beautiful place

The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology (MCBT) is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the city of Chennai, in state of Tamil Nadu, India. The centre is both a registered trust and a recognized zoo under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972and comes under the purview of the Central Zoo Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.It was established with the aim of saving three Indian endangered species of crocodile—the marsh or mugger crocodile, the saltwater crocodile, and the gharial,which at the time of founding of the trust were all nearing extinction.

This is a famous attraction in Chennai. If you visit Chennai then you must try this place. Tickets are available in the entrance. Get the ticket and explore it. There are varieties of crocodile and birds available. There is also a special place for snakes. You can purchase juice and other drinks inside the premises. There is a place where you can find the history of these species. There are so many trees inside so we don't want to worry about the scorching sun.

Good for children. Lots of crocodiles, snakes snd Comodo Dragon are here to see. Entry fee is Rs 100. Not properly maintained.

Lovely place for children and adults alike. Helps know more about crocodiles, tortoises and snakes. There are some interesting additions like Komodo dragon, green iguana, star tortoise,giant tortoise, and a variety of crocodiles from around the world. There's even a feeding session and a nice informative talk about snakes, snake venom etc. And some great merchandise available. We picked up a fridge magnet, animal bookmarks and a sticker for the car... Definitely recommend a visit. Tip: Be there early in the morning by around 10.

Good to see kids. Now many of species has been moved to other places. When I came here few years back, around 400 to 500 species. Now only 100 crocodiles. Kids may enjoy to see such larger animals in very close view. Staffs are kind and explained very nicely. I appreciate the staffs.

One week ago I had a chance visit this magnificent place. Its like a zoo but specially for crocodiles.You can familiar with various species of crocodiles here. The live view was exciting feelings.Some Snakes, tortoises,lizards are also in there. Many types of birds make there nest here,as it is the safe place for them. Not much far from Chennai city. And it is just the side of the main road Chenni to Mahabolipuram. We had a short trip in weedend and very much enjoy this place.

Good place to spend an evening 2 hours of time. Ticket price is 100 ₹for adults and 50 ₹for kids above 3 years. Open till 5 PM. There is also a small snake extraction place, which has a separate counter. Water for Crocodile 🐊 are poorly maintained. There is a 3D VR place, the ticket price is 40₹. The movie is around 5 min, but its worth watching. Restrooms are there at exit, maintained ok. Parking for a two wheeler is 10₹.

Best place for Reptile Lovers!! One of the coolest zoo which is dedicated for crocodiles🐊 (there are many types you can see here) We were super thrilled to see such huge number of crocodiles at one place!! Also could sight various types of turtles & tortoises 🐢 Entry fee is 100₹ which we felt lil costly for this place ! (Hope it all goes into maintainance of these crocs)

Wonderful place to visit especially for kids who love animals. My only thought is that people should be a little responsible by not littering the place and a little more respectful to the animals by not making sounds to attract them. Other than that we can take our food and have a picnic among the trees and crocodiles.

A fun place to go with kids. You can see varieties of crocodiles, turtles, and snakes. They have a comodo dragon as well.

Nice place to catch a glimpse of these enormous creatures.. must visit if you haven't visited before.

The entry price was about hundred rupees for an adult. For that money was really well spent because this place offers lot of information about reptiles and crocodiles in particular. Very fun and educational for children and for reptile enthusiasts. Overall I would really recommend this to people who are want to relax and see crocs, lizards, tortoises and snakes.

One of the best place for seeing live crocodiles. There are maintaining the crocodiles 🐊 is so difficult but still they have maintaining it... One of the best place to see live small and large crocodile.

A place where kids can see crocodile 🐊 and enjoy. It will be hot so go prepared. Even though I saw a lot of manpower, the water was not clean. You can go around the full place and spend Max of 1hr. Tortoise is also seen. Even though snakes are meant to be shown, hardly saw one. Entry fees for adults is Rs.100 and kids Rs.50 each. Only cash.

It’s one of the perfect weekend getaways for families with kids. You can see a lot of alligators at Crocodile Beach. Kids will have a great time at this place, as there are various alligators from across the world to see. It’s a beautiful place to witness all of them in one spot, and it’s thoughtfully arranged. This is the perfect weekend spot to visit with kids.

Crocodile bank along with small snake farm and turtles has different varieties of species. Must visit place for people who like reptiles. If you want to visit during the feeding time. Please check the day and time before your visit.

