Madame Nong Nooch Garden in Pattaya history. Nong Nooch Park in Pattaya - a mix of Thai and European styles

There are a lot of reports about visiting the Nong Nooch Thai Tropical Garden in Pattaya, and everyone admires the beauty of this park in Thailand. But almost nowhere is it said that here you can feed giant fish, that there is the best elephant show and much more.

How to get from Pattaya to Nong Nooch

The easiest way to get from Pattaya to Nong Nooch is through buses, which are organized by the park itself twice a day. Buses depart from Pattaya hotels twice a day (8.30 and 14.30). You can order Pick-Up Service in Nong Nooch through a travel agency or hotel, having pre-paid travel and a ticket for visiting the Garden (ticket - 500 baht, travel - 100). Some tourists negotiate on the fly with the driver. In such cases, sometimes you have to travel while standing, because the Garden administration organizes transport according to the number of seats ordered and paid in advance (on average, up to 20 people).

You can also order Picj-up Service online using this link: . The cost will be even cheaper than a taxi.

You can try to get there in a white tuk-tuk that runs along the main Sukhumvit highway for only 30 baht per person, but from the highway you will still have to walk 5 kilometers in the heat. Very often there are taxi drivers on duty at this turn who will take you there for 50 - 100 baht. But believe me, this torment is not worth it. I really don't recommend this method.

A taxi from Pattaya to Nong Nooch Garden will cost 500 baht one way, but can be negotiated for between 250 and 300 baht. Honestly, I couldn’t do it, when I took my parents to the park, I paid 800 baht for a round trip trip, and even then not every taxi driver wanted to take me. You can and should bargain with taxi drivers, because the administration of Nong Nooch Park issues a reward for each tourist brought.
I will also note that the guide in the park is a completely useless person, because there is no story there and nothing to tell. He just makes you run everywhere because he has several groups a day. On such trips you need to go without a time limit and walk on your own, a lot and for a long time!

Butterfly Hill at Nong Nooch Botanical Garden. Although butterflies are not visible there, it is the central part of the park, because... All roads leave from here.

Opening hours Nong Nooch Thailand: Nong Nooch is open every day.
Opening – 8.00, closing – 18.00.

Entrance fees to Nong Nooch Park Pattaya

The cost of a ticket to Nong Nooch for adults is 500 baht, the cost of visiting Nong Nooch for children is 400 baht. Children under two years old can visit the park for free.

You can save on tickets by taking advantage of student or pension discounts. To do this, it is advisable to have originals or color photocopies of the relevant documents in English with you.

Regular admission includes access to the gardens and viewing of the show. There are 2 shows in a row: the first is historical, and the second with elephants.

Food at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden

Restaurants in Nong Nooch are open seven days a week and on public holidays, until 10 p.m. It serves Thai, international, Western, Indian and Chinese cuisines.

On the map, local restaurants and coffee shops are indicated by numbers: 23. Vivat; 38.Cattleya; 43. Plub Plueng; 51. Coffee corner.

Sutahipyu (Nong Nooch Seafood, number 6) is a specialized establishment whose chefs prepare seafood, open until 23.00.

Butterfly Hill has a food court (full food from 50 baht).

Photo from an ordinary food court (the system is like in Big C or other shopping centers in Pattaya: you put any amount of baht on the card and buy any dishes in cafes. After lunch, go to the cashier - he returns the rest of the money. A dish starts from 30 baht). In the restaurants in the park, of course, everything is much more decent.

History of Nong Nooch Tropical Garden

Nong Nooch Garden has been open to visitors since 1980.

The owners of the land, Mr. Pisit and Mrs. Nong Nooch Thansacha, when they bought it in 1954, planned to cultivate vegetables and fruits. However, 26 years later their intentions changed, and it was decided to create a park with infrastructure for tourists.

In 2001, Madam Nong Nooch handed over management of the garden to her son. By the way, Suan Nong Nooch received the name in honor of Mrs. Nong Nooch (the word Suan means garden in Thai).

A little more about Nong Nooch Park in Thailand

In 2010, Nong Nooch Park was recognized as the best in the Tropical Plants category at the British Florist Show in Chelsea.

Nong Nooch is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest botanical garden in Southeast Asia and the world's largest private collection of plants.

There are more than a thousand palm trees here. About a hundred of these trees belong to rare, unique species.
The appearance of the mega arboretum is constantly changing: plants in pots are constantly being rearranged.
In the reservoirs in Nong Nooch Park you can feed the world's largest freshwater fish, Arapaima.

Stupas in the French garden, more details about them will be discussed below.

