A delightful oasis of beauty and perfection
The Guinness Book of Records listed Madame Nong Nooch's garden on its pages as the most beautiful garden, because this tropical garden contains a huge collection of the most beautiful tropical flora. In addition, this park is a three-time winner of the international florist exhibition in the category “The Most Beautiful Garden in the World.” Among the wonders you can enjoy here: an orchid greenhouse, a stunning cactus garden, the world's largest collection of various palm trees, an Italian garden, a French garden. You also have the opportunity to witness elephant shows, folk dance shows and much more.
From the history
The 600 acres of land where the garden is now located was purchased in 1954 by Madam Nong Nooch and her husband Mr Pisit. From the moment they purchased the land, they began the daily work of creating a blooming masterpiece, pouring love into each unique plant. Rare perseverance helped them in collecting the most valuable specimens of a wide variety of flora from various parts of the world. Today, the traditions laid down by Madame Nong Nooch are continued by her son. The garden continues to be constantly updated. From dawn to dusk, the work of two thousand workers does not stop.
OPTION No. 1
Check-out: 08:00 – 09:00. Return: 13:30
The world's largest collection of palm trees. Cactus garden and orchid garden. We also offer a unique opportunity to buy shoots of wonderful flowers for yourself to grow at home.
Excursion to the arapaima pool. For just 20 baht you get the opportunity to feed a huge fish using a special fishing rod with bait.
A delightful Italian garden with waterfalls. It is especially popular as a backdrop for wedding photo shoots. English garden.
Inspection of the collection of elite sports cars belonging to the son of Madame Nong Nooch.
Price of option No. 1
What is included in the price: transfer from the hotel to the park and back, payment of the entrance ticket, walks in the garden, viewing of two show programs +50 Baht, excursion to the mini-zoo, services of a Russian guide, insurance.
Additionally - for 500 baht - riding an elephant in the park.
Excursion to Madame Nong Nooch Garden
OPTION No. 2
The difference from the first option is the later departure and return times. Check-out: 12:30. Return: 18:00
Price of option No. 2
What's included in the price: transfer from the hotel to the park and back, payment of the entrance ticket, walks in the garden, viewing of two shows + 50 Baht, excursion to the mini-zoo, services of a Russian guide, insurance.
Evening Garden of Madame Nong Nooch
OPTION No. 3
Added to the above program:
Walk through the garden on elephants, dinner on the 52nd floor of the Pattaya Park revolving tower.
The menu consists of seafood, sushi, desserts, a varied European and Thai buffet.
Price of option No. 3
What's included in the price: transfer from the hotel to the park and back, payment of the entrance ticket, walks in the garden, viewing of two show programs, excursion to the mini-zoo, services of a Russian guide, elephant ride, dinner at the Pattaya Park Tower restaurant.
Evening Garden of Madame Nong Nooch
OPTION No. 4
Added to the first option
A walk through the garden on elephants, a walk on trains, dinner at a restaurant located in the garden, a visit to a lady fight show, admiring the sunset with the launch of sky lanterns.
Check-out: 12:30. Return: 20:00
Price of option No. 4
What's included in the price: transfer from the hotel to the park and back, payment of the entrance ticket, walks in the garden, watching two show programs, excursion to the mini-zoo, services of a Russian guide, elephant ride, train ride, dinner in the garden restaurant, watching a lady fight show, releasing lanterns.
Private visit to Nong Nooch Garden
OPTION No. 5
Excursion time: departure at any time convenient for you
Excursion days to Nong Nooch: daily
Eden, or the Garden of Eden, can be seen in Thailand much as it is depicted in European religious mythology. To do this you need to visit Nong Nooch Park, located seventeen kilometers from Pattaya. This is truly an extraordinarily beautiful place, which includes a complex of gardens and theme parks spread over an area of 240 hectares. It is included in the so-called “must see” list, without visiting which a trip to Thailand cannot be considered complete.
The park is open all year round, and each season is beautiful and attractive in its own way. By visiting it, you will experience a whole range of positive emotions. It allows photography and video shooting (read more about that), so you can preserve the memories of your trip to a fairy tale.
