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Located adjacent to the Guindy National Park, Snake Park in Chennai is quite a popular tourist site among the nature-lovers. Madras Snake Park Trust was founded in 1972 by some naturalists of the Guindy National Park in Chennai in India. Gradually, the Snake Park in Chennai became a sought-after tourist destination. Snake Park attained the recognition of a medium zoo from the Central Zoo Authority in 1995. Since this park in Chennai in India, is a pivotal site for captive breeding of endangered pythons in the country, you will find many nature-lovers and zoologists flocking to this place. Founded by the wildlife conservationist Romulus Whitaker, Snake Park in Chennai also helps in disseminating facts and information on the reptiles, which are otherwise perceived with fear and myths.
Fast Facts of Snake Park in Chennai
- Lecture-demonstrations in Tamil, Hindi and English for information and education of the visitors. Also opportunity for the adventurous to touch the snakes at these demonstrations.
- Venom-extraction demonstration.
Features of Snake Park in Chennai - Open from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. Closed on Tuesdays. - Snake Park in Chennai offers you varieties of information on the different types of snakes and the general delusions regarding them.
- You will also find a museum housing conserved specimens of reptiles and amphibians.
- There is also a Children's Park with birds and animals and even a play park beside the Snake Park in Guindy.
- Snake Park in Chennai will impress you with its range of reptile like the King Cobra, Banded Krait, vipers, the Indian rock python (Python Molorus), the reticulated python (Python Reticulatus) and alligators.
- The collection of lizards, crocodiles and turtles is also fascinating in Snake Park in Chennai
- There are Information boards to throw light on many misconceptions about reptiles.
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