Hotel in Nong Nooch Park

Tourists are encouraged to stay in this beautiful area to relax and explore the gardens. For this purpose, the management proposes to use temporary housing. These are villas, houses and apartments at affordable prices. The most modest room will cost 1,500 baht.

It is better to book accommodation in hotels and guest houses in the park in advance.

There is a list of residential properties that are worth finding on the map: guesthouse Rimfai (guest house with inexpensive rooms); Rim Nam House; Rim Suan Cottage 1 – 3; Villa Lake Side; Thai houses 1 – 5.

The biggest advantage of the hotel at Nong Nooch Park is that you can walk around the park after closing, when it is no longer hot and there are no tourists at all. Those. There will be about 10 people walking throughout the vast territory of the park, and maybe just the two of you. Hotel restaurants are open until late, but it will be difficult for you to get out of there, so many people book a hotel for just 1 night to walk around the park.

Elephant show in Pattaya and Nong Nooch Park

Tourists are shown entertainment programs with dancing, national boxing and animals.
Thai national standard choreography and boxing are performed before the elephant show four times a day. Show times at Nong Nooch Park: 9:45 -10:45; 10:45-11:45; 15:00-16:00; 16:00-17:00. In addition to these performances, there is one more, at 13.45.

1. Nong Nooch has the best elephant show in Pattaya! Therefore, it is definitely worth a visit!
2. The national show lasts about 40 minutes, unfortunately it is not very interesting and is accompanied by very loud music. We recommend not watching it to the end, but immediately go to the area for the elephant show (The exits are located on the sides of the hall, this is considered normal and many people go there in advance, because immediately after the end of the national show a wave of Chinese will rush there and occupy all the space and you will have to watch the best elephant show in Pattaya standing in the corner)
3. In contrast, here you should definitely take first place, you will have a very good view, and elephants will constantly walk past you, kiss you on the cheek, and you can also feed them bananas, which are constantly sold by running children. Even if you don’t want it now, no one is held back during the show.
4. The national show ends with a small fight on elephants, it is at this moment that you should go to the elephant area, or better yet a little earlier, when the girls start jumping over wooden planks
5. The show with elephants is shown immediately after the national one and on a separate stage.
6. The gray giants of Nong Nooch play football, basketball, bowling, throw darts, ride bicycles, paint and even give massages. After the program, the elephants are allowed to feed them bananas and take pictures with them. You definitely need to stand under the trunk; according to Thai tradition, this brings good luck.

Walk through the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden

Nong Nooch Garden in Thailand amazes from the very beginning. You just don't expect it when you go into it. Throughout the Park you will encounter giant animals of all types and sizes.

It's a pity that they are all made of plastic, but it really adds color to the park. Every square meter is truly equipped there

The glass eyes of animals are especially striking; they look like

Many compositions are made especially for magnificent photographs from Thailand

This park has simply gorgeous views. If you want to get a pleasant impression of Pattya, be sure to come to the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden. By the way, you can go into this temple and relax peacefully on the benches, there is always a light pleasant breeze blowing there

It’s especially nice that the entire park is multi-level, i.e. you can move along the ground, or along the bridges over the park, and observe all the colors of the flowers from above

The official tour of Nong Nooch Park begins with the Orchid Garden. Especially for visitors, they are placed at the level of the face of a person of average height below average. These beautiful plants have a pleasant aroma.

There are a lot of orchids here, but only those that are blooming are shown.

This garden has beautiful compositions made from clay flower pots fired in ovens. When you enter you will see these hearts, trains, cars and other figures.

In the Orchid Garden you can buy flowers in glass bottles (for export) and take pictures with tigers, gibbons and parrots.

Opposite the orchids is a pond.

Feeding the record-breaking freshwater fish Arapaima is the main show here. Imagine how this scaly monster about five meters long and weighing almost two hundred kilograms grabs food!

Then tourists find themselves in the Italian and European gardens.

The European Garden is also called the Garden of Waterfalls, due to the abundance of fountains. Against the backdrop of beautiful columns, sculptures of people and animals, this place is popular for photo shoots for wedding albums.

The European Garden features flowers, French and Greek sculptures.

In these two gardens there are cozy gazebos for tourists.

You can admire the park from the observation tower.
Next is the Mammoth Garden (sculptures, plants) and Butterfly Hill.

There are paths on each site, you can walk under all the mammoths, and naughty children sometimes take pictures on the tusks

Boiled corn hung from the pillars on Butterfly Hill attracts many birds. This is probably why, having had enough of corn, the birds do not eat tropical butterflies, of which there are a lot here.

Nong Nooch workers feed these fluttering insects with sweet fruits. (to be honest, there are a lot of butterflies - it depends on your luck, the authors of this article did not meet a single one in 3 visits)
It is noteworthy that the shapes and patterns of the landscape design of this hill are also similar to the wings of butterflies.