Nice place to see. Kids will enjoy it. Vehicle parking is allowed in front of the entrance. A small snacks shop is also available inside. We can spend 2 to 3 hrs in viewing all kinds of crocodiles. Enjoy..

Hello friends after visiting this place i saw that there were very less butterflies and but place was nice.

very beautiful flowers were very beautiful and bigger. Newest flowers are beautiful for beautiful butterflies for this place

Good for kids. Very difficult to go around in summers. Battery operated cars will save time and energy. On a cloudy day, it is best - to spend the whole day. During summers better take the battery car , show the animals to your kids in 1 hour and get back. Worth visiting.

Different type of birds

Inside park itself my favouite place....

There is no butterflies inthe cage..

Good to see...

Amazing place to visit with friends or family Recommended

Excellent place to understand and see live Crocodile and Alligator, suggest to clean the Flexiglass in aquarium as visibility is extremely poor. All support staff are knowledgeable and helpful. One shop available for refreshments, kind of helpful.

The park is exclusively kept for crocodiles and few rare reptiles. Best place to bring your kids . They will get a good knowledge on different types of crocodiles. The indian gharial is a endangered species. Which is kept in captivity . The migratory birds play a natural beauty to the place. The only flaw here is the excreta of the migratory birds are present everywhere. There is a special place which demonstrates the collection of venom from snakes. Different varieties of snakes are also maintained here.

Nice Crocodile Zoo with different species of crocodiles and alligators. The walls are not very high so visitors should maintain safety and keep kids away at safe distance as crocodiles can jump. There are caution signs everywhere for the same. There are many interesting facts displayed on the lifestyle of crocodiles.

If you are on the way of visiting Mahabalipuram, than this place must be on your iternary on the way. Especially both children and old will love this crocodile park. There are various species inside including crocodiles. Snakes, birds and other animals are also an added attraction here. Since it falls on the highway there is limited parking space and please check it. They strictly follow the park timings so be on time and don't come in a hurry. Was a good time spent here.

It's a good place to bring kids. Has a wide range of crocodiles and other reptiles like turtles, snakes and lizards. It is also a bird sanctuary. Snakcs are also available inside. The entrance fee is Rs 100 for adults. Children below 10 years Rs 50 Timings: 9am to 5:30 pm (tuesday- sunday) Closed on Mondays.

An excellent place to visit along with family and friends. Best visiting hours are morning and evenings. Place displays crocodiles and tortoises. Very limited options for snacks and beverages inside. Not enough parking place and you may need to park on the highway.

Decent crocodile park. Good for kids and adults to spend some time in nature. Sometimes it's very crowded, which makes it difficult to park cars, take tickets and roam around.

The entry ticket is 100₹ for adult & 50₹ for kids below 10 yrs.....children below the age of 3 is free.MONDAY closed. Nice place to learn about crocodiles, turtles and snakes. The area is quite shaded with trees and one can also see various birds around. You can spend a maximum of 1-2 hrs.Lunch break for venom extraction is 1-2 pm...so plan accordingly...There's a canteen and drinking water is available inside.... There's a VR nearby the canteen for 40₹

The place is a good tourist spot. But need renovation and maintenance to attract more tourists. The species available there are rare creatures and our appreciation to the sponsors and the management staffs. Please improve the look by replacing the damaged cages and by doing some touch up paintings on the grill.

Good zoo, but upkeep needs improvement. The Butterflies section is closed now (August-2018)

Best place for children. Over crowd on festivel days and holidays

For kids,Better place to see the wild animals instead of showing via tv and books.

It's good but not in summer

It's good place but can be improved more and more species can be maintained. Whatever is kept n shown are good n you will love the same.

Summer very very hot.Don't sent

Should improve a lot More number of different species should be maintained Overall it's good to watch

It's fine for visitor. Huge crowd.

Good sight Seeing place for Birds and Butterflies

Need one day by walk

Wow must visit place

Super

Good

Closed, not even a sign board mentioning it. Poor management. Irresponsible staffs

Very pleasant and nice place to visit...... maintenance is good

Super

Nothing in zoo

They call it butterfly park but there are no butterflies inside this area. There were some flowering plants which are not treated well and some random boards which describe butterflies. But there is no butterflies inside this area.

