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Nongnooch Tropical Garden Pattaya

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Address

34 1, Na Chom Thian, Sattahip District, Chon Buri 20250, Thailand

Website

www.nongnoochpattaya.com

Contact

+66 38 238 061

Price rating

$81/night

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (6.9K reviews)

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  • 1/5 FK W. 3 months ago on Google • 111 reviews New
    The disappointment I felt after visiting this location was immense. I had hoped to encounter a stunning botanical garden, but instead, I was confronted with a multitude of plastic animals, including pigs, reindeer, and owls, all oversized compared to their real counterparts. This aspect completely detracted from the overall experience, rendering it artificial and devoid of authenticity. Furthermore, the park featuring artificial dinosaurs surrounded by palm trees was another source of letdown. Instead of a genuine natural attraction, I found myself in an environment that appeared more kitschy than realistic, diminishing the overall satisfaction of the visit compared to my initial expectations. The most disheartening revelation was the utilization of elephants for entertainment. Witnessing them being compelled to perform tricks using metal hooks for discipline was truly distressing. I firmly believe that such a primitive form of entertainment has no place in the society of the 21st century. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend these gardens to anyone. The lack of genuine value, the kitschy atmosphere, and the inappropriate treatment of animals render this place undeserving of positive reviews. My experience fell significantly short of expectations, and the attraction itself seems outdated and incongruent with contemporary ethical and cultural standards.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Sarma V. 7 months ago on Google
    Everything is commercialized. Staff is very rude towards the tourists, especially foreigners. Entry ticket is too expensive and do not deserve. Shuttle bus is a big fraud. Before boarding they say, unlimited hop on and hop off. But, after second point itself they do not allow to board further except to the exit gate. I am forced to walk myself with my wife, as the driver thrown away my shuttle bus ticket into a dust bin. There's no staff to guide you or help you. Most of the garden is artificial except one portion, where tourist entry is restricted except in the shuttle bus. Thai Cultural Show is good. But, the elephant show was again a big fraud. After collecting a separate entrance ticket for the show, it seems management is interested in commercializing the show, but, not interested in the actual show. During the show, feeding to the elephants, selling the products is a big hinderence to the viewers in watching the show. I don't say it's wrong. But, should be carried out before starting the show or after end of the show. Not during the show. It gives a lot of irritation when someone is obstructing the show continuously. Car museum and collection of Cars in the museum is excellent. Except, car museum all other things are fully commercial. Hope the Management shall make a note of my review and take corrective steps, especially on their Staff behaviour.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 jyotiranjan s. 1 year ago on Google
    A must visit place of Pattaya. Specially if you are traveling with your family and children. The real life like replicas are wonderful to watch. Keep one day for entire garden tour. And most importantly don't miss the theatre show of Thai dance.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Dan G. 3 months ago on Google • 300 reviews New
    We looked around the park, it is extremely big. The children loved looking at statues of dinosaurs and current animals. It is difficult to determine the size of dinosaurs, was the sizes real? They had statues of modern day animals that were not to size, so difficult to say. I enjoyed my time here, we didn't see much of the gardens as spent most of the time looking at the statues. I think we only saw a small part of the gardens. I did enjoy feeding the elephants, we did not see the elephant show, it was a fair amount of money extra. Food and drink prices were reasonable here.