Whimsical Asia in symbiosis with Europe
Nong Nooch Tropical Park in Pattaya is a man-made landscape project that mixes European and traditional Thai styles. Sculptural images of mythical demons from folk epics, stylized Peisan houses and elaborate gazebos coexist with a strict French park, where regular flower beds are laid out, every bush is trimmed, and the alleys seem to be drawn with a ruler.
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The Nong Nooch Garden in Pattaya is interesting because its territory is divided into several dissimilar garden and park areas, connected by whimsically curving paths and bridges spanning canals. During your walk, you will constantly encounter figures of not only demons, but also images of animals, birds, from all continents. For example, African giraffes, European deer, flamingos... It is a Thai tradition that the park must have ponds with goldfish, fountains, gazebos and pavilions hidden in the dense greenery where you can simply relax serenely.
Gardens and parks
★Orchid garden in Nong Nooch. This is a source of special pride for the park’s organizers. In it you can see all the richness and variety of exotic plants of this species, considered the most beautiful on Earth. Tourists are amazed by the riot of colors, whimsical forms, and the unique palette of smells.
Cactus garden. For Thailand, with its constant humidity, this plant is very unusual. It is all the more interesting to visit a place where these prickly creatures grow not surrounded by sand, but by lush vegetation. In this garden you can see cacti of all possible sizes and shapes, and their flowers are as beautiful as orchids.
Blue Garden. It is dedicated to the oldest plant on Earth - the fern, as well as the palm tree - the most widespread in Southeast Asia. In it you can see 1,100 varieties of palm trees, almost half of all that are on our planet. There is no such rich collection anywhere else except in Nong Nooch.
The landscape designers of Versailles would also approve of it. Surrounded by exotic palm trees and whimsically shaped rocks, it is an unusual mix of European and Thai traditions. Strict alleys and trimmed curtains combine perfectly with small architectural forms in the Thai style and.
Butterfly garden. The Nong Nooch tropical garden in Pattaya would have lost a lot if it had not had this huge enclosure fenced with fine mesh. Bright butterflies, like living flowers, flutter over the heads of tourists.
Bird garden. The tropical forest in our minds is full of beautiful birds and their mesmerizing songs. In order not to destroy this stereotype, the garden organizers settled the most colorful and recognizable representatives of the feathered family in this section of the park. When you enter the pavilion, don’t forget to buy a treat for them and don’t be scared when they sit on your head.
Stonehenge. Yes, a smaller copy of this ancient megalithic structure is here too. Although in the countries of Southeast Asia such a tourist attraction has become quite common.
Garden of pots. Having visited this place in the park, you will receive an object lesson in how this utilitarian household item can be used to create small architectural forms. and, Viking ships and cars, gazebos and insects - all made from baked clay.
Pond with fish. Did you dream of catching a huge fish as a child? Here you can do it. Arapaima, freshwater giants up to three meters long, are bred in a small reservoir. For a few baht they will sell you bait - small fish. Serve it on a stick and try not to be scared to death when it disappears into its huge mouth.
Interactive zoo. Nong Nooch Garden is worth a visit for those who are on vacation. A place where they can interact with piglets, donkeys, monkeys and camels will be a fun activity for them. All of them can be fed. Enterprising Thai teenagers sell the treats. The zoo also has an enclosure with tigers, but you can only look at them from afar.
Garage. It contains the fleet director's cars. Forty exclusive examples of sports cars, SUVs and automotive rarities.
The gardens listed above are not all. Their collection in Nong Nooch is constantly updated, which can be viewed on the official website of the park - nongnoochtropicalgarden.com
Show programs
There are two bright and exciting shows prepared for park visitors, the visit of which you pay for by purchasing an entrance ticket. They take place throughout the day, so you will definitely be able to attend the performance during the excursion.
Thai traditions and customs
A vibrant theatrical performance with many actors, scenery and national props. It takes place in a pavilion with an auditorium and a stage. You will be introduced to Thai customs and traditions, history and culture of the country. Dance and musical performances give way to historical re-enactments and even rounds of Muay Thai.
Elephant show
- This is one of the most interesting entertainments of this kind in Thailand. Elephants not only perform various tricks - ride bicycles, paint pictures, throw darts at inflatable balls - but also communicate with the audience. For example, they give trunk massage to everyone. Unfortunately, the presenter comments on everything and gets in the way, because everything is clear without words.