Good place

This is replaced with many animals like tiger lion zebra giraffe hippopotamus etc. The charges for normal entry is 50 for adults and 20 for children. There are no charges for infants. You can get lion and deer Safari for 100 rupees per person which is good. Normal ride with electric vehicle is 50 rupee. Don't prefer on weekends this place is insanely crowded.

Totally there are 10 or 20 butterflies are there

O good

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Best spot for kids to amazing forest experience

The Caterpillar design of the park, which is a tube-like structure of 60-ft.-long and made of acrylic sheets, is said to be heat resistant. The location of the butterfly park inside the zoo campus is near Otteri, a water body that will help maintain the temperature suitable for the butterflies. The larval and adult host plants already are planted at this site, which is a landscaped habitat. The park will also have full-fledged nectar gardens, a walkway, breeding and rearing centres and rock gardens in due course. Now, here is another spot in Chennai, to take your guests during the holidays!

Good place to relax and spend the leave

Get into cycling...!

This place is quite big. There aren't much butterflies as expected. But still you c can enjoy a lot. The elephants are also available here.

Various types of Birds are there.awesome.

Good collection of birds

Nature greenery space

good place for children's and lovers

Nice place to see.. children will enjoy

A must visit place! Was surprised to see so many crocodiles at one place. Really good. Also there is a snake museum type where you can see live cobra & russel viper. Should definitely go!

A good place to see once along with children. They don't have numerous varieties of Crocodiles so repeatedly the same kind in a different shell. But cobra bank is nice and they have explained fully lifecycle and kind of vipers.

Best place for a weekend trip.. Don't miss the snake park here .. Very well maintained and a pure bliss for anyone who likes to visit a zoo ...

I have seen something like this for the first time in my entire life Seeing crocodile 🐊 so much in quantity Variety and even 3d poster were good for slefie and picture saftey precautions were good I think if you are near by and you haven't seen this then it's worth watching ticket is so cheap

Interesting place to visit and the house a large number of Crocodiles.

Entry fees 150rs. Great experience.

Amazing place for kids, plan it. Do not miss a small snake show available at this place. They give a practical experience of extracting venom and share some amazing facts.

Awesome night safari in total pitch darkness with only torch lights in hand and of course the tour guide. Sort of a thrilling experience. Worth visiting.

Nice place to visit, but the management need too look after the water

I Loved this place. Seeing crocodiles are first time is so excited.

Cost per head is 10 times more... Big Thumbs down

Too good

Good👍

Worst maintanence... Only cash payment and no card or goat mode of payment.

Nice people who are Visting pls support us they have a 2000 and more animal's, it's not under gov support it's a pvt so pls

Superb

Love it

Crocodile leather

It could be a little more better maintained.. being one of its kind...

Nice place to see

Different kind's of crocodile is available to watch, clean water not available for animals.

Best Entertainment for kids

Short and sweet place to spend with kids

This is third time I visited. Maintenance is better than last year. Price too expensive. It is not worth to spend 150 per head. Can see wide range of crocodile.

An entry fee of Rs 150 per adult and Rs 100 for child is too much for a small facility. The crocodile bank/ park is filled with bird droppings everywhere and stinking. Could not feel comfortable and Hygienic.

Nice place

Children enjoying place... But adult get little bit tired but First time visit is joyful...

So many varities of crocs.. kids might enjoy

Awesome experience . Best place to know about reptiles . Kids will love this place even adult . Well maintained and clean atmosphere

Good place to visit to see thrilling crocodiles

Very costly ticket also for snake you have pay extra

Good place to see crocodile

Good

If u really wanna see real alive crocodiles visit Crocodiles banks... Der tons of tons of crocodiles!!! Just love the experience in this place.

Great place to visit. Don't miss the snakes show..

Best place to explore Reptile's lifestyle. Here you can see all variants of crocodiles from across the world..

Neatly maintained .. dont expect a huge park .. its just a tiny one with 30 mins to 1 hour that you can spend . . Kids would enjoy here .. and the photo shoot with little alligators are no more available:(

Educative

Good experience with well maintained surroundings...👍 But the entry ticket rate is little high ...

Biggest Crocodile park in India. Private maintenance. Neat and clean spaces.

