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Animals

Animal-related places in Phuket include cafés, sanctuaries, and attractions where visitors can meet or observe animals in more controlled settings.

Animals in Phuket

B Cat Cafe in Phuket Town is one example, letting guests relax with 15–17 resident cats while having drinks and cake near the old town streets. Around the island there are also elephant sanctuaries and marine centres, though it’s important to check that any animal venue follows ethical standards before visiting.

Freedom Elephant Reserve in Phuket

Freedom Elephant Reserve

    Freedom Elephant Reserve’s dream is to provide retired working elephants with love and care, with limited human interaction on an observation-only basis.

    B Cat Cafe in Phuket Town

    B Cat Cafe in Phuket Town

      B Cat Cafe Phuket is a fun place where every cat lover can sit and play with 15 to 17 furry and fluffy felines while enjoying a cake and a drink. The location on Thepkasattri Road, just next to the old historical street of Phuket Town, makes it very convenient.

      Phuket Aquaria at Central Floresta

      Aquaria Phuket

        Aquaria Phuket is an attraction in Phuket town, on the lower floor of the immense Central Floresta Wing of Central Phuket. The aquariums cover a large surface and are advertised as the largest aquarium in Thailand, with 25,000 animals and 300 species, which we didn’t take the time to count.

        Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket

        Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket

          The Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket gives visitors a unique chance to get close to elephants in a fun way. Here, no one rides the animals; the old controversial elephant trekking time is over. I

          Monkey Hill Phuket

          Monkey Hill Phuket Town

            Phuket Monkey Hill is the best-known monkey playground on the island, a hill covered with immense red and white antennas in the back of Phuket Town. That hill may be easy to see but not as easy to reach: the road climbing to it is opposite the provincial hall

            Phuket Bird Park

            Phuket Bird Park

              Phuket Bird Park, in Chalong, welcomes you with a large entrance gate opening on a green jungle and an Indiana Jones-looking bridge, setting the mood for a visit.

              Tiger Kingdom Phuket

              Tiger Kingdom Phuket

                The Tiger Kingdom Phuket might not be to everyone’s taste, but we took an hour to stop and see if the animals were well treated. The place is surprisingly large, clean and very well organised.

                Phuket Elephant Trekking

                Phuket Elephant Trekking

                  Phuket Elephant Trekking is to be avoided! Now comes the true ‘Ethical Elephant Sanctuaries’, where elephants rescued from a terrible life of labour can finally be free.