• Butterfly Hill has souvenir shops and a fast food area.
• In the elephant enclosure, next to the food court, for 400 baht, two people can ride these animals
• There is a zoo on the territory of Nong Nooch, and a children's playground nearby.
• All animals are allowed to pet and feed (for a fee). For example, feeding a fawn costs 20 baht

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Goats and peacocks roam freely around the zoo (outside the enclosures). The birds in the aviary are not afraid of people. There is a terrarium and cages with turtles.

Here, as at the crocodile farm, you can take a photo with a tiger, but they are lazier in the park

After passing the aloevera gardens and bonsai garden, you will move to the second part of the Nong Nooch Arboretum.
Here, against the backdrop of Thai pagodas, there is a French garden (in the style of Versailles), Stone Henge (a landscape copy of an English megalithic structure), pavilions and towers.

3 classic towers: Thai, Cambodian and Laotian

On the slope of the French garden are Thai stupas. These are miniature copies of all the famous stupas of Thailand. In the original stupas, holy particles are kept at the very top: these could be the relics of someone from the royal family, or some revered monk

It is better to enter the Cactus Garden, where several hundred of these plants of different types and forms are collected, with a guide, so you will learn more.

In the Nong Nooch Tropical Park, a unique collection of ferns and palm trees is regularly replenished. In 1998, 200 delegates to the International Conference from 33 countries certified that Nong Nooch had the world's largest collection of palm trees (1,100 species out of 2,800 growing in the world).

At the same time, the exposition of Nong Nooch is constantly increasing and in 2015 it is planned to increase it to 2,000 species of palm trees.

There are also many original sculptures of animals, birds, insects and plants in the Nong Nooch Landscape Park. Most of them are in the garden called “Flower Show”.

Another attraction of Nong Nooch Garden is the Car Park (Kampon Tansachi Garage), located in the center.

Thais jokingly say that Mrs. Nong Nooch's 68-year-old son has not yet married because he loves cars more than women. This fleet includes more than forty cars, located on two floors of parking, assembled to order.

The current owner of the garden has more than just sports cars in his collection. All cars are exclusive and running (with full tanks and maintenance). The owner himself often rides them around Pattaya.

A visit to the Campona Tansachi car park is part of the excursion program.

Next to the Atopark there is an original rope pedestrian bridge over the river, which leads to the Cactus Garden.

• Plan a full day to visit Nong Nooch in Pattaya.
• Booked mass excursions are limited in time. It’s better to take your time and inspect everything yourself.
• Don't book a Pick-Up Service with a visit to the bee farm in front of Nong Nooch - you'll waste a lot of time listening to a lecture about bees.
• Come in the morning, before opening, when it is not so hot: first, a tour, then lunch in the shade. Here it is 37-40 degrees hot and 100% humidity.
• If you are going to Nong Nooch with children, take care of drinking water, panama hats, light and comfortable shoes and clothes.
• Bring a camera with a spare battery and an extra memory card.
• Stay away from groups of Chinese or Koreans, they make noise and interfere with photography.
• Before entering, take a map, otherwise you will get lost (they give it for free).
• Bicycles, which the Nong Nooch administration provides for rent, will help speed up the inspection.
• Don’t buy souvenirs in the gardens; in Pattaya the same ones are three times cheaper.
• Don’t take a taxi from the park to the highway for 100 baht; take a stroller with your grandmother-motorbiker for 10 baht.

One of the most popular places among tourists holidaying in Pattaya is Nong Nooch Garden. It was founded in 1980 by a Thai woman, Nong Nooch, who was inspired by the beauty of the world's famous gardens while traveling abroad. Since then, the garden has delighted thousands of tourists and local residents with its beautiful landscape, variety of flowers and plants. Everyone who has visited Madame Nong Nooch’s garden is filled with delight, admiration and joy, since this is not just a garden, but a real tropical paradise.

The garden area is about 240 hectares and it is not always easy to completely explore it even in a whole day. For the convenience of visitors, the garden is divided into different zones, which are connected by well-maintained paths and bridges.

Let's take a closer look at each of its zones so that you have an understanding of what this garden is and it is easier for you to navigate it.

cactus garden

A large variety of cacti are represented here. Some of them are simply huge, others are very tiny. There are flowering cacti, round and oblong, in different colors. Such diversity is simply mind-boggling.

Orchid garden

A large collection of orchids is collected in Madame Nong Nooch's garden. Here you can see orchids of all colors and shapes. However, different types of orchids bloom at certain times, so you will not be able to see all the flowers, but only those that have bloomed.

