during my visit here, i didn’t know that Penang butterfly farm was the largest butterfly farm in the world (currently), and situated on an area of eight hectares (expanded from 1 hectares).however this will end soon because Britain is currently building the world largest butterfly farm that planned to open in stages between july 2009 and march 2011. click here for more information. lets forget about them and concentrate on ours.
Penang butterfly farm, the first tropical butterfly farm ever set up in the world and was founded in 1986 by David Goh. it’s located in Teluk Bahang, Penang.
At the last count, penang butterfly farm is santuary to an average of 4000 malaysian butterflies from 120 different species including rare and famous species like indian leaf (kallima paralekta), the endangered yellow birdwing (troides helena) and rajah brooke’s birdwing. here, u can see lots of tame butterfly flying freely and they may even perched on you. they did on me,hihi. Blending with beautiful scenery of lily pond, a rock garden, several artificial waterfalls and bubbling mud pool make the place more scenery and very naturally habitat for butterfly and other inmate there.
attraction to penang butterfly farm is it butterflies, frogs, scorpions, insects and also unique species of soft shell turtle all living in their naturally-like habitat.
the other attraction of penang butterfly farm is the existence of Malaysia’s biggest oil painting drawn by James Lau and recognized by Malaysian Guinness book of record. the picture scale is 20ft by 7ft and the picture is about Malaysian jungle scene. supposed, we cannot took a picture in their souvenir shop, but however i managed to took some pictures since there is no people there,hoho.
you also could learn and see most of the butterflies in the world in their gallery.At 10am and 3pm there are informative butterfly shows.here is some of i capture from their gallery
among this one, picture below attract me the most. very very beautiful butterflies that ever exist. this butterflies is not from Malaysia i think. if they exist in malaysia, i would catch it and have it in my room.haha
if you dont have your own transport, you can take the Hin Bus no 93 (catch at lebuh chulia) run from georgetown all the way to teluk bahang. when the bus stop at teluk bahang, you have to walk 1KM to reach penang butterfly farm. owh not to forget,
Visiting Hours is:
Monday-Friday: 9:00am to 5:30pm (Last Entry at 5:00pm)
Weekend & Public Holidays: 9:00am to 6:00pm (Last Entry at 5:30pm)
Opens daily except half-day on Chinese New Year Eve.
admission prices is:
Adult: RM15.00 (RM12.00 + RM3.00 Govt. Tax)
Children: RM7.50 (RM6.00 + RM1.50 Govt. Tax, 4-12 years old)
Camera/Digital Camera Charge: RM1.00 per pc
Video/Digital Video Camera: RM5.00 per pc.
Special Promotion for Malaysian Citizen:
Adult: RM10.00 (RM8.00 + RM2.00 Govt. Tax)
Children: RM5.00 (RM4.00 + RM1.00 Govt. Tax, 4-12 years old)
Discounts are available to school bookings and other large groups. Please contact the Penang Butterfly Farm for prior bookings and other services such as educational program which can be conducted with groups and more information to enjoy special rates. its quite reasonable price i think.
for more information click here. for me,i honestly think this place is worth to visit. so how about you if you have been here? btw, Have a happy weekend to all wameza(dot)com dearest readers.let go cuti2 
