Monkeys and other animals to visit in Chiang Mai.....The
Monkeys School in Mae Rim is about 40 minutes drive from the
city, on the same road as Tiger World and Mae Sa elephant camp.
We I have heard complaints that these animals are poorly treated but we observed that they were all healthy looking and were obviously well fed. Doing the show every day should surely keep them from boredom and we were pleased to support the school and show. Maybe keeping them in captivity is not the best solution, but how would we see them otherwise? Click on the link to find out how the school was
started and all about the various personnel involved. By the way, take
a bag of peanuts or buy one there for 20 baht, if you want to be
friends with the primates. Pay the entrance fee if you want to be
friends with the owner!
The Snake Farm is on the same road as the Monkey School and is the local venue of choice for training snake handlers. If you feel queasy about serpents and would
like My grandsons are a bit scared of snakes and so we didn't go. Maybe I'll go sometime and let you all know what it's like. The problem is, I hate snakes. Until then, it's your choice!
The FAE Elephant Hospital in Lampang is about an hours drive from Chiang Mai. This place specialises in treating injured elephants and has treated many of these great animals, some of which have had feet and legs amputated because of damage caused by land mines, especially in Burma and Cambodia. 
Although it is privately run in order to carry out this great work, it
exists mainly on subscriptions from the public, so your visit will be
of enormous help in its future funding.
Personally, I think that anthing done to help these animals is a worthy cause. If we don't protect then now, our children and grandchildren won't be able to see them at all in the future. Chiang Mai Zoo has had a huge makeover in the last 3 years and its presentation and attractions have greatly improved. A vast new aquarium attracts many visitors, but the main draw at the moment is the giant panda enclosure, featuring the cub Lin Ping and her mother, Lin Hiu. 
The pandas are in a special purpose-built enclosure and are watched constantly by closed circuit TV cameras - they even have a dedicated channel on Thai TV so that the general public can watch just about every move they make. Thailand and Chiang Mai in particular are very proud to have participated in the birth of this cub, apparently a pretty rare occurrence. No trip to Chiang Mai would be complete without a visit to this zoo. Night Safari, Chiang maiwhich is probably the most well known zoology
The park also has some resort bungalows for rent from around ฿ 1,100 per night and these should be booked well in advance to ensure success. |
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visited the school for the first time last year
with our grandsons.
They (and us) had a super time feeding the monkeys and watching their
show.
to see how they can be handled safely, give this
place a visit. It must
be interesting to see how the handlers are taught to extract the venom
used to make snake-bite antidotes, but I'm willing to take their word
for it!