French park

This zone was created based on the Garden of Versailles in France. She is one of the most beautiful. The French park amazes with its magnificent landscape design: bushes and trees are trimmed perfectly evenly and symmetrically, beautiful sculptures, fountains and ponds.

Also in this area of ​​the garden there are a large number of copies of Buddhist stupas. Strict European style goes well with Thai temples.

Blue Garden

This area contains the largest collection of palm trees, among which you can find many rare species. There are currently 1,100 species of palm trees, but the garden's management plans to increase their number to 2,000.

Butterfly garden

Part of the Nong Nooch garden is fenced with a net within which more than a thousand different species of butterflies live. They flutter so gracefully that the sight is simply mesmerizing.

Bird garden

This area houses a large collection of exotic birds. Here you can walk among them and take photographs. You can also buy food at the entrance and feed the birds.

Pond with fish

On the territory of the Nong Nooch garden there is a pond inhabited by simply gigantic fish - arapaima. Their length can be up to 3 meters. Tourists can feed these fish themselves by purchasing food for 20 baht next to the pond.

Garden of pots

The most creative area is the pot garden. Here are figures created from ordinary clay pots. You will see cars, arches, gazebos, trains made from pots. When you walk among these figures, you are simply amazed at what a person’s imagination is capable of.

Stonehenge

An interesting place in this garden is a copy of an ancient English monument - Stonehenge. Here you can see a miniature copy of these mysterious stones.

Garage

However, this is where Madame Nong Nooch’s garden never ceases to amaze. On its territory there is a garage where a collection of sports cars is collected. Many of them are unusual and exclusive. This entire collection of cars belongs to the current owner of the garden.

Zoo

In the Nong Nooch garden there is a small zoo where deer, goats, camels, monkeys, tigers and other animals live. Animal food is sold near the zoo. All herbivores can be petted and fed.

Entertainment

The surprises for visitors to Nong Nooch Garden do not end there. On its territory there are several open areas where various show programs are held. The most popular of them is the show with elephants. These huge animals are very smart and perform many tricks on stage. You will see elephants riding bicycles, playing ball, twirling hoops and more. And at the end of the show, everyone can ride an elephant for a fee.

National dance shows and Muay Thai performances are also popular.

Where to eat?

Walking through the garden takes the whole day, so it is obvious that you will get hungry. But don’t worry about it, since in the garden there are several cafes and restaurants that serve Thai and European dishes. The prices are quite reasonable.

Hotel

If you do not have time to fully explore the Nong Nooch garden in a day, then you can stay overnight at the hotel, which is located on its territory. Moreover, after the garden is closed, restaurants continue to operate, the lights are turned on, and a massive launch of sky lanterns is organized. And this is very beautiful! An overnight stay in such a beautiful place will be remembered for a long time.

Opening hours

Madam Nong Nooch Garden is open every day from 8:00 to 18:00. It is better to arrive at the opening itself in order to have time to explore the entire garden. It is also much more pleasant to walk around the garden in the morning, since the sun is not yet so active.

Ticket prices

Entrance fee is 800 baht per person. The price includes viewing of all shows in the garden. Children under 120 cm enter free of charge.

How to get there?

There are several ways to get to Nong Nooch Garden. But the best option is to go on a guided tour. The fact is that the cost of the excursion is lower than the price of the entrance ticket. This is due to the fact that travel agencies provide good discounts for group visits. If you have to pay 800 baht for entering the garden on your own, then the excursion will cost you 600-700 baht. However, the price of the excursion includes not only the entrance ticket, but also a transfer. Therefore, this is the most profitable option. You can book an excursion at your nearest travel agency or at.

If you decide to get to Nong Nooch Garden by your own transport, you should drive south from Pattaya along Sukhumvit Road for approximately 45 minutes. On the way you will see a sign to the Golden Mount of Buddha, and a little further there will be a sign to Nong Nooch Garden. Turn left and drive straight for about 3 minutes, then turn right and in a minute you will be near the garden.

You can also get to Nong Nooch Garden from Pattaya by taxi. The cost of the trip depends on the area and ranges from 300-600 baht.

Nong Nooch Garden on the map

On this map you can find out the exact location of the tropical garden.

