Safari World and Marine Park, Panyaindra road, Khlong Sam Wa, District, Bangkok, Thailand. ( 40 )
Khlong Sam Wa became a district on 21st November 1997, when it was detached from Min Buri. Previously it was a Amphoe within the district of Min Buri. My usual taxi driver suggested I try Safari World instead of Dusit Zoo which I wanted to video, he charged me 1200 Baht for the days journey, waiting in the car park while I wandered round the park. The main attraction in this district is this Safari World, which I visited on the 28th June 2014. This theme park began in 1988 on a 480 acre site for its open zoo and 180 acres for its bird park. It consists of two parks names Marine Park and Safari Park. A private company operates it called Safari World Public Company Limited.
This park consists of several attractions that need to be taken in order, to enjoy fully all the attractions of this park. Arriving at the ticket office the staff there were helpful in explaining what I needed to see first along with the prices for each area. However be warned, this is not a cheap day out, especially for Thailand. The main park was 1300 Baht for myself and 610 Baht for my Thai friend, then an additional payment for the river cruise of 360 Baht for myself and 180 Baht for my Thai friend, this was only after haggling for a cheaper ticket because they wanted 360 Baht each originally. Is it worth it? Well that depends on your view. I thought it was. However you do need to get there early to cover all the attractions.
The first attraction is the Safari Park, a 8 kilometres long drive by bus through the animal enclosure. This takes about 45 minutes to drive through this part of the park. The bus is boarded to the right of the ticket office. I was lucky the two front left hand seats are individual seats, and so the families did not want to sit on these. For me it was ideal for taking photos and videos. The entrance was a little drive away of about 5 minutes, where we came on the twin electric huge gates that help keep the animals from getting to the people.
One show I did manage to watch was Spy Wars. It’s a spoof on a famous film character with a grand and spectacular setting based around mountains and water. The arena was impressive, holding thousands of people when full. I was going to sit down at the front instead I chose to take the elevated view from up above. How pleased I was that I made this choice. The setting was full of school kids out for the school days outing, sat there in their neat and tidy school uniforms. The show started with many bangs and cannon fire and machine gun fire. It was a well presented show, with lots of action, a weak script but it was fun. Halfway through the show two Jet Ski’s came thundering into the arena at full speed. Taking a 90 degree turn to the left, sprayed a colossal amount of water over the front 50 rows of seats where about 400 kids were sat cheering. I can honestly say I have never seen so many kids move so quick to avoid all this deluge of water thrown over them. This is why I was glad I had not chosen to sit at the front. Be warned about this, there are no notices to tell you about it, and the amount of water two Jet Ski’s can move is amazing. After this all the front seats were empty of people.
Leaving the show I ventured towards the exit, it was getting late and I didn’t want to get caught in the rush hour traffic. However this was a day to remember, a place I had said I would visit, but had not got to before. The whole day cost me nearly 5000 Baht ( £100 ) but it did provide me with many videos and many photographs to use for my web site.
Safari World and Marine Park, Panyaindra road, Khlong Sam Wa, District, Bangkok, Thailand. ( 40 )
Khlong Sam Wa became a district on 21st November 1997, when it was detached from Min Buri. Previously it was a Amphoe within the district of Min Buri. My usual taxi driver suggested I try Safari World instead of Dusit Zoo which I wanted to video, he charged me 1200 Baht for the days journey, waiting in the car park while I wandered round the park. The main attraction in this district is this Safari World, which I visited on the 28th June 2014. This theme park began in 1988 on a 480 acre site for its open zoo and 180 acres for its bird park. It consists of two parks names Marine Park and Safari Park. A private company operates it called Safari World Public Company Limited.
This park consists of several attractions that need to be taken in order, to enjoy fully all the attractions of this park. Arriving at the ticket office the staff there were helpful in explaining what I needed to see first along with the prices for each area. However be warned, this is not a cheap day out, especially for Thailand. The main park was 1300 Baht for myself and 610 Baht for my Thai friend, then an additional payment for the river cruise of 360 Baht for myself and 180 Baht for my Thai friend, this was only after haggling for a cheaper ticket because they wanted 360 Baht each originally. Is it worth it? Well that depends on your view. I thought it was. However you do need to get there early to cover all the attractions.
The first attraction is the Safari Park, a 8 kilometres long drive by bus through the animal enclosure. This takes about 45 minutes to drive through this part of the park. The bus is boarded to the right of the ticket office. I was lucky the two front left hand seats are individual seats, and so the families did not want to sit on these. For me it was ideal for taking photos and videos. The entrance was a little drive away of about 5 minutes, where we came on the twin electric huge gates that help keep the animals from getting to the people.
One show I did manage to watch was Spy Wars. It’s a spoof on a famous film character with a grand and spectacular setting based around mountains and water. The arena was impressive, holding thousands of people when full. I was going to sit down at the front instead I chose to take the elevated view from up above. How pleased I was that I made this choice. The setting was full of school kids out for the school days outing, sat there in their neat and tidy school uniforms. The show started with many bangs and cannon fire and machine gun fire. It was a well presented show, with lots of action, a weak script but it was fun. Halfway through the show two Jet Ski’s came thundering into the arena at full speed. Taking a 90 degree turn to the left, sprayed a colossal amount of water over the front 50 rows of seats where about 400 kids were sat cheering. I can honestly say I have never seen so many kids move so quick to avoid all this deluge of water thrown over them. This is why I was glad I had not chosen to sit at the front. Be warned about this, there are no notices to tell you about it, and the amount of water two Jet Ski’s can move is amazing. After this all the front seats were empty of people.
Leaving the show I ventured towards the exit, it was getting late and I didn’t want to get caught in the rush hour traffic. However this was a day to remember, a place I had said I would visit, but had not got to before. The whole day cost me nearly 5000 Baht ( £100 ) but it did provide me with many videos and many photographs to use for my web site.