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The Year of Snake Celebrated at Khao Kheow Open Zoo

The Year of Snake Celebrated at Khao Kheow Open Zoo

We welcome you all in the year of Snake. In Khao Kheow Open Zoo, this time around we celebrated the Chinese New Year with much zeal and eco-consciousness. Our Zoo Director, Mr. Khun Su-ri-ya Saeng-pong shared a few wise details with our guest about the growing need of wildlife conservation. He also revealed this year’s mascot, a huge snake entwined with a dragon. It was a 30 meter long model and was made of natural elements like coconut leaves, palm fronds and wooden branches. The zoo looked Read more [...]

Happy Chinese (Lunar) New Year 2013: Spreading Happiness @ Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Happy Chinese Lunar New Year 2013

Even though the world partied their way into the New Year on 1st January, for people in South East Asia, the New Year celebrations are just about to begin. Chinese New Year marks the end of cold winter and beginning of the colorful spring. It also marks the beginning of agricultural time and is thus related to concepts of growth, fortune and good health. The lunar New Year is celebrated in countries influenced by the Chinese culture such as Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Read more [...]

Khao Kheow Open Zoo Celebrates Children’s Day

Khao Kheow Open Zoo Celebrates Children’s Day

Hi everyone, It’s a great pleasure to inform you that ‘Children’s Day’ was a rocking celebration at Khao Kheow Open Zoo on Saturday 12th Jan 2013. Our Zoo Director, Khun Su-ri-ya Saeng-pong along with several other business executives organized a day full of activities for Children. These activities included games like green zoo paintings, dancing mascots, a band, stage shows and prizes.  The kids were hooked to entertainment all throughout and pretty elated on receiving prizes. The slogan Read more [...]

Celebrate Young Minds and Creative Passion. Celebrate a Happy Children’s Day.

Celebrate a Happy Children’s Day

Every year Thai people celebrate its National Children’s Day on the 2nd Saturday in the month of January. This tradition is known as “Wan Dek” and has been followed around the country for over 5 decades. Several countries celebrate Children’s Day in the honor of young creative minds. Thailand too celebrates this day with great enthusiasm. On the occasion of this day many offices, private and public sectors invite children with open arms. Kids are allowed to take a tour of these offices. Several Read more [...]

The Explosion of Happiness

Indochinese Tigress - Busaba

It is a proud moment for Khao Kheow open zoo to announce that the winning photo of 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest was shot in this very zoo. Truly an eye catcher Ashley Vincent’s ‘The Explosion’ is a picture of a full grown Indochinese tigress ‘Busaba’.  She has been his muse for quite a few years now but this time Mr. Ashley Vincent wished to capture her in a manner never seen before.  “I took to observing her more carefully during my visits in the hope of capturing something Read more [...]

‘Children of the Sun’ at Khao Kheow Open Zoo

White Lion Cub at Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Khao Kheow Open Zoo is thrilled to present a new addition in its family. They have very recently adopted a 10 month old male and a 5 month old female white lion cub.  These cubs have arrived to join the zoo’s kin, all the way from Africa. For centuries white lions have been exclusively spotted in Africa. The country regards them as the most sacred animal. In fact, several African mythologies have mentioned the white lions as the children of the Sun and messengers of God. Their natural white Read more [...]

National Wildlife Protection Day at KKOZ, A National Success

National Wildlife Protection Day at Khao Kheow Zoo

Being a tropical country, Thailand has been blessed with a rich and varied wildlife. The country is a host to Asia’s exotic rain forests, tigers, Asian elephants, tapirs, leopards, hornbills and more. Thailand also boasts of a varied habitat right from montane forests, evergreen forests to swamps and mangroves. This allows it to nurture a wide range of wildlife which is majorly protected through several national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. One such park is our very own Khao Kheow Wildlife Conservatory Read more [...]

Welcome To The Journey To The Future: Happy New Year 2013

Happy New Year 2013

Thailand celebrates three different new years. The traditional Thai new year called ‘SONGKRAN’, the Chinese new year and of course the universal 1st January.  Here a lot of people celebrate the western New Year by enjoying the rich night life of Thailand. Some go to temples to start a blessed new year and some simply enjoy their holiday by doing something new. A new year brings along with it excitement, hope and energy no matter which country or tradition you belong to. The thrill of making Read more [...]

An Adventurous Christmas at Khao Kheow Open Zoo

An Adventurous Christmas at Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Wish to do something different this Christmas? Want to gift your family the most exciting gift? Or just want to make the best of the holiday season to spend quality time with your kids? Christmas is always about reuniting with family and friends, sharing laughter and delicacies and exchanging gifts. But have you ever imagined celebrating with not just your family but being a part of a bigger family?  This Christmas, instead of your grandpa let the gibbons entertain you with their marvelous show Read more [...]

Happy Diwali from Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Happy Diwali from Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Diwali brings back lots of good memories for Hindus across the world and it is largely celebrated while bursting crackers, sharing sweets with friends and family and other dear ones. We wish our customers a happy and prosperous Diwali, may your life shines just as bright as colours. Wildlife has something really amazing that never fades away from the minds of visitors. There’s clearly some connect between human minds and animal kingdom, perhaps more because most animals are adorable to watch. Read more [...]

Adorable Beauty At The Zoo

Adorable Beauty at the Zoo

Wildlife and photography goes hand in hand. The passion of photographers has enabled world to experience many amazing moments by just click of the mouse. This is exactly what has happened at one of the Thailand’s best zoo – Khao Kheow Open Zoo, when a passionate photographer by the name Ashley Vincent from Britain took few mesmerizing pictures of newborn cubs. These little cubs at Khao Kheow Open Zoo are named as Ying Yai which means elder sister, Ying Klang as middle princess and Ying Lek as Read more [...]

The Red-shanked Douc Langur – Another Beauty at Khao Kheow Open Zoo

Red-shanked Douc Langur

There is something indefinable about the newborns and regardless of anything charm of admiring the newborn is tempting it and they are really tender. The director of Khao Kheow Open Zoo Khun Su-ri-ya Saeng-pong proudly announced about the new born member of the zoo – The Red-shanked Douc Langur family. It was born on 9th October 2012 from the brave mother Chom-poo and father Ma-Kham. The wildlife industry is flourishing immensely, all thanks to the lush green zoos and museums of Thailand, and Read more [...]