If you decide to visit the park, the easiest way is, of course, to purchase a tour. The cost of the excursion is about five hundred to six hundred baht, which in principle is equal to the cost of one entrance ticket. But there is of course one circumstance that is worth mentioning. A visit to the Thai Nong Nooch Park will be interesting for you if you are a botanist in the truest sense of the word, or if you come across an excellent guide. It’s worth going on your own for the same reason; maybe you’re a photographer or a nature fan and plan to spend the whole day there. If you want to get to the park completely on your own, then you have two ways to do this: tuk-tuk (songthaew) and taxi. If it is more acceptable for you to take a taxi, then you can safely bargain. Since a hired taxi is twice profitable for its owner, the taxi driver will receive a fee from both you and the park for bringing the client there. In the event that you still chose a more economical option and still decided to get there by songthaew, then go straight to the Sukhkumvit highway and just wait. You need a white songthaew; it can deliver you twenty baht before the turn to Nong Nooch Park. Then walk all the way to the entrance to the park. Next, be sure to take a map at the entrance; there is also a bicycle rental near the cafe, which is located near the sculpture with mice. If you are a completely budget traveler, that is, spending extra money is not part of your plans, then you can simply find a hole in the fence;)

Nong Nooch Park is open from eight in the morning to six in the evening every day. Restaurants are open until ten in the evening all year round, including during public holidays. The cost of visiting for adults is five hundred baht, and for children under two years old it is free. Contact details: tel. +66 38 709 358-62, fax +66 38 238 160, website where some of the information is in Russian - www:http://www.nongnoochgarden.com, email: [email protected]. Address: 34/1 Moo 7 Na Jomtien, Sattahip, Chonburi 20250, Thailand.

The park was opened in 1980 and since then it has been visited by a large number of visitors. Now it is no longer just a park that welcomes tourists, but also teaching and scientific activities are carried out on its territory. Seminars from specialized universities are held on the territory for students, as well as classes for schoolchildren, and there is also its own school of landscape design on the territory. Nong Nooch Park also conducts commercial activities; a large number of palm trees, orchids and other plants are grown on its territory for sale. The park has its own small hotel, inexpensive cafes, restaurants with delicious Thai food. Now the park covers six hundred acres and it would be very difficult to walk around it in a day. At the same time, the park is constantly expanding and expanding; it consists of separate thematic parts, they smoothly transform into each other.

And in particular in the city of Pattaya, the Nong Nooch Tropical Park is considered. Travelers compare this corner of the island to paradise. It is here, in an extraordinarily beautiful, special place that everyone who comes to Thailand should visit.

Nong Nooch Tropical Park is a complex of various gardens and parks. Its area is almost 240 hectares. It is only 17 km away from the city.

All year round, guests visiting the park are amazed by the rich colors of the plants that are brought here from here. Inexplicable feelings along with admiration and amazing memories are shared by those who visit this park.

Where it all began

It all started in 1954. Then Pattaya was an ordinary fishing village located on the coast. To create fruit and vegetable plantations, Mr. Pisit and Madame Nong Nooch Tansacha acquired land in Chonburi province.

Traveling around the world and visiting famous gardens and parks, Mrs. Nong Nooch completely changed her plans. She decided that instead of the planned vegetable plantations, she would create tropical gardens where exotic trees and flowers would grow.

I had to work for a long time. Mrs. Nong Nooch invited the first visitors to her garden in 1980. Every year the number of tourists visiting Nong Nooch Park is constantly growing. Thailand welcomes travelers from different parts of the world. Gradually improving, it became the largest botanical park in southeast Asia.

What is Nong Nooch Park?

Nong Nooch is a huge landscape project. European countries are closely intertwined here. Next to sculptures and marvelous houses made in the national Asian style, European style is adjacent. Shrubs and lawns were given the correct geometric shape.

The entire area is divided by park and garden areas. Between them there are a large number of footpaths, bridges and paths. There are many large artificial ponds and fountains built in the park. The pavilions are open for viewing. Here you can ride along a small railway, take a walk in the zoo, admiring a large number of a wide variety of bright figurines. You can explore the Nong Nooch Garden from below while walking through the park. To see the beautiful park from above, you can use the hanging bridges located near the treetops. Each park and garden area is decorated with plants of a prescribed type.

French garden

The most beautiful place, worthy of the highest praise, is the French garden, which is distinguished by a bizarre combination of classical European design and Thai temples. Particular care was taken to create landscape compositions with amazing clarity of lines and solidity of geometric shapes. The sight of immaculately pruned trees, borders, and trimmed lawns makes you doubt their naturalness. Tourists who visited the garden note that when they were here, it was as if they had visited the world of a fairy tale.

Cactus Park

This park contains a rare collection of cacti. Their sizes are very diverse - from the smallest to huge cacti.

Also, there are all kinds of shades and shapes of cacti. Here you can look at both branched and spherical cacti. For flowering cacti and those that don’t bloom at all. Visitors note that this is a very beautiful and unusual garden.