Excursions
Excursions to Nong Nooch Park organized by street travel agencies, of which there are many in Pattaya. They are daytime - from 8:00 to 14:00 and from 13:30 to 18:00, as well as evening, which start at 13:00 and end at 20:00.
An evening excursion to Nong Nooch Park is complemented by a romantic dinner and the launching of Chinese lanterns into the night sky. It is entertainment for adults, as the theatrical performance contains acts from a drag queen show.
Ticket price to Nong Nooch Park depends on many factors. Day excursions for adults cost 650 baht, and for children with a height of 90-120 cm - 450 baht, below 90 cm - free. The price includes transportation, guide services, theater performance and elephant show. An evening ticket is three times more expensive: 1800 per adult and 1100 per child (ticket prices may change over time, current ones can be found at official website).
During the day, unorganized tourists are charged at least 800 baht for entry. But if you have a Thai license, then visiting the park will cost 250 baht. However, farangs usually do not have them, and it is not customary to talk about racial discrimination in Thailand.
How to get there on your own
Most often the question is: “ How to get to Nong Nooch Park”, - arises among those who are not particularly upset by the one-and-a-half price of admission. Below are 3 ways to get to the garden from Pattaya.
- Taxi. From Pattaya you can get there by car, and you can bargain with the driver until you are hoarse, since the park administration will pay him a reward for each visitor brought.
- Songthaew. If you manage to get onto the Sukhumvit highway, then catch a white songthaew (minibus, passenger pickup truck), which will take you to the turn to the park for a symbolic amount. From the intersection you need to walk southeast for about two kilometers, the landmark will be the Suan Nong Rut railway station.
- By car. You need to go south to the village of Tongstit, then turn left.
It is quite difficult to get from Bangkok to Nong Nooch on your own. A taxi ride will cost from 1,100 to 1,500 baht, and the question of who should pay for travel through toll sections must be decided with the driver in advance. It is to this park that buses from the capital do not go. You need to get to Pattaya and get your bearings. Minivans depart there every hour from Victory Monument BTS Station. Regular buses leave from Ekkamai bus station once every three hours.
For those who want to stay here for a long time, we recommend booking the wonderful Nongnooch Garden Resort hotel on the websites and, located within walking distance of this park.
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, which 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, 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. 
- Nong Nooch has the best elephant show in Pattaya! Therefore, it is definitely worth a visit!
- 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)
- 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.
- 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
- The show with elephants is shown immediately after the national one and on a separate stage.
- 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 shapes 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 for 10 baht with your grandma-motorbiker.
Nong Nooch Tropical Park is truly a paradise. Every tourist visiting Thailand should visit it. This park is incredibly beautiful, full of flowers, beautiful trees, fountains and sculptures.
Nong Nooch is located in the vicinity of Pattaya and is a whole complex of works of landscape art, spread over an area of almost 250 hectares. It delights tourists from all over the world with its colors, exoticism and splendor.
A visit to Nong Nooch Garden is a delight and amazing memories that will last a lifetime. Be sure to bring a camera and video camera with you to capture this fairy tale forever.
History of the park
In the mid-50s of the last century, a Thai family bought land in Choburi to plant orchards and vegetable plantations. But plans changed after visiting Madame Nong Nooch in Europe and studying landscape art.
Along with vegetable plantations, the family decided to create beautiful tropical gardens on their land with flower beds, alleys, benches and waterfalls, i.e. organize your own landscape park.
In those distant times, Pattaya was a simple fishing village near the Gulf of Thailand, and not a world famous resort. In many ways, Nong Nooch Park attracted tourists from all over the world, thanks to it, the tourism infrastructure was built.
The creation of the park continued for several decades, and in the early 80s of the last century it opened to the first visitors, who were completely delighted. Since then, Nong Nooch has continued to improve year after year.
The park is considered the largest in this region of the planet. It is named after its wonderful founder and owner, Madame Nong Nooch. Today it is owned by her son.
This landscape park artfully combines plants and styles from Asia and Europe to create a different, surprising, never-before-existent Thai style that the locals are extremely proud of.
In addition to exotic plants, there are many wooden and ceramic sculptures, benches and terraces in European and Asian styles, and lawns of unusual shapes. It even has its own Versailles park.