  • 5/5 Nhiel L. 6 months ago on Google
    I cannot rate the rooms because I did not stay in any rooms there. But the service and location are all amazing and magical. It makes me feel that I am once young again and living in a life believing that dinosaurs are real. This place turns my whole surrounding into Jurassic Park with a twist of art and I enjoy and appreciate every part of this place. I recommend to visit this place for all tourist here in Thailand. A MUST never missed tourist place. SUPER love it. 💖
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Neeraj T. 5 months ago on Google
    Voted as one of the top 10 most beautiful gardens of the world.. spread overs acres and acres of land.. having convention centres , resorts, nurseries, theme parks featuring dinosaurs 🦕,, elephant shows , rides, restaurants and shopping options.. huge parking lot, clean washrooms... and over all well maintained property... prime tourist attraction of Pattaya... do visit
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Nutharin P. 4 months ago on Google
    This garden has a big space. However. Only a small part becomes the place for visiting. The rest is more like a nursery for plants. The sky walk is nice. We can see everything from above. Around 5 km walk. There are many statues of dinosaurs everywhere. In my opinion, it doesn’t mean much. The statues don’t look real and couldn’t move. We like dinosaurs but these are not interesting. There are several food stalls inside. Not too expensive. Some cactus garden and French-style garden. They are trying hard to make it nice. But for us, it lacks of charm. Not attractive enough. We expected more trees and more garden.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sid B. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place when Thailand. A lot plants and attractions to see. There are two shows, Thai traditional and elephants show. It will take almost half day to see everything.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Persk 2. 1 year ago on Google
    super nice place to wander and get lost. The different ambient to every part of the garden makes you wow every time. The elephant show is very interesting and foods are excellent. Staffs are friendly but need to speak english more often.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Nico S. 3 months ago on Google • 229 reviews New
    very nice huge tropical garden. Nicely arranged trees and plants. Impressive Dinosaur park. Actually the animal sculptures everywhere are a little bit to much. Less would be more. The keeping of elephants is no longer up to date. It makes me sad to see this wonderful animal treated like this.

  • 5/5 Carlos T. 2 months ago on Google • 94 reviews New
    This place was truly amazing, if you love Dinosaurs, this is a must! The gardens are beautiful! Bring shade! It will be hot! You will be walking a lot! You should get on the tram to take you around the park! Make sure, you make it back to see the show! It truly is amazing! The dancers and animals do a spectacular job! You will spend about 2 to 4 hours here! There are so many things to do here. You can pay to feed different animals here. You will walk a lot. You can also pay to have your picture taken next to an elephant, and the elephant will lift you up! That was such an epic moment. There are also elephant ride, which I did not do. The elephant show is a must! The play soccer, throw darts and at the end, they paint! And you can even buy the shirt that the elephant paints!

  • 5/5 Vinod K. 3 months ago on Google • 74 reviews New
    It is a wonderful place to visit with family. It has got everything. A very well maintained theme park. Cactus and other plantations are worth watching. The landscape is excellent.. Elephant show was great.

  • 5/5 Chinmay C. 3 months ago on Google • 56 reviews New
    Truly mesmerizing !! No wonder this is in the top 10 most beautiful parks in the world!! Must visit. The attention to detail in replicating the life sized dinosaurs was astonishing. The park's layout was engaging, catering to visitors of all ages. There is a cultural show, which was decent. Along with that you get to see an elephant show, which is very entertaining. From intricately manicured landscapes to thematic parks, this a botanical trove. Cactuses, Bonsais and many more rare and exotic varieties can be seen.

  • 3/5 Marie O' G. 2 months ago on Google • 42 reviews New
    A bit overrated, in my opinion. The area where the dinosaurs were was really nice, but all the other areas were just a but meh. Even in terms of the animals they had other than the dinosaurs, they were all just looked a bit cheap and took away from the whole thing. We paid extra for the shuttle bus, which is very unnecessary only on it for less than 10 minutes and doesn't even take you around to all the areas. If you enjoy walking, then you should be well capable of exploring yourself without the need to buy the shuttle bus. There are also elephant rides that were very upsetting to see. The elephants looked so sad, and any that weren't on a ride were chained up. It's a shame to see so many people paying to treat an animal like this.

