May 26, 2009

World Of Butterflies

At the foot of one of the hills of Marikina Heights is the World Of Butterflies.   This elongated structure houses a botanical garden and breeding area for butterflies.   When you enter, you'll be greeted by butterflies freely roaming around the area.    A trail leads you to a landscaped garden where you can get a glimpse of butterflies flying from branch to branch and bush to bush.   If you're lucky, a butterfly may even land on your head or hand if you hold it out like a branch.   There are butterflies of different shapes, sizes and colors.

Aside from the full-grown butterflies, there are also several cages with catterpillars who are in different stages of their metaporphoses in eventually becoming a butterfly.  Here you'll see the catterpillars slowly crawling on leaves eating them as source of nutrition.

If you wish to learn more about the entire life cycle of a butterfly, there is a viewing room on the 2nd floor where you can watch an educational audio-video documentary of the butterfly.  

The place is also decorated with huge artificial butterflies placed on the walls and 2 lifesize butterfly mascots at the entrance.

The World of Butterflies is located at the corner of Champagnat and Gen. Ordonez Streets, Barangay Marikina Heights and right beside Marikina Heights National High School.  They're open every day from 8am-5pm (excluding holidays).  Entrance fee is P20. for Marikina residents and senior citizens and P40. for non-residents. For more info, call 941-3747. 

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14 comments:

  1. i will go to that place... i promise

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  2. kami rin pupunta dyan sa linggo family kami , family draper

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  3. pwede po ba mag shoot ng movie dyn? for our project? thanks

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  4. Putya, May kailangan ako dyang tignan kya lng hindi ko alam kung panu pumunta.

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  5. Do you sell host plants for the butterflies? Interested to buy if you sell. Many thanks and hope to hear from you.

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  6. Hi Anonymous. I know that just across the World of Butterflies ground are nurseries where different plants and plant items are being sold.

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  7. Hi.Jay, thanks. Can I get their number and whom I can contact to. Would like to get in touch with them regarding the plants. Many thanks for the help.

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  8. how much entrace fee here?

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  9. ganda naman jan... every year anjan ako sa marikina pero d pa ako nkakarating jan... pag uwi ko sa pinas punta ako jan... tagal ko nang gustong pumunta jan kaya lang wala akong kasama

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  10. nag pa plan kmi pumunta jan pra maipasyal baby nmin s mar5. magkno ang entrance fee at pwde po ba mag take ng pictures ksama ang mga butterflies.

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  11. bakit Closed na po yung World of Butterfly. sana buksan uli yan >.<

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    1. Permanently closed na po siya, ginawa na siyang extension ng Marikina Heights Schools. Di na kase nag gegenerate masyado ng income at hindi na din makasabay sa innovations.

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  12. closed na po ba to? sayang dyan ko pa naman pumunta sa birthday ko....

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