The entire territory of the park is divided into zones connected by beautiful paths, graceful bridges and paths. There are an unusually large number of ponds and fountains, pavilions and verandas.
The park has its own railway connecting its most remote parts, there is a small zoo, especially loved by children, and exhibitions of beautiful figurines of various animals, birds and insects.
It is impossible to see all this beauty in one visit; you can walk around the park and admire it throughout your vacation. A particularly beautiful view opens from the hanging bridges installed at the tops of the trees.
Nong Nooch Gardens
Orchids are one of the most beautiful plants in the world, and today they look exotic to the European eye. They are magnificent in the park, which is why the second name of Nong Nooch, invented by its guests, is the Orchid Garden.
In the garden, the greenhouses create a special microclimate suitable for a specific type of orchid. They are grown in hanging baskets. All this is a gigantic work of Nong Nooch employees.
This open-air garden delights many visitors, both tourists and locals. Here is a collection of all types of cacti that exist on the planet.
Here you will find huge cacti, like trees, and very small indoor species; cacti with flowers and those without them at all; cacti of various geometric shapes and colors. Many people fall in love with cacti after visiting this garden.
Various types of palm trees grow in this area of Nong Nooch. More than 1,000 species of these trees can be found here. This is the largest collection of palm trees in the world. Moreover, the collection contains many rare and endangered species.
French park
The classic European park in Nong Nooch is simply magnificent. Many tourists consider this area the most amazing, because here the European landscape is intertwined with ancient Buddhist temples.
The French park is made very professionally, all geometric lines are strictly observed, the lawns, borders and trees are superbly trimmed, looking no worse than on an English lawn.
Other gardens
In Nong Nooch you can see the gardens:
- bonsai;
- aquatic plants;
- Chinese style stones;
- fountains, etc.
Non-plant gardens in Nong Nooch Park
Butterfly garden
This is a relatively new garden, it was opened only 18 years ago. The butterfly garden occupies a fairly large open space, with a thin mesh stretched across the top. More than 1,500 butterflies live inside this space.
Bird garden
The most exotic species of birds are collected here. Every visitor can go inside the bird garden, listen to and feed the birds living there. Near the entrance you can buy food for various birds.
Stonehenge
In the garden there is a small copy of this ancient archaeological site located in England. It is interesting to see Stonehenge in distant and no less mysterious Thailand. Madame Nong Nooch wrote her will on it.
Garage
Here tourists can view all the cars owned by the current owner of the park. Among them there are extremely interesting and even rare brands and models of cars.
This pond is home to giant tropical fish called arapaima. They are freshwater and have a body length of up to 3 meters. If you wish, you can feed these little ones in the pond, which is an attraction in itself.
You need to tie a small live fish to a stick and show it to the arapaima. It will see prey, stick out of the water and capture it with a huge mouth with giant jaws. The show is not for the faint of heart.
One of the most famous is the Nong Nooch Tropical Park, located in Chonburi province . Its area is simply huge and equal to six hundred acres, on which lie a variety of magical gardens and interesting buildings. Many tourists who have been there associate this unique and stunning place with a kind of Eden on earth, so it is worth visiting for everyone who vacations not only in Pattaya, but throughout Thailand.
Nong Nooch Tropical Park - history
Once upon a time, in the early 50s of the 20th century, it was not yet a world-famous center of resort life in Thailand, but just a small fishing village located on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. It was at that very time that Mme. Nongnuch Toksana together with her husband, they acquired land in the province of Chobnuri to create various plantations of fruits and vegetables, but after some time their plans changed.
Since this married couple loved to travel, on their trips they saw enough of various beautiful national architectural monuments, and decided to build a unique tropical garden on their lands with a variety of exotic representatives of our flora.
Its construction was a very long and labor-intensive process. Only in the eighties did Nong Nooch Park begin to function and open to tourists. Since these days, the garden continues to become better and more interesting every year, thereby attracting an increasing number of visitors to its territory, the daily number of which can exceed two thousand people.
Description
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden (Thailand) It is considered to be the largest privately owned collection of exotic trees and flowers and the most interesting place in Pattaya. On its territory, you can see a smaller copy of the Palace of Versailles, as well as analogues of small Buddhist stupas collected there from all over the Thai kingdom.