  • 5/5 Gary R. 2 months ago on Google • 17 reviews New
    Ok! Established in the 80's this garden has been well maintained and continues to grow. It spans an area of approximately 500 acres. Touted as one of the best botanical gardens in the world and the largest in SE Asia. It is popular and sees, on average, over 2000 visitors each day. It is not the cheapest place to enter but in my opinion it's worth the money. You can easily spend 4-5 hours wandering through enchanting and well curated gardens. There's endless opportunities for you to get some amazing instagram moments. I'm personally not a fan of elephant riding but they are available if that's something you are interested in. Overall I can't imagine anyone of any age being disappointed with some time spent here. I would like to mention that to get the full experience you do need to be able to walk a far distance and traverse several stair climbs. If you do struggle to walk or you are wheel chair bound you will be greatly limited in to what you can see or do in comparison to an able bodied person. G. rodmansroad@youtube

  • 4/5 Thanh Bình T. 1 year ago on Google
    This is actually Impressive work and effort must have been made to make this park. I liked all about it. The garden is well kept. All the animals statues in the world put there. From deer in the south to polar bears in the north and the artisan were brought them to life. Rather than going to the zoo this is much better because I hate to see animals in captivity. They had real elephants but they seemed to be harmonic. And they had dinosaur statues of all kinds in their original size. I did not know that there were that many dinosaurs we know of.

  • 5/5 Manas D. 4 months ago on Google
    Beautiful place. Well maintained gardens. They will give you a ride in van. You will see lots of artificial animals, plants, cactus Elephant show was fantastic. Experience was awesome.

  • 4/5 sasi d. 4 months ago on Google
    Wonderful experience.. this place will consume one whole day on your trip. Also little far away from pataya city.. u need to take a cab.. bus facility is available inside the park but also be ready to walk for a longtime inside the park.

  • 5/5 Dominic B. 8 months ago on Google
    The botanical garden was nice to visit. the plants are exotic for me as a european, but not extravagant. the complex is very large and on a hot day it is difficult to walk on it. the raised enclosures are covered, but it's scorching hot. i suggest taking a bus to see the whole park and then walking to the parts that interest you. The easiest way to get to the garden is with Bolt, which cost about 200 baht.

  • 5/5 Asish P. 6 months ago on Google
    This place is spread across a lot of area!! Best place for kids to have a good time. Statues of all varieties of animals are there. Various restaurants and cafés are also present! If you want to roam around the entire place you will need to reserve an entire day. Best place for your kids

  • 5/5 Fight or Die B. 5 months ago on Google
    Fantastic experience. Poor elephants don’t appear fed well. The Thais want money for tips and want you to pay to feed, and pay for their food. The most beautiful sculptures and plants in the entire world.

  • 4/5 엉클스하비 Uncle's H. 5 months ago on Google
    They have interesting contents. Elephant's show provide new experience with huge animal. Thai traditional performance was nice show. They have one of very excellent gardens .

  • 4/5 Rétty H. 1 year ago on Google
    This place has been renovated during the Covid pandemic. There are new dinosaur theme parks. Tourists can travel in the park in tourist miniature vehicles. On the other hand, the auto show and elephant show are the same as before.

  • 5/5 Thy Nhan P. 1 year ago on Google
    A must visit in Pattaya. It’s one of the most beautiful garden in the world and has the largest botanical garden in Southeast Asia. I admire all the staffs there, I think they did great job to take care of plants and animals so well! I know it take a lot of efforts, time and moneys to build this park, so highly recommend everyone to come visit to support the park! - Great place for taking pictures - Many family activities - Great performances - the Thai tradition show & elephant show. It was AMAZING!

  • 5/5 Bipin V. 1 year ago on Google
    If you love plants you will appreciate this place and I guess the dinosaur statues are meant to entice the kids. Be sure book a ticket with a tram so you have an option to ride back to the entrance as the place was really huge! Good enough for a one time visit though. Flower garden, rock garden, dinosaur park, temples, elephant rides name it and this place has got it. It’s a huge park so if you want to visit it all, you will have to spend half a day there at the very least . Everywhere you turn, there are things that you absolutely have to photograph. Don’ Forget to drink plenty of water because it can get very hot.The grandkids loved the dinosaur part and just this is huge and worth seeing. Beautifully kelt, this place has something for everyone.

