Live Butterfly Display

Our live butterfly house consist of a 200 sqm enclosure with a sealing 5.5 m high.  We have 150-200 specimens of butterflies and moths roaming around each day, featuring 20-25 species native to Palawan.  Some of them are endemic to Palawan, like the Troides plateni Birdwing, the big  and beautiful Papilio lowi, the rare Pachliopta atropos and the huge Attacus lemairei Emperor Moth.  Some species are found in other places in the Philippines and other Asian countries, too, but are just as interesting and beautiful for the visitor of our butterfly house.
Apart from the butterflies the garden also features lots of larval host plants, colourful flowers and orchids, a small creek with running water and a fish pond.
At the entrance of the butterfly house a number of text boards in English, German and Tagalog provide important information on butterflies and moths, their ecology, life cycle, survival strategies, etc.  A spacious hatching cage contains samples of the various stages of the butterfly life cycle as to ease the visitors understanding. Inside the butterfly house colour plates help you to identify and learn more about the various species.

At the native style bamboo hut you can sit by a table and enjoy refreshments like ice cream, cold beverages and snacks, while the butterflies flutter from flower to flower just in front of you.  We also offer various souvenirs like laminated pictures of butterflies, T-shirts, bred butterflies in bamboo frames,  native handicrafts and other gift items.

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