Good place to see more active crocodiles and few snakes

Normal

The place has thousands of crocodiles, but the place could have been maintained more efficiently. The space is less for so many crocodiles. If visiting Mahabalipuram then must visit here, kids would love it. But uff the summer heat !! You cab find Crocodiles, snakes/Cobra, Tortoise, Big Iguana, Gharial (Long & thin Snout),

Excellent place to bring your kids

I went with my family, we enjoyed alot here.even they took class for us about the crocodile

I recently visited this place to spent time with my wife. It has enough parking lot and they charged 20 for car. Entry fee for this place is 150 for adults. Many places are still under construction/renovation. You can see varieties of crocodiles. Also lot of birds mostly crows and variety of Cranes . It was like bird sanctuaries. So we have to be careful to protect your head from dirty. It has fully covered with trees so It was so green and cool.

Good place for vegetarians with Amazing food. But if you go at peak hours you will have to wait outside or else you will have to book before itself. And car parking is on the service road itself, there's no separate spot for car parking.

An amazing place near chennai for an outing during the day. A very good ambience and a great feel of nature. There are good tree shades even in the afternoon and a cool breeze all throughout the walk,All the trees have a lot of birds and their nest. Beware of the birds while you stay under it or else you may have to find pipe to clean your head and clothes 😅overall wort for a ₹100 Ticket + ₹30 Ticket for snake show.

Best place to bring kids... Very informative and interesting week end spend time... Prior to covid lockdown there were many crocodiles but after that some of them has been sent to Gujarat due to over population of certain species... Hence some of very rare could be found 1 or 2 right now @ 2022. Over all its worthy for useful information...

Best place to take your kids always. For 100 rs Adults and 30 rs for kids for entrance. But just 30 rs for a snake venom show. That's was the best here. Great show for 20 mins. Kids will enjoy for sure. 2 to 3 hoursbyou can spend here with kids great experience.

It's was a good environment to round around on short time with adult entry fees of Rs.100 and childrens Rs.50.Childrens will enjoy it.....

Located in ECR a 40-50 minute drive from chennai city. Entry fee is Rs.100rs for adults and 50 for kids. Good place to spend some time of your weekend with your friends and family. They have different varities of crocodiles. You can see them so closely. Turtles and Tortoise also available. Adding to it they have a snake venom collection centre, if you want to see the process of it they charge 30rs additionally. There are around 200 different varieties of snacks placed inside a mud pot and covered. They will be taking out and showing you the process of it. The ticket for this will be charged inside the park. It will be be in the entry poin itself. Don't miss it since I personally feel it is more valuable than the 100 you spend for the crocodile park. Rest room is available. You have two snack centers one in the begining of the park and one inside the park. Parking they charge Rs.10 for bike and 20 for car. Roughly you can spend 1-1.5 hrs there. Monday is a holiday.

There's a large number of crocs here. Including a lot of information about them. There's also a VR documentary you can watch using VR headsets but i believe that's an additional cost. Overall, i thought the place would be bigger than it was but that's not a complaint by any means. We went here on a Saturday but it wasn't too crowded and there was no line at the ticket counter either. There are a few stalls for refreshments. There's sufficient parking spots available outside and also rickshaws parked there to take you back to your hotels. There's also an additional section inside with some snakes and snake handlers but since it wasn't in English, we couldn't understand what was happening. The crowd seemed pretty interested in what he had to say though.

One of the must visit during your Chennai trip. More than thousands of Crocodiles of different species across the globe, snacks, turtles & other reptiles varities are kept here & well maintained Good opportunity to show to the kids live reptiles & even for adults it's a rare opportunity to find elsewhere

Nice place to visit. The place is neat and clean. Restroom available. Kids are enjoying this place. Different types of crocodiles are seen here.

Good to explore the reptiles bank. Children can observe n learn about crocodile, turtle etc.

Great experience! The animals are very well taken care of, the enclosures are large, clean and beautifully arranged to mimick the natural environment. Here you are able to see some very rare species and they also let you watch the venom harvesting from snakes such as spectacle cobra, krait and Russell's viper. An absolute must if you are in love with reptiles.

A wonderful place to expose children to reptiles- their habitats, food and appearance. Had a detailed tour. Itcwas heartening to see that people have sponsored their upkeep.

Clean, organized animal sanctuary with helpful enthusiastic staff. Very good guide who gave us lots of time and he was knowledgeable and we enjoyed it. They did a crocodile feeding where we witnessed the crocodile eating an entire chicken. It's good for kids and lots to learn. They have certain timings for snake feedings too but unfortunately we were not able to witness that. Would go again Definitely don't miss this if you have kids.

Very good place for kids to see crocodile. Many varieties of crocs and turtles are there.but lacks cleanliness in the water area.