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There has been so much bad press about this organisation that I felt that it was necessary to post another blog - my previous posts were over a year ago.

We visited here more recently with the Phuket Butterfly Release but they did not have one in 2013 - maybe they will have another in 2014?

The organisation are trying to reintegrate the Gibbons (and other animals) back into the wild. Many of the animals are found from the 'street people' who feel that it is a good idea to parade with an animal on their shoulder (not just gibbons now) and ask people to give them money to have a photograph...

I hope that the tourist stops wanting to have their photo taken with these wild animals - but isn't that what I did when I took Jemma to Tiger Kingdom?

What is the difference?

Walk up Bang-Pae Waterfall whilst you are there, have lunch at Preang-Prai restaurant and if you are feeling adventurous walk to the Ton-Sai Waterfall BUT didn't I recently read about the tourists who got lost there recently? Next time I think that I will take a Geocache?

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Please remember to leave a donation as the entrance fee to the National Park does not mean the money goes to the support of the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project.

Previous visits

1) September 2011

2) July 2010

3) June 2009

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Bang Pae Waterfall (4)

The Pleasure of Bang Pae Waterfall is always one that is easily shared with my family and other Thai children.

We like to visit the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project and have lunch at Peang Prai restaurant.

Here are my previous visits to the Waterfall - Feb 2011 / March 2010 /
In 2011 we had an Elephant Trek with the elephants at the beginning of the road to the Waterfall - Bang Pae Safari.
Then the Gibbon Rehabilitation March 2009.

Sunday, 13 February 2011

Bang - Pae Waterfall (3)

It is always a pleasure to visit Bang Pae Waterfall, which is located in Khao Phra Thaeo National Park 22 kilometers north of Phuket Town on the way to the airport.

Jemma likes to visit because she can have a little swim, see the Gibbons and we can have dinner at a lovely local restaurant.

our trip to the waterfall

Saturday, 15 January 2011

Bang Pae Safari

Our daughter like to go on an elephant - I had previously taken Jemma for an elephant ride at the Phuket Shooting Range and my wife Chuen chose to take Jemma to the Bang Pae Safari in Thalang.

The reason that Cheun chose this safari was that we could visit Bang Pae Waterfall, the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project and have lunch at the Peang-Prai Resort Restaurant.

photos of our trip

Friday, 12 November 2010

Bang Pae Waterfall

Bang Pae Waterfall is located in Khao Phra Thaeo National Park 22 kilometers north of Phuket Town on the way to the airport.

Whilst you are here you must visit the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project where they try to rescue pet gibbons from the Public and integrate them back into the wild. Please visit and leave a donation.

my visit to the GRP

Found a nice web guide to the Waterfalls in Phuket but there are more...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Gibbon rehabilitation

We took some guests from the Cape Panwa Hotel for a trip to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (GRP) in Bang Pae to see first-hand the work being done and to walk through the Khao Phra Thaeo National Park.

Gibbons are small, acrobatic primates; advanced apes from Southeast Asia which are in danger of going extinct.They are a marvel to watch! We observed them in their pens and we were very lucky to hear the mating call of the female whilst we were there.

There are a number of different types of gibbons here and a couple have successfully bred and are now living back in the forest. Originally these gibbons were wild, living in the forests but they were knocked out of the trees and picked up from the forest floor, fed alcohol and given nappies!

Once the gibbon matures they can no longer be ‘pets’ and are discarded – this is where the GRP help and their goal is to reintegrate them into the wild – unfortunately they do not have a lot of success or support.

If you do visit Phuket please take a little time to visit the GRP. There is a 200 Baht fee for entering the National Park but please purchase something in the shop as the GRP receives no funding from them. You can even adopt a Gibbon – who will stay and live in the National Park.

We finished the trip with a stroll though the jungle to a waterfall where a number of guests went for a swim and others sat around eating fresh coconuts. Delightful!

For more photographs of our trip please click here.

Please click here for an article from the Phuket Gazette regarding the gibbons plight - please read page 26.