Among other things, an exciting program has been developed for guests of this park, consisting of interesting shows and entertainment events. Visitors here can enjoy amazing Thai dancing , and if you get hungry, enjoy delicious dishes of local and European cuisine in numerous cafes. There is also the opportunity for a more detailed exploration of all the attractions of Nong Nooch Park, for this you will need to stay at its hotels.
What's there?
The park is divided into several sections that differ from each other in theme. Visitors, visiting them one by one, find themselves from one fairy tale to another. More attention should be paid to each such part of this tropical garden.
Zoo- This is the most popular place in Nong Nucha. Its visitors can be both children and adults. There are various enclosures with exotic birds, cages inhabited by cute turtles and a terrarium with its dangerous inhabitants. Walking in this part of the garden you can meet beautiful peacocks and beautiful goats. The deer Bambi and all his relatives are especially interesting for children. For an additional fee, you can feed the animals some treats if you wish.
Butterfly Park opened not as long ago as Nong Nooch itself and occupies an open area, covered only by a fine mesh. Its inhabitants are more than one thousand bright and colorful butterflies, fluttering beautifully among all the tourists who come here. A delicacy for these lovely insects are pieces of juicy fruit, laid out especially for them under the trees. Many visitors to this place involuntarily think that this is what paradise might look like.
Bird garden- this is a small area with representatives of exotic species of birds and is interesting for tourists because you can go there freely and walk among all its inhabitants.
Cactus Park is an area where the largest collection of these spiny representatives of the flora, having a wide variety of shapes and sizes, is collected. Visitors to this garden will be able to see with their own eyes the very cactus from which the famous alcoholic tequila is made.
Pond with big fish , the size of which can reach up to three meters in length. Anyone can feed them for a nominal fee. To do this, you will need to tie a small fish to a fishing rod, which these giants will capture with their huge mouths. Perhaps, such an attraction is not for the faint of heart, and those who wish to take part in such feeding are guaranteed to receive a bright and thrilling experience.
Orchid garden is an area with the most delicate and wonderful tropical flowers. Only blooming exhibits are presented to guests. The rest hide from the gaze of tourists in secluded places and wait their turn.
Shows and park programs - these are two brilliant performances, considered the best in all of Thailand. They happen several times a day and last about thirty minutes. The first of them is a show with Thai national dances. It is presented to the audience in a separate pavilion, which contains a specially equipped stage and seats for spectators.
The second entertainment event is performance with elephants , where these gentle giants ride bicycles, throw darts at balls and draw amazing designs using paints and brushes. At the end of the show, the elephants can be fed bananas.
There are many more interesting things on the territory of this garden, but, of course, it is better to see it all with your own eyes.
What's the best way to get there?
There are several ways to visit Nong Nooch Tropical Park. It is better to find out in advance how to get to its territory, in case of independent travel, and not with an organized excursion group.
Can take a taxi , at the same time, it’s worth bargaining well, since the taxi drivers are also paid by the park administration for bringing visitors straight to the garden gates. On average, such a trip will cost 300 baht from Pattaya or around 1200 – from Bangkok.
A cheaper way is catch a tuk-tuk, which will take the tourist just twenty baht before the turn to the park, from where you will have to walk quite a bit.
You can do it yourself rent a car . In this case, you will need to follow the Sukhumvit Highway in a southerly direction and after the water market you should make a left turn and drive for another three minutes.
Contact information and cost
Some information that will be useful before visiting this Pattaya attraction:
Nong Nooch Tropical Park (opening hours):
- The botanical garden is open daily and seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; restaurants on its territory are open until 10:00 p.m.
His exact address is: Chonburi Province 20250, 34/1 Moo 7 Na Jomtien, Sattahip.
Nong Nooch Tropical Park (entry price): is 500 baht, it's about somewhere 15 dollars. This price already includes visits to all shows and sections of the garden. Children under two years old can visit this park completely free of charge.
Those who decided to take such a fascinating trip to the outskirts of Pattaya and wander around the territory of the Nong Nooch Garden believe that they have visited the most beautiful and unusual place on earth, where time flies quickly and unnoticed and where you absolutely do not want to leave.
