Great place to take one or two girls during the day. Huge garden with many walk ways and private garden areas. Has a cultural show, an elephant show and you can take pictures with cheetahs, tigers, chimps, snakes and orangutangs.

I have gone here on both trips to Pattaya. The girls really love it. When I've shown my pictures back in the states of my trip to Thailand I get the most interest in my photos of Nong Nooch. You can bargain with a bahtbus driver to take you out there and he'll wait for you and bring you back. At least you'll have proof you did something other than monger while you were here.

Agree with everything said - great place for a day trip with or without the GFE and tons of excellent photo ops for the friends, family, and co-workers. This trip is a must for the pro and semi-pro photographers here. You can also rent rooms on the property which will permit ideal shooting conditions [sunrise and sunset] without throngs of tourists getting in the way.

http://www.nongnoochtropicalgarden.com/