NONG NOOCH TROPICAL GARDEN in Pattaya

   Visit Beautiful recreational park in typical Thai settings, dotted with  colourful flowers and plants. Visit Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, an  attractive tourist spot in Chonburi that features botanical garden, zoo and Thai Cultural Center with impressive shows.

   The vast area of the recreational park includes two lakes, bonsai, cactus, palm, and bromeliad gardens, a hothouse for orchids and ferns and a showcase of such animals as tigers, elephants, chimpanzees or parrots.

   The beautiful landscape also locates Thai Cultural Center, presenting groups of traditional Thai houses and cultural shows such as martial arts, hill tribe music and dance, a Thai wedding ceremony, a Buddhist ordination ceremony as well as elephant show, performing three times a day.

   A collection of Thai antiques is also exhibited at this tropical garden, where visitors can taste traditional Thai food. Souvenirs and handicrafts from all over the kingdom can be purchased at the garden's shopping mall.

   Nong Nooch Tropical Garden is about 18 kilometers south of Pattaya. To go there, take Sukhumvit Road, turn left at Km. 163. There is also a half-day tour leave from Pattaya every day.