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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.

                         

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. 

 
Phuket Aquarium
   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 5 Baht for children and 20 Baht for adults. A Songtaew (local bus) can be taken from the Talad Sot, or Fresh Market.

   Open daily, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
   Tel. (076) 391126.

             

 
Phuket Butterfly Farm and Aquarium
   Tropical species of butterflies, other insects, and many kinds of marine life are on display. Located in Sam Kong about 3 kms. from downtown Phuket.

   Open daily, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
   Tel. (076) 215616, 210861.

            

 
Phuket Zoo
   South of Phuket town on Soi Phalai, on the east side of Phuket island, you can find Phuket Zoo. Here you can see a large collection of animal and reptiles, such as 60 kinds of birds, over 100 kinds of butterflies, more than 6.000 crocodiles and also tigers and lovely rabbits and a lot more.

   Open daily  8:30am - 6:00pm

 

Show times:
Monkey show : 9:00 am, 12:00 am, 2:30 pm, 4:45 pm
Crocodile show : 9:30am, 12:45am, 3:15pm, 5:30pm
Elephant show : 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:00pm
Butterfly Garden : 9:00am - 17:30pm

 
 

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