One day in Chiang Mai Zoo and Doi Suthep Temple
Personally, I am not so much affectionate with the ex-situ conservation like Zoo, because many wild animals are kept in zoo in limited free range areas. It is always good to conserve the natural resources including wildlife in their natural state. In my college life, I studied two kinds of conservation. They are in-situ and ex-situ, but I had work in on-farm conservation, which is some in between but more related to in-situ conservation. Anyway, I went to Chiang Mai Zoo on 26 Feb, 2012 with Richard, Tui and Tin Li. I found the zoo well equipped and managed. It is good source of revenue generation in addition to conservation of wildlife. There are services of shuttle bus and electric train to go around the zoo. In order to get the ticket of Bus or train, we had to pay 70 baht per person and entry ticket fee is 250 baht, which includes package of entries to Aquarium, Penguin and some of the other areas except to the Panda. It amazed me that Panda and Penguin are also kept in the Zoo because these creatures are from chilling temperature. One of the big attraction of the zoo is Aquarium, which is also well managed with various species of marine creatures including water tunnels. There other adventurous activities like Zip line and separate adventurous animal area.
It was established in 1974 A.D., which is 38 years ago and total area coverage is 531 Rai (1 Rai equivalents to 1,600 Sq. M) at the foothills of the Doi Suthep. As per records, total number of animals kept in the zoo are around 7,000 heads of animals, 5000 heads of birds, 475 heads of mammals, 218 heads of reptiles and 2000 heads of fishes. This information shows wide range of biodiversity conserved in the zoo. There were many visitors with mixtures of domestic and foreigners.
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After visiting zoo, we went to Doi Suthep temple, which is one of the famous Buddhist monastery in Chiang Mai. In order to reach the top of the mountain it took 30-45 mins in Song Teaw (typical vehicle in Thailand). It is situated in the altitude of 1,676 masl, which is a part of Doi Suthep - Nui National Park. That park covers 261 Sq. Km, which was established in 1981. It is popular touristic place in Chiang Mai. The visitors to Chiang Mai must visit this place. If the weather is clear, then tourists can see beautiful landscape of Chiang Mai city from the peak.
It was established in 1974 A.D., which is 38 years ago and total area coverage is 531 Rai (1 Rai equivalents to 1,600 Sq. M) at the foothills of the Doi Suthep. As per records, total number of animals kept in the zoo are around 7,000 heads of animals, 5000 heads of birds, 475 heads of mammals, 218 heads of reptiles and 2000 heads of fishes. This information shows wide range of biodiversity conserved in the zoo. There were many visitors with mixtures of domestic and foreigners.
http://www.thaiwaysmagazine.com/chiang_mai_ad/chiang_mai_zoo/chiang_mai_zoo.html
After visiting zoo, we went to Doi Suthep temple, which is one of the famous Buddhist monastery in Chiang Mai. In order to reach the top of the mountain it took 30-45 mins in Song Teaw (typical vehicle in Thailand). It is situated in the altitude of 1,676 masl, which is a part of Doi Suthep - Nui National Park. That park covers 261 Sq. Km, which was established in 1981. It is popular touristic place in Chiang Mai. The visitors to Chiang Mai must visit this place. If the weather is clear, then tourists can see beautiful landscape of Chiang Mai city from the peak.
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