PENANG BUTTERFLY FARM

The Penang Butterfly Farm is more than just a tourist attraction. It is set up as a 'live museum' to educate the public as well as a research centre to develop breeding methods.

 

The main attraction of the Butterfly Farm is where you can see the butterfly flying all over. The visitor can inspect the butterflies at close quarters as they flit around their favorite nectar plants. The exhibition of selected insects and reptiles are also crowd drawers. The visitor, having traversed this complex of displays ends up in a souvenir shop selling butterfly-related paraphernalia.

  

 

Today, the Penang Butterfly Farm is the first tropical butterfly farm ever set up in the tropical world, with an average flying population of 4000 Malaysian butterflies of 120 different species, including the rare Indian Leaf (Kallima paralekta) and the endangered Yellow Bird wing (Troides helena).

   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

The Penang Butterfly Farm is now a household name in Penang and a "must-see" for visitors since it opened in 1986. The farm located right at the end of the tourist hotel strip at Batu Ferringhi stands on a 0.8 hector site in Teluk Bahang, about 17km from George town. It has become one of the most popular stops on Penang's round island tour. The success of the Butterfly Farm as a tourist attraction has even inspired a series of similar commercial operations in Malacca, Cameron highlands and Singapore.

 

  

   

 

 

Visiting Hours:
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)

Admission:
Adult: RM20.00
Children: RM10.00 (4 - 12 years old)
( 50% discount for MYKAD holder )

Special Promotion for Malaysian Citizen:
Adult: RM10.00 (Inclusive of Govt. Tax)
Children: RM5.00 (Inclusive of Govt. Tax, 4 - 12 years old)


Customer Service:
Tel : 604-885 1253
Fax : 604-885 1741
Address : 830 Jalan Teluk Bahang,
Teluk Bahang, 11050 Penang. Malaysia.
Email : info@butterfly-insect.com

Rapid Penang Route No: U101, U105