Crocodile Farm at Samutprakan description and photos - Thailand: Bangkok (Topic)

Crocodile Farm at Samutprakan description and photos - Thailand: Bangkok. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Crocodile Farm at Samutprakan.

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In the town of Samut Prakan, near Bangkok, there is a huge crocodile farm, where there is no end of tourists. It was founded by Utai Yongprapakorn, a wealthy businessman and owner of crocodile leather accessories. In 1950, a nursery was opened near Bangkok, where different types of reptiles were kept, including rare ones listed in the Red Book. Then there were few crocodiles here, but now their number has increased to 60 thousand individuals.

Specially for tourists there are performances with the participation of crocodiles. Brave trainers pull toothy reptiles by the tails, stick their heads in their mouths and tell you how you can cope with an adult crocodile who tries to attack you. Children will be delighted with the opportunity to feed the young crocodiles with fish heads, tied to sticks, and adult tourists are more likely to like the store with crocodile leather goods. The local restaurant serves dishes prepared with crocodile meat.

You can move around the crocodile farm on elephants or on foot. In addition to the nursery, where reptiles are kept, there is a snake pavilion, aviaries with birds, mainly with parrots, and a small zoo, whose inhabitants are not afraid of people and willingly pose for everyone.

There is a large lake on the territory of the farm. , on which you can ride on catamarans. Nearby is a dinosaur museum with large models of prehistoric monsters.

You can get to the crocodile farm either by public transport or by taxi. It is better to negotiate the fare with the taxi driver in advance.

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