Today, we brought our kid Ethan to the Penang Butterfly farm. This is the first time for Ethan to witness so many live butterflies flying within and enclosed environment. Penang Butterfly Farm is advertised to be the world's 1st tropical live butterfly sanctuary.
We were staying at the Golden Sands Hotel for 2 nights, therefore after breakfast we took off to Butterfly Farm which is only like 5 to 10 mins drive away.
There were no problem finding our way to the farm, the road is quite straight forward. Seems like it has been given a face lift since my last visit many many years ago.
Entrance fee is RM10 per adult, children below 4 years old are free. This applies to Malaysian - we have to show our MyKad. Foreigners pay double the price at RM20 per adult. We were amazed to find out that J-card member gets 20% discount. Since our J-card is still valid until end of this month, we got the discount. Digital camera is free entrance but VideoCam is charged RM5 per piece. Details of the farm can be obtained from the web page: http://www.butterfly-insect.com/index.php
Below is a scan of the brochure for this farm:
We were staying at the Golden Sands Hotel for 2 nights, therefore after breakfast we took off to Butterfly Farm which is only like 5 to 10 mins drive away.
There were no problem finding our way to the farm, the road is quite straight forward. Seems like it has been given a face lift since my last visit many many years ago.
Entrance fee is RM10 per adult, children below 4 years old are free. This applies to Malaysian - we have to show our MyKad. Foreigners pay double the price at RM20 per adult. We were amazed to find out that J-card member gets 20% discount. Since our J-card is still valid until end of this month, we got the discount. Digital camera is free entrance but VideoCam is charged RM5 per piece. Details of the farm can be obtained from the web page: http://www.butterfly-insect.com/index.php
Below is a scan of the brochure for this farm:
Immediately after entering the main entrance in the farm, one has the feeling of going into a magical world of butterflies flying all over surrounding you. There is a platter of aluminum netting whereby Hibiscus (or locally known as Bunga Raya) are laid out on it. Butterflies gathered around these Hibiscus as shown in the following photo shots:
Have taken quite a few photo shots of the butterflies in the farm. Posting here for the benefit and enjoyment of other bloggers.
In the middle of the farm's enclosed environment lies a carp pond with some landscaping of small waterfall, wooden bridge.
One of the interest stuffs to be found in this farm is the sort of Japanese lantern. However, the top cap of the lantern is made of coconut husk. See photo above to get a better view of what I am saying. :-)
More butterflies and butterflies and butterflies ....
Other than butterflies being the key showcase, there are other inserts (praying mantis, beetles), reptiles (iguana, lizards, snakes), worms, squirrels, scorpions, turtle, tarantula (spider) on display.
Left: Spot me out - don't I look kinda like a stick?
Right: Don't know what the hack flower - thought it is cute.
Lazy fellow, laze around - no danger at all.
One of the interest stuffs to be found in this farm is the sort of Japanese lantern. However, the top cap of the lantern is made of coconut husk. See photo above to get a better view of what I am saying. :-)
More butterflies and butterflies and butterflies ....
Butterflies gathering on a bunch of flowers
Other than butterflies being the key showcase, there are other inserts (praying mantis, beetles), reptiles (iguana, lizards, snakes), worms, squirrels, scorpions, turtle, tarantula (spider) on display.
Left: Spot me out - don't I look kinda like a stick?
Right: Don't know what the hack flower - thought it is cute.
Lazy fellow, laze around - no danger at all.
