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One of the leopards that was either taken from a poacher's trap or confiscated from a rare animal trafficker.
The Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary is Cambodia's foremost zoological garden and sanctuary. It covers a very large area and it is easier to get from area to area within the park with your vehicle, but it isn't difficult to walk to all of them ... just be prepared to get wet during the rainy season.
The animals seem to be kept in varying conditions, mostly good with space for them to move. Some areas are as open as a safari park, but some animals are still kept in relatively small cages.
The place is not the easiest to find, the roadside sign is now faded, but, if you're looking, not too difficult to spot.
The road in (about 6 km of dirt) is the hardest I've ever had to drive. After a Wat where there were representatives on the side of the road soliciting offerings (and a loadspeaker blaring out the requests), the road was lined with old people, mostly women, begging. For a kilometre or two they seemed spaced about every 20m, but the spacing slowly grew to about 100m and there were none for the last 1-2 km to the sanctuary.
When you get to the sanctuary, the entry fee for foreigners is US$5 ($2 for locals). Be certain to negotiate a fee with the "guides" before you start or be very clear that you don't want their assistance. Otherwise the fee is extremely high. |
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