Blue Park

Nong Nooch Tropical Park (Thailand) presented a unique collection of palm trees. It is located in the Blue Park of the complex. While there are 2,800 species of palm trees around the globe, 1,100 representatives of these plants can be seen exclusively in Nong Nooch. The park has the world's largest collection of palm trees and ferns.

But dwarf palms are of particular interest. These plants are only 30 cm high. They gained popularity in Japan back in the 17th century. In this country, pruning trees to give them graceful shapes has become a real art.

Many tourists visit this park, and everyone is amazed by this extraordinary beauty and uniqueness.

Orchid garden

Of particular interest is the Nong Nooch Park; Thailand (as the country where it is located) can be proud of this garden. The greenhouse is represented by 500 species of these incredibly beautiful plants. And the pavilion itself, where the greenhouse is located, was built in the style of a Buddhist pagoda. The garden staff put a lot of effort into growing these fragile, graceful flowers.

Certain conditions are created here for the continuous flowering of orchids. They artificially regulate the microclimate. They are bred in special hanging baskets. Visitors like that anyone can purchase a flower to grow at home. The cost of one adult flower is 50 baht, and the price of five sprouts will be 270 baht. There is only one “but”: land in Thailand is the property of the king and cannot be taken out of the country. For this reason, the roots of the flowers are in a special gel solution.

Butterfly garden

This garden was opened in 2000. Its open space is fenced off with a fine mesh. More than 1,500 butterflies of a wide variety of colors live here. Tourists compare them to fresh flowers, which fly above their heads with special grace.

Exotic Bird Park

Rare exotic birds live here. If you wish, you can go inside to see the birds up close. Travelers love that you can even hand-feed the birds by purchasing bird food at the entrance.

Stonehenge

As the legend tells, Mrs. Nong Nooch, traveling through Europe, visited Great Britain. She was amazed by the beauty of the world's famous archaeological site, which is located in Wiltshire. This was the famous Stonehenge.

As a result, Mrs. Nong Nooch built a copy of it in her park, only in smaller sizes. One of the stones has an inscription stating that this land was bequeathed to future generations by Mrs. Nong Nooch.

Garden of pots

This garden has amazing sculptures made from flower pots. These are sculptures of elephants, cars, huge hearts, and many other various figures.

fish pond

In the pond of Nong Nooch Park you can see giant freshwater fish, the length of which reaches almost 3 meters. These are arapaim. Visitors can feed these “babies” for a nominal fee. This is very popular with daredevils and those who love bright and thrilling sensations.

Small zoo

Tourists with small children love to visit this mini-zoo. Here you can freely visit enclosures with herbivores. By purchasing food from Thai teenagers, visitors have the opportunity to feed these animals. The zoo's terrariums are inhabited by turtles and snakes, and fish live in large aquariums.

The tigers living in the zoo are fed strictly according to a schedule, after learning which you can watch this extraordinary spectacle.

Riding in the park

Elephant riding is a very popular activity in Nong Nooch. There are so many people here who want to ride these animals that sometimes you even have to wait in line. A bench is placed on the elephant’s back, where 2 people can sit, paying almost 400 baht for a ride on an elephant. The walk route runs through the entire botanical garden, which can be easily seen from the back of an elephant.

Here, near the departure point, elephants live in a large enclosure. By purchasing a bunch of bananas for 40 baht, you can feed them.

You can take a walk around the park using small cars as a means of transportation. You can ride along the picturesque alleys of the park and get to the most beautiful pagodas and orchid gardens.

Theatrical performances

To learn more about the history, national customs and traditions of the Thai people, it is worth visiting a theatrical performance at Nong Nooch. Thailand and its history are fully represented here. The show program is filled with national dances and historical performances. You can also watch a wonderful theatrical performance of the famous Muay Thai. A large number of artists are involved in the productions. The show is accompanied by unusual national music.

This performance leaves tourists with a lot of extraordinary impressions and unforgettable sensations.

Nong Nooch (Thailand) is famous for its elephant show. These beautiful animals will not leave any visitor indifferent. Just look at the elephants dancing, drawing, playing football or basketball. With their simplicity, they conquer both children's hearts and adult visitors.

After the end of the show at Nong Nooch, anyone can take a photo with their favorite animals. In small shops you can buy small souvenirs to remember the theatrical performances.

Excursions to Nong Nooch

Pattaya travel agencies offer excursions to Nong Nooch Garden for about 500 baht. The main advantage of such a trip is that tourists will not have to worry about getting to the park and back. Open minibuses are used to travel around the garden.

Visit heaven during your lifetime? This is quite possible. Tourists associate a trip to Nong Nooch with paradise. This is an amazingly beautiful, unusual place that is a must-see for all vacationers not only in Pattaya, but in Thailand in general.

