Dakshin Foundation/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Review

Very good experience. Wonder why some charge for car parking when it's parked road side (ecr highway)

Nice place to visit especially for kids. Ticket price is 60 Rs per person. Don't think this as high price, as the money we pay will be used for maintenance of this park.

There is no other place you can see so many types of crocus in over 2000 nos

One of the largest crocodile banks!!!
A must visit

A park maintained well and have many spp, which I saw first time in India, adequate signages for information and staff guides are well trained

Realised we are not the only one unique form from God

You can spend an hour.
Adult 60
Child 30 below age 3 free.
You can enjoy all kinds of crocodile, turtle and snake.

Tons and tons of crocodiles. Well kept and great variety!

#. A TOTAL STAND ALONE, reputed NGO, without any Government support.
Assessment - 1 = as a Crocodile Park
#. Crocodile Bank = To be given 5 Star!
#. A HUGE Group of Crocodiles, well fed & maintained
Assessment - 2 = as a Reptile Bank
#. OK, as a venom extracting centre, it may be good
#. But, much as a Reptile Park, it may be very great, at this point of time.
Assessment - 3 = as a Family Park
#. May be for City people, for a break, it may be fine.
Overall, the environment is clean and worth visiting once.
Very Special Sight:
#. Hundreds of Crocodiles in one yard.. Great..

Great collection of reptiles. There is also a snake pit where handlers demonstrate venom extraction. Collection includes vipers, cobras, kraits etc and more than a 100!

It is a beautiful place and the variety of crocodiles you see is enormous. The kids enjoyed watching these reptiles and in so many varieties. A must visit place.

A well maintained crocodile bank in India. It houses quite a few endangered reptile species and some rare species. Kids found the place interesting and could learn a number of facts about them.

A good place to kill some time for people who're curious about reptiles. It's not much interesting to roam around after evening 6 though as all the animals will be asleep. The guide who shows around is really good, he'll brief us on the origin and nature of each and every species in an interesting way. Sundays have feeding sessions for the crocodiles during afternoon and morning. It takes maximum of two hours to complete the whole park and it is worth it!

Nice way of keeping the Crocs in a natural sarrounding. Bit over crowded

Excellent maintenance.. Clean and wow place for kids day out...

Well Maintain
Small Area
Not much variety of Crocodile
Half of the place is under construction
Tickets are sold for Full Park

It was wonderful to C venom extraction...the crocodile 's enclosures need to be cleaned...sadly they require funds...hope some big corporates help them.

Parking charge for car is 20 rs... But no covered park... Parking in road is not up to the mark.... Adults 50 kids 30 camera 25... We can spend time 1 hr only... It's very small park... But very interesting to see the crocodile... snake and tortoise are highlights..
Don't miss this place

In side the park there is only one shop... Selling cost is more than MRP...

Vast collection of crocodile species .... amazing experience ... A must go for animal lovers .

Really a very good and place of great interest with a hord of different species of crocodile. Also one can see the different species of tortoise and turtle. Visitors can have a glimpse of great collection of snake.

Well maintained. Max 2 hour to finish enjoying the display

Great place for all nature lovers. The Madras crocodile bank has its own history and legacy. Highly popular place located in between Chennai and Pondicherry at the East coast road. One can enjoy all kinds of crocodiles tortoise snakes and enjoy the ambience. Accessory store is also available. You can buy quality products that in turn support the existence of these endangered species

it's a good place to spend few hours of your weekend. The venom extraction centre is a special attraction. They have hundreds of snakes in clay pots, and they show an extraction on demand. There are 4 varieties of poisonous snake with them.
The number of crocodiles is too much, I think even more than the carrying capacity of the place. but overall nice place, and the place is not that big also that you get tired after walking. volunteers and staff are cordial and well trained. They conduct walks and give information on all varieties.

Nice place as it contains huge varieties of crocodiles and similar species. Nice place for kids to gather information of crocs

A must watch place in Chennai with Kids..
Have good collection of reptiles, mainly crocodiles..
Staffs are so informative to share knowledge with us.
We can see a live performance by trained peoples of taking venom from the poisonous Snake here, a must watch one..!

It's a nice place to go with ur Family and those who like crocs may like it even better.. Neatly maintained..

Good place to visit at least once. Giant tortoises are also nice attraction apart from various corc types. You can see live poison extraction from snake.
It is not cleaned and maintained. You will see totally black water for crocs.

Private Crocodile park. They maintaining nearly 500 Crocodiles and few reptiles. Noted one is Jaws 3 Crocodiles. Largest captive Crocodile in India.

There was an article from Vikatan recently about this place & we visited it today. It was worth a visit & particularly we really liked live venom extraction show. Their entry fee for Adult is 60 and for kids between 3 to 10, it s 30, which is really high considering the amount of time we can get to spend inside, however in order to feed and maintain that many number of reptiles inside, we can pay that!

If you want to know anything about reptiles (from all over the world) this is the place to go to. They have well maintained enclosures that clearly explain the facts about each crocodile/alligator/snake/turtle/lizard etc... The staff are helpful. It takes about an hour to see the whole park. If you have a little more time see the venom extraction (seperate ticket required). There is no charge for camera. Try to be there around noon when the python gets fed 15 mice!

A must visit.
It's a great park and one can visit with their family and friends.

Had a great experience here,got to know very much about crocodiles

Good place to spend time with family.This park has different varieties of crocodile, turtles etc with detailed information about their habitat.There is a display board which shows how endangered each species.There is a snake venom reaserch and extraction center which houses different poisonous snakes.There will be live session on snake venom extraction.Overall this place is worth the visit and very informative.You will need to purchase entry tickets at the counter.

Good place to with children. Different species of crocodile are there. Also anaconda can be seen in this park.

It's a good place to visit if u have interest in knowing about crocodile and it's various kinds and all.

You will get to find different species of crocodile over here and you can take some beautiful shots (pics) over here...

Lazy park with lazy crocodile's....
Definite fun to animal planet viewers..

Intresting place.. Kids will love it.. If you are a tourist, don't miss it...

One of its kind in India. Live snake venom extraction is good to watch. Good place to visit by entire family.

Nice place to visit with your friends and family.
There are varieties of crocodiles, alligators, snakes, anacondas and turtles.
Entry fee is Rs. 40 per person.

If you love Reptiles. They have it here. Everything in reptiles. From crocodile to ghadiyal to iguana to komodo to anaconda... Everything... Must visit place you are in Chennai for holiday.

VISIT ON SUNDAY. Awesome place to visit, but if you are planning to visit this place, plan it on Sunday because the crocodiles are fed every Sunday. So you have a lot to see and so many guides to explain the things.

This is a nice place for the nature and wildlife lovers. The night safari starts at 7 pm sharp and it is for an hour, ends at 8 pm. There will be a guide to show you around the place. You have to walk around the place. A torch will be given to you by the guide. Various types of reptiles are there. And in the darkness you will get the flavour of a jungle. And you will see the eyes of the crocodiles shining in the torch light. Overall a good experience. Good for a one time visit.

Snake charmers show is a must watch. Place stinks because of low water

The best time to go is at the feeding time to the reptiles