Thailand Travel Kanchanaburi Safari Review!

 One of the things I had planned during my recent trip to Kanchanaburi, Thailand was a visit to the Kanchanaburi Safari.

At this safari, you can ride a safari vehicle and get up close to a variety of animals. It’s said to offer a nature-friendly environment along with several animal shows.

Since the place usually closes after 5 PM, I had brunch and left early in the day. The ticket booth apparently closes a little after 4 PM, so I recommend going early to enjoy the visit without stress.

PS. If you take a taxi, you’ll usually need to negotiate the round-trip fare with the driver.

In my case, the driver offered a deal first, and after some bargaining, I managed to get a round trip for about 750 baht.

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First, I bought the admission ticket at the entrance and also bought some animal feed.

• Adult ticket: 550 baht

• Child ticket: 350 baht

• Animal feed (2 bowls of carrots): 100 baht

You get two baskets of carrots for 100 baht.

Besides the basic admission ticket, you can also pay extra for additional experience packages.

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There’s an information board near the entrance.

I chose the tiger photo package for 1000 baht.

Each animal is priced differently — 500, 800, or 1000 baht — depending on the experience, which may include taking pictures or feeding them.

(Some people say this place is capitalism at its peak — and honestly, that feels pretty accurate.)

Right in front of the ticket booth, there’s a safari vehicle parked.
You show your admission ticket to the driver and hop on to begin the safari tour.
(There’s no fixed timetable, but it seems they run fairly frequently.)

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Here’s what the ticket looks like.

Rather than what you’d typically imagine as a safari jeep, the vehicle feels more like a regular bus.

Note: In the herbivore area, you can open the windows, but when entering areas with carnivores like tigers or leopards, the driver instructs you to close them.

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The animals were surprisingly fearless.

“Give me that!”

I think the giraffes are probably the boldest ones.

They’ll stick their heads right into the bus.

Then they move on to find their next "victims"...

There are carnivorous animals too, but they don’t seem all that interested in us.

(“The food truck is here, bros.”)

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The safari ride lasts about 15 to 20 minutes, and once it ends, you get off and explore the regular zoo area. You need to hand in your ticket again at the zoo entrance.

Here’s the show schedule for the crocodile and elephant shows.
They seem to run several times a day.

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This is what the general zoo looks like.

It seems to be managed a bit differently compared to zoos in Korea.

You can touch and observe gentle animals up close.

They don’t seem to understand either Korean or Thai.

Here’s a capybara.

An elephant ride experience.

And a pony ride experience.

Truly, this place feels like capitalism in its ultimate form...

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Lastly, I watched the crocodile show.

At the end of the show, if you tip the trainer, you can take a photo with the crocodile.

There was also an elephant show, but as the overall viewing time started to get long and the weather got hotter, I decided to skip it and head back to the hotel.

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There are many different experiences available, and being able to get close to animals you wouldn’t normally see in Korea is definitely a unique advantage.

However, from a tourist’s perspective, the inconvenient transportation and the feeling that the animals are being used solely for profit were a bit unfortunate.

I’d recommend this place to those with children or travelers looking for a unique experience,
but if you’re looking for something more active or unusual, I’d suggest checking out other tourist spots.