Phnom Tamao Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) — Attraction in Takeo

We love animals and interacting and had an awesome time here today. We spent about 3 hours walking mostly around the complex. Plenty of friendly and cheeky wild monkeys and vendors selling cool drinks and ice creams and food for the animals. You can’t feed the caged animals except for Lucky the Elephant it seems. But there were monkeys and deer who appreciated peanuts and mango and cane. We had read that it was rundown and the museum was closed but we still loved seeing the animals being well fed and cared for. We didn’t do a tour - just hired a tuk tuk and paid the USD $5 entry fee each. Spent another $10 on drinks and...

It's okay, place is a bit of a dump, there is trash everywhere on the ground and no one is making an effort to clean it up. They need to clean up all of the trash and start fining people for littering. Quite disrespectful to throw your trash on the ground like this. I didn't see any donation booths, I didn't see food stands to pay and feed the animals. Not many grounds keepers either. Internet connection for me was just fine. Bring cash, small bills. All of these people rating 5 stars don't know any better and are just happy to have a wild life rescue zoo.. but it needs...

Ticket Price for Cambodians: 5000 Riels. Ticket Price for Foreigners: 25 US Dollars. People are filtered at the gate by race and the ticket price is different accordingly. It's a park that people visit by car or by moto, rather than on foot, so air pollution happens there, with cars staying turned on, next to the animals' cages. Several times a day, the elephants are forced to walk in the middle of the crowd for people to touch and take selfies with, in exchange of money, like a money-making toy. The rest is okay, and it's possible that this place is actually doing...