The park delights its guests with the bright colors of exotic plants all year round. Admiration, surprise, delight, wonderful memories - this is what awaits every person who has been here. And, of course, hundreds of unique shots taken - as material evidence that you have been in a fairy tale. But first things first.

Below are maps of Nong Nooch Park, they are not in Russian, but quite visual.

History of Nong Nooch

The history of the park began in 1954. Pattaya at that time was not a world-famous tourist resort, but just one of the fishing villages on the shores of the Gulf of Thailand (read). Madam Nong Nooch Tansacha and Mr. Pisit bought land in Chonburi province to create fruit and vegetable plantations. But, after some time, Madam Nong Nooch's plans changed after her travels abroad and visits to world famous parks. She decided to create tropical gardens with ornamental plants and flowers instead of plantations.

The creation work took a long time. It was only in 1980 that the Nong Nooch Tropical Park was opened to its first guests. Since then, it has been constantly improved, attracting more and more tourists from all over the world every year. Today it is one of the largest botanical gardens in Southeast Asia. The current director of the park is Kampon Tansacha (son of the founder).

The splendor of tropical plants

Nong Nooch is a grandiose landscape project in which Asian and European styles are combined in the most incredible way; national sculptures, gazebos and fairy-tale houses are adjacent to the Versailles park, where shrubs and lawns have regular geometric shapes.

The territory is divided into several garden and park areas, connected by numerous pedestrian paths, paths and bridges. The park also has large artificial ponds, fountains, special pavilions and rooms, a small railway and a zoo, numerous bright figurines of animals, birds and insects: flamingos, parrots, giraffes, ants, turtles, deer.

You can admire the beauty of extraordinary tropical plants both from below and by climbing the suspended bridges that pass at the level of the treetops, from where a beautiful panorama opens up.

Below is a list of garden and park areas that are part of Nong Nooch Park. Each of them is reserved for certain types of plants.

Orchid garden. Orchids, which are considered one of the most beautiful and exotic flowers on the planet, are a special pride of Nong Nooch. It’s not for nothing that the second name of the place, common among tourists, is the Orchid Garden. Here you can see a huge variety of orchids of different colors, sizes, and the most bizarre shapes. Flowers are grown in hanging baskets, in greenhouses with a special microclimate - this is a difficult and time-consuming process.

cactus garden. Arranged in the open air, it leaves no one indifferent. The collection of cacti amazes even the richest imagination - huge and very small, flowering and not flowering, branched and spherical, of different shades and shapes. Very beautiful and unusual!

Blue Garden. This place is dedicated to ferns and palms. Nong Nooch has a unique collection of palm trees - 1,100 species (out of 2,800 species existing on the planet). This is the world's largest collection of palm tree species collected in one place. Among the palm trees growing in Nong Nooch there are many rare species.

French park. Organized among numerous palm trees and stones, the French regular park is worthy of the highest praise. According to many tourists, this is the most beautiful place in Nong Nooch. In the French park, classic European landscape design is intricately combined with national Thai temples. The care with which landscape compositions are created, the clarity of lines, symmetry, and severity of geometric shapes is amazing. Ideally smooth, trimmed lawns, borders, trees - everything is so perfect that you inevitably begin to doubt whether this is a model.

Also on the territory of Nong Nooch you can admire the gardens: dwarf trees (bonsai), aquatic plants, stones and fountains.

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Butterfly garden. Opened in 2000, it is spread out in open space and fenced with fine mesh. More than one and a half thousand colorful butterflies, like natural flowers, gracefully and carefree flutter over the heads of tourists.

Bird Garden. The small garden of exotic birds is interesting both because of its inhabitants and because anyone can go inside and walk among the birds. Treats for birds are sold at the entrance; if you buy them, you can even feed them yourself.

Stonehenge. As already mentioned, different styles and cultures are mixed in the Nong Nooch garden. And yet, it is surprising that here (not far from the French park) you can see a small copy of Stonehenge - a megalithic mysterious ancient monument located in England.

The inscription on one of the stones of the structure says that the founder of the garden, Mrs. Nong Nooch, bequeaths this land to the next generation.

It would seem, what relation can a collection of cars have to a tropical garden? But she is here. This is a garage where a variety of cars of the current director are collected.

Who would have thought that such beauty could be created from ordinary clay pots in which flowers are planted? But, getting closer to the sculptures, you can make sure: they are really made from pots.

Fancy arches, butterflies, a steam locomotive, a car, elephants, a jug, huge hearts, a boat - this is just part of what skillful craftsmen managed to create from flower pots - such simple and ordinary objects.

