Penang Butterfly Farm, Tanjong Tokong

NEW VISITING HOURS Monday – Friday : 9.00am – 6.00pm (Last Entry at 5.00pm) Weekend & Public Holidays : 9.00am – 6.00pm (Last Entry at 5.00pm) **Penang Butterfly Farm is open 365 days all year round except half day on the eve of Chinese New Year Day Thank you Best Regards

I've been five or six times over the past ten years. The farm has slowly been expanded and the additions are generally good. You'll find great variety of wonderful butterflies, but also insects, ducks, lizards, flowers and large carp. At the entrance you can see racks of pupae and there's a reasonable chance that you'll be able to watch a butterfly hatch. The 'hide and seek' area with stick insects and other phasmids is a recent addition and is suitably yuccky. Inside, there are some very nice live beetles in tanks as well as a large collection of preserved insects and spiders. Or should that be a collection of large preserved insects and spiders? There's a small charge for cameras and camcorders, but prices always seem pretty reasonable. Certainly great for a half-day outing and you should get some memorable photographs.

My vacation to Penang Butterfly Farm was just like a jungle forest with a number of flying butterfly and some interesting plants like the fly trapper and different types of animals are displayed in their little home. I could also saw thet a nice design of your farm.

A fairly small beautifully done place to visit. Well set out and with many wonderful species of free flying butterflies. Also plenty of large creepy crawlies and lots of coi carp in a pond. A large shop awaits you on exit, but not much on refreshment or toilets. Great place to go to see butterflies and insects, kids in particular should love it.

The farm itself is wonderful, and good for a relaxing day out, but the real treat is the gift shop. On the way out of the Farm there is a small museum of native crafts and pottery. As you pass into the next room, it looks as if the museum continues, but you begin to notice price tags on the items. Wonderful masks, carvings pottery and paintings can be purchased for rather reasonable prices. All regions of Malaysia are represented as well. I purchased a beautiful, and unique mask from Sarawak, that was one of the best souvenirs I've bought anywhere.

If you love your creepy crawlies, you will LOVE this. Butterflies of every colour fluttering around your head. Scorpions...lot's of scorpions (safely in cages). All sorts of lizards. Amazing dragonflies. And most spectacularly... a Comodo Dragon. Kids (and Big kids) will love this.