  • 5/5 Bhabani N. 1 year ago on Google
    A vast area covering World's one of the beautiful garden .You can take excellent pictures and Elephant show and Art on T shirts by Elephant and Dinosaur Park and Garden in sky was nice and Marvelous Must see this place in Pattaya👍

  • 5/5 Jay P. 1 year ago on Google
    Good experience...nice locality.... osweme shows... elephant and also most beautiful dainosor park ...as well as ...than...also moat beatiful shows like thai culture ..modern cars.. Most recommended with ur family and kids... Photography place

  • 5/5 Sunil Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Hi i have been twice Best places in Pattaya they have entertainment shows like traditional dace, elephant shows etc.. best place for photo shoots must visit place specially with family 👪 ..

  • 5/5 Jayaprakash K. 1 year ago on Google
    Superb and Excellent spot for Tourists - An amazing lavishly constructed and man-made park. Must visit by all Tourists. Excellent Dance Show, Elephant show

  • 5/5 Ome P. 1 year ago on Google
    Very spacious and there is so much to see. There is a tour bus service to take a tour of the garden, which makes tourists more comfortable.There are many zones, but the weather is hot, if going for a walk, you should bring an umbrella with you There are many restaurants and cafes to sit and rest.

  • 2/5 Frans van der V. 1 year ago on Google
    Did not visit hotel but the garden. Beautiful place, it deserves 5 stars. But no toiletpaper in many toilets is bad, next to poor English service /translation in shows and no map when you enter. To bad it is a beautiful place which I would have liked to enjoy more.

  • 5/5 Arup B. 5 months ago on Google
    Huge Tropical garden with beautiful collection of Varieties of Cactus and other plants. One can enjoy the Tribal dance the culture of Thailand and of course the Elephant Show. The park is big and one has to take the transport available for viewing the park. Do not miss the collection of cars and vehicles

  • 4/5 Simon H. 1 year ago on Google
    Huge, what else is there to say. The area is gigantic as are some of the dinosaurs but it does feel like a graveyard of sorts with all the immobile models. It's a lot of walking unless you want to cough up for a tour on an electric vehicle. Thankfully there are covered walk ways to protect you from the sun or rain.

  • 5/5 Leonardpaul C. 1 year ago on Google
    I didn't stay at the resort hotel. But the park was awesome, I brought friends from America 🇺🇸 and we all loved it, especially the elephants and shows. Would I go again? ABSOLUTELY 💯

  • 5/5 Sanjay K. 1 year ago on Google
    A wonder in garden making , created by a private individual . Claims to be amongst the top 10 gardens in the world . Very much believable from experience . Do not try to explore by walking . It is too vast for that . Take the Hop On Hop Off shuttle bus service . The plant varieties , layout , arrangements are better to be experienced ; rather than described . A must visit destination when in Thailand .

  • 2/5 D Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Genuinely don't understand why the ratings are so high — all you see are rock sculptures of animals (given, there are very many and the dinosaurs are impressively large) and a lot of grass / plants. Only the Sky Garden is moderately well-designed, everything else feels like walking in an unpruned grassland. If you are a tourist and have been to things like SG's Gardens by the Bay, don't come here with high expectations.

  • 4/5 Pavan S. 1 year ago on Google
    A great experience worth the while. The variety of flora is simply mind-blowing. The elephant show too is an experience in itself.

  • 5/5 bruce c. 1 year ago on Google
    Well worth a visit.800 acres of prehistoric animal statues, african animals and the plants from around the world are second to none. Plant nurseries showing seedlings to mature plants by the thousands. Elephants ranging in age down from 60 years old for rides and they put on a show showing how they are gentle giants kicking a ball around.

  • 4/5 Chirag R. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice place..lots of efforts gone into making different models of animals and dinosaurs. The cactus and bonsai garden are also fantastic.. The only con is that guides speak in thai and it's tough for foreigners to understand..

  • 5/5 Neela P. 1 year ago on Google
    Park is away from the main city, lot of walking is required so eat well, it's mostly humid and hot so keep yourself hydrated, drink a lot of water. Elephant feeding and taking blessings from the elephants is very touching. To ensure you enjoy all the shows check the timings and plan accordingly. Great place for Families and passionate photographers.


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