Pond with fish. Giant fish - arapaima - are freshwater tropical fish 2-3 meters long, which, to put it mildly, are impressive in their size. These “little ones” can be fed for a nominal fee. A fish is tied to a stick that looks like a fishing rod; seeing the delicacy, the giant fish grab it with their huge mouths. This is an attraction for the brave and lovers of bright, thrilling sensations.

Mini zoo. A place full of positivity, where you can interact quite closely with many animals - pet them and feed them. Tourists with children should definitely visit the mini zoo! Donkeys, monkeys, piglets, goats, fawns, and camels live here - the enclosures of the herbivorous pets are open to garden guests. Thai teenagers immediately sell treats for animals, which you can buy to feed them. Tigers also live here: they are fed on a schedule, and once you know the schedule, you can watch this spectacle. On the territory of the zoo there is a terrarium with turtles and snakes, and huge aquariums with fish.

Among other entertainments, vacationers can ride elephants. This entertainment is very popular, so it is possible that you will have to wait for your turn for some time. There is a bench for two people on the back of the elephant (costs about 400 baht).

Perhaps you will meet the same elephant driver who learned the song “Oh, frost, frost...” especially for Russian tourists and performs it while riding them on an elephant. Under the scorching Thai sun, surrounded by tropical vegetation, from the mouth of a tanned local resident, a song about harsh Russian frosts sounds especially comical.

Near the place where tourists go elephant riding, there is a large enclosure with elephants. You can feed them by buying a bunch of bananas (about 40 baht). At first it may seem a little scary when an elephant reaches for a banana with its huge trunk. But then you will understand and feel how careful and good-natured he is.

Show programs

The pride of Nong Nooch are two bright, spectacular shows that are considered one of the best in Thailand. The visit is included in the entrance ticket price (there is no need to pay extra separately).

Shows take place several times a day, at neighboring venues, and follow one another. Each performance lasts about half an hour. Show schedule: 10:30, 11:30, 13:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30.

The first program is the Thai national show, which takes place in a separate pavilion equipped with a stage and auditorium. The main idea is to introduce guests to the history, culture, traditions and customs of Thailand. Numbers of different styles organically replace each other - here you can see national dances, historical dramatizations, and even the famous Thai boxing (this is a beautiful theatrical production). Gorgeous decorations; elaborate costumes; abundance of national props; a large number of artists involved in productions; unusual national music - the show is truly impressive and fascinating.

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When going to a national show, it is better to immediately take care of getting to the next elephant show on time and taking good places. To do this, it is better to sit in the stalls and, if possible, take seats on the left or right (relative to the stage).

Elephants ride bicycles and throw darts at balloons, paint cute pictures, play football and basketball, perform elements of rhythmic gymnastics, and even give massages to spectators. The host of the show comments on what is happening in English, but even for those who don’t know a word of English, everything will be absolutely clear. The talents and skills of elephants amaze and evoke deep respect for these smartest animals.

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Before the start and after the end of the show, everyone can take a photo with their favorite elephant. You will have to pay separately for this, but the amount is clearly symbolic (50 baht). It is clear that the elephants are used to being photographed - they willingly pose with guests. Also, before the start of the performance, you can buy bananas from local children and feed the elephants directly from your hands.

Additional services on site

The park offers various additional entertainment, so you can:

• ride on catamarans on the lake,
• feed the giant fish - Arapaima,
• rent a bike,
• ride an elephant.

If suddenly you really like it here, then there is a cool hotel located on the territory of the park, why not live in this paradise.

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Watch a video about visiting Nong Nooch Garden.

How to get to Nong Nooch from Pattaya

1. Excursion.

The cost of group excursions to Nong Nooch at Pattaya travel agencies is 500-700 baht (the cost for children is 100 baht less). The price is often lower than just park entrance fees. But keep in mind not all excursions to Nong Nooch include a show. The cheapest deals usually also include shopping in the “right” stores.

The main benefit of an organized trip is that you don't have to worry about getting there and back. In addition, it will cost less than traveling on your own. The downside is that some people may not have enough time and won’t have the opportunity to stay in the places they especially like.

Tourist groups are usually transported across the vast territory in open mini-buses.

For those who find it difficult to walk long distances, this is a plus. For those who would prefer to get around Nong Nooch on foot, looking into all corners, this is a minus.

2. Taxi.

The cost of a taxi is 200 - 600 baht, depending on where you need to go from and how you agree with the driver. Be sure to bargain. You can negotiate with a taxi driver so that he waits for you - although there are taxi drivers in tuk-tuks and motorbikes in the parking lot near the park, the prices for their services are quite high. The main advantage of an independent trip is a large amount of time and complete freedom of movement.

As an option to save money, you can go on a morning group excursion and return to the hotel by taxi yourself.

3. By your own transport.