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Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Khao Kheow Open Zoo
4.5
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
Khao Kheow Open Zoo, for over 32 years, has been a cherished resource located in Chonburi Province .The zoo encompasses over 2,000 acres of the Khao Kheow-Khao Chom Puo Wildlife Sanctuary. The zoo grounds are divided into animal habitats (400 acres), public recreational areas (200 acres) and research area (1,400 acres) which is used for the breeding of various endangered species. It is the first zoo in Thailand to become a member of WAZA .
Duration: More than 3 hours
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  • Nicky
    Taipei, Taiwan4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A lot of fun
    Thailand’s Green Mountain Zoo is definitely an unforgettable place! There is a rich variety of animals here, from graceful elephants to marvelous tropical birds, to satisfy the curiosity of any animal lover. The park has a beautiful environment and is intoxicating with the embrace of nature. In addition to watching animals, there are also interactive experiences that allow visitors to have a deeper understanding of the ecology and habits of animals. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable and provide interesting explanations, making the tour more educational. In addition, the park's facilities are complete and suitable for the whole family to participate. Overall, Thailand's Green Mountain Zoo leaves unforgettable and beautiful memories for people and is an attraction with great entertainment value and educational significance.
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written March 13, 2024
  • Евгений А
    Moscow, Russia104 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Lemurs rule.
    We've been to Pattaya many times, but we decided to visit the zoo for the first time and we were right. A couple of tips for tourists, buy a tour on the street, the price is the same for everyone, for a family of 4 people the cost is 9,000 rubles, paid by SBP transfer. A taxi alone would cost 600 baht one way. Plus tickets are 350 per person and golf cart rental is 500. And as part of a group, all this was included in the final amount. Don't be greedy and pay an extra 50 baht to visit the island with lemurs, they are magnificent. Buy bananas for your trip; you can feed them to hippos and tapirs. It's not worth buying food for giraffes, it's a waste of money. The zoo is large and it is very difficult to travel on foot, especially in the heat. There are many animals, monkeys, capybaras, several varieties of hippopotamuses, deer, rhinoceroses, giraffes, turtles, tapirs, felines, elephants, lemurs, penguins, birds, fish, etc. The only thing was that the meerkats were closed, quarantine. Well, there is a small minus of the trip from the street, on the way back you are taken to a store with all sorts of rubbish at inflated prices. You don’t have to buy anything there, but due to this, the price for visiting the zoo is lower than that of the same tour operators at the hotel.
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written March 25, 2024
  • Carsten H
    2 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    There have been better times for the Open Zoo, but still worth the trip!
    We were there in the week of June. The big difference in price for entry between Thais and foreigners was no longer that huge (Thai 250 / foreigners 350 THB). The tour with the rentable electric golf car (large version for 2 hours 750 THB) is definitely recommended. It's fun and you have flexibility and airiness. I don't understand the criticism that the animals are kept in too cramped accommodation. In the Open Zoo, the "enclosures" are spacious almost everywhere and you get the feeling that the animals are almost free to move around. Some species of animals are even close enough to touch and are almost no longer shy. A great experience for children, in my opinion unimaginable in Europe under these conditions. Of course, the zoo has seen better days and was on the verge of bankruptcy. You can feel and see that, some things apparently can no longer be properly maintained. For me and my teenagers, the zoo is always worth a trip. It would be a real shame if the zoo didn't survive.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written June 17, 2024
  • Ben King
    London, United Kingdom344 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Some good some bad
