Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Pattaya, Thailand

It is located about 18 kilometers from South  Pattaya. It is a famous recreation park in typical Thai settings. It is largely considered the biggest and most beautiful botanical garden in Southeast Asia.You can see traditional Thai houses and gardens with different plants like orchid garden, palm garden, banana garden, bonsai garden, cactus garden and heliconia garden. It has beautiful landscape. Zoo and butterfly garden are  also in this compound. There are daily cultural  and elephant shows starting from 9:45am, 10:30pm, 3pm,  3:45pm, and holiday 2:45am. Admission fee is 400 baht.