals prefer to be alone, rather than be with other elephants. These animals have private enclosures, which are smaller but still big enough.
Bengal Tiger exhibits are huge too. They even have a swamp and a small forest inside. The facility has multiple encloses of this size.
Bear exhibit. The facility holds two bear species, and all of them are in enclosures of this size.
Enclosures for primates are huge too. These are for Dusky Langurs and White-handed Gibbons. There were so many of these that I couldn't count how many they have.
Javan Rusas roam in the huge fenced area. Too huge that I can't see the fence.
The new chimpanze exhibit houses one rescued animal.
The otter exhibit houses one Hairy-nosed Otter and one Asian Small-clawed Otter. They were ex-pets,and rescued together.
This was my first time seeing a Hairy-nosed Otter! Look at it's feet!
More photos will be uploaded to the "Thailand-Other" album shortly!
Overall, I think this place is a great destination for both animal and zoo lovers.
I've talked with the staff there, and they mentioned that zoo nerds are always welcome!
Feel free to leave any comments or questions!
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