    This zoo has recently blown up thanks to Moo Deng (the baby hippo) and I think it shows. Overall, the experience we had at the zoo was sensational. We rented a golf cart and drove through the park, seeing tigers, elephants, giraffes, the lot. You can feed SO many of the animals, even rhinos! The line to see Moo Deng was HUGE in the morning, and I genuinely mean huge. Wait a couple hours, let it pass until the afternoon, and you won’t have to wait for a second. The park did seem incredibly understaffed. Bins were full and there was a lot of construction work going on around the park. Again, I think this is due to the recent influx of customers thanks to TikToks favourite hippo. Also, get to the zoo early, between 8-10 am. The queue to get in when we were leaving (at around 2:30 pm) was 2 miles long, no exaggeration. This was such a fun day and cheap too!
    Visited October 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written October 8, 2024
  • kashlex
    Baguio, Philippines181 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Love moodeng and the other animals too. Unxepectedly, more than what we have expected.
    We actually came here because of the moodeng craze but we enjoyed and had stayed herr for the whole day. The zoo is so wide and you will not only see moodeng but a lot of animals. Unexpectedly, there are lots of capybarras too. They have lots and lots of animals. Please fo include this in your visit and enjoy their zoo.
    Visited November 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written November 19, 2024
  • tsai2009
    Orange County, California592 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Very Cute
    Always wanting to experiencing giraffe feeding. This zoo provides the least expensive admission and still up close enough in compares to the actual two other safari parks in BKK area where you might have to ride further out and will need all day. this zoo is close to The Sanctuary of Truth, kind of on the way to BKK, was a kill two birds with one stone thing. not only you can feed the giraffe but also the rhino, you can also see elephant swim, the bouncing baby hippo, that is before he grows into full size. small zoo but good enough for a quick stop.
    Visited December 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written December 18, 2024
  • Alice
    6 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Animals feeding trip 🥰
    Such a good zoo with opportunity to contact with animals and feeding! I’ve seen pretty many animals for first time in my life at the place. This was cool. Btw MooDeng is still pretty small and cutest hippo 🩶☺️
    Visited January 2025
    Traveled with family
    Written January 13, 2025
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Sugar Cane
Hat Yai, Thailand36 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Solo
Khao Kheow has a lot of animals to see, including gibbons, deer, antelopes, tigers, lions, giraffes, etc. But if you wanted to see animals in the pink zone that has kangaroos, tigers, birds, and an aquarium. You will have to drive your own car or rent zoo's golf cart for 500 baht. In the blue zone, you can walk if you have enough time. I guarantee you'll be able to see all animals in no more than 3 hours. Even faster if you took a zoo's tram for 35 baht. The tram ticket last until 5pm. The zoo has an area where you can feed deers very close. There are wild monkeys that live in nearby moutain walking around, don't feed them and take a good care of your property as well. Don't leave a key at a golf cart. ***Very important, whoever come here by taxi should ask for taxi contact in case of returning from the zoo. There is no public transportation at the zoo, even grab won't pick you up. I WARNED YOU!!! I saw a group of tourist who had to paid an eye watering price to hired a stranger to get them out of there*** One more thing, the bathrooms here are Thai style. There are no toilet flush buttons. You have to fill the bowl with water and pour it into the toilet, do this twice and it'll flush. I'm so fed up with tourists who don't clean up. Also, the toilets here do not have toilet papers, you must prepare it yourself. Leave toilet paper in the trash can in the bathroom, do not flush it down the toilet, because the toilet will be clogged. Best of luck, enjoy the trip!
Written December 31, 2023
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Coastaluff
71 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 • Family
We had a lovely day out at the zoo with the kids.

We rented an electric golf cart for around US$10 for two hours. My kids loved the cart.

The kids really loved feeding the animals.

There needs to be an English speaking information desk for when you arrive to tell you where to rent a cart and how to get around. It is a bit confusing at first.

I suggest first taking the tour bus around the zoo. It costs around US$1 per persons and takes 15 mins. This way, you know how everything works and where everything is before heading off on a cart.
Written December 25, 2022
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Rampi M
Bangkok, Thailand43 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2021 • Family
Awesome place Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi. Not very crowded during the COVID pandemic. Have open golf cart style cars to drive around inside the Chonburi zoo. 2 sizes of carts. Also a free open bigger open car to take you around.

They do not allow you to feed the animals. Monkeys in some areas so mind your belongings.

Quite a few coffee shops inside the Khao Kheow Zoo.

Worth a visit with the kids. Carry some food if you happen to be fussy about eating. 😁
Written December 21, 2021
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Rm3210123
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020 • Family
This zoo was good when you could use cars and would be good if you could use them now. Sadly they have used covid to change the rules so you have to use golf carts (500b for 2 hours) or the bus. I used the bus on a school trip and it's fun so we decided on that.

It should be noted that if this change is for covid it is nonsense. The car is much more secure covid wise, the buses no social distancing and the carts werent cleaned on handover.

This change might work theoretically but when it started raining we were dumped at a 7/11 without warning or information. It is wet season, it rains every day, but there is no plan. 30 minutes later I found the pr office on the complex we were dumped in and asked why we were stood there. Rain. Why cant we use cars? Laugh, no answer. (Real answer - short term profits).

So the 3 options were to hire a cart with no sides to drive on wet mountainous roads and get wet, rely on a bus that would dump us if the black clouds opened or go home. We walked about 1km downhill to the car parks (no signposts where the car parks are) and got wet again.

This zoo is designed for cars. If the website had advised of the changes we wouldn't have gone as it's obvious it wont work. They arent advertised as they know it's obvious. We wont be going back until cars are allowed.
Written July 28, 2020
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Lookingforthegood
Greater London, UK521 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023
I am not going again on principle.
We do not charge a Thais more to enter London Zoo, Berlin Zoo, New York Zoo.
Yet we travel all this way to the land of smile, yes because they are overcharging us, and have to pay B 450, while a Thai pays B 100.
This is how the Thai keep the secret of what they pay – they show the Thai prices in Thai, which they know most foreigners, cannot read.
Boycott the place. Show them that racism, and overcharging by deception does not pay.
Written July 5, 2023
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Katerina
Kemerovo, Russia15 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Family
Immediately plan more time to visit this place. The territory is very large. The entrance ticket is inexpensive, only 350 baht per adult, 200 per child.
You will need to pay another 500 baht to rent a golf cart. Plus, as collateral, a document that we didn’t have. They didn't even take 100 euros as deposit. Therefore, I had to walk with small children 🙈 of course it was hard for them, they whined and this spoiled the impression a little. We didn’t have time to see everything and didn’t get to the white tigers. Giraffes in the evening did not eat grass for 30 baht, but they did not return the money to us for it))
There is no way to leave after 18, there are no taxis, so take care of transport in advance. We were lucky that there were Russians on Magina, and they gave us a lift to civilization. It is best to come by your own car or bike.

Overall the zoo is very cool 👍 there are a lot of animals. What I liked most was the bird pavilion and the Australia zone.

There are places where you can eat, there’s even a 7eleven on the way, but it all closes at 5 p.m.!
We didn’t expect this and were left hungry and without transport, don’t repeat our mistakes! )))
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Written March 14, 2024
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978Gourmet
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg1,196 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Family
First of all you have to pay: as a foreigner much more than a Thai person.Why? You have to pay for the golf chart 500,— + 50,— Baht for 2 hours. You need this golf chart, because the open zoo is huge. Not so many animals to see , but a lot of nature. You have to pay to feed the different animals.. There is no restaurant in this zoo, only different snack and coffee places. The most animals look really old, like retired .. only the white rhinos have a baby and are younger.. we left this zoo with very mixed impressions..
Written November 18, 2023
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shayy155
5 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 • Friends
A couple of tips before you go!
Bring a water bottle, lots of cash, and sunscreen. they only accept cash at the zoo throughout. ALSO, try to make a deal with a driver before you go to pick you up at a certain time. No grabs or bolts will actually take you they just cancel.
Ended up taking an expensive taxi because we were stranded.
Moo Deng was so cute but the rest of the animals in the zoo looked kind of sad.
A very expensive day trip.
Written October 28, 2024
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Betty
Minneapolis, MN4 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2024 • Family
Please save yourself the time and underwhelming experience of this Zoo. It really was a travesty. There is a complete lack of passion for the animals as well as the people attending. There is a foreign entrance fee and a local fee. It’s cheap to get there and get in, but it is the saddest and dirtiest zoo you will ever see of you go.
Written December 17, 2024
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mark m
2 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023
Becareful what they charege you at the entrance, and the golf cart hire. I was charged 80 Baht to bring my car in,yet the website clearly states no charge for vehicles. I was charged an extra 50 Baht for the golf cart also. Not big money,but i hate being scammed.
Written March 16, 2023
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