[MALAYSIA] Sarawak - Jong's Crocodile Farm

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Jong’s crocodile farm is more than just a crocodile farm. It is more like a mini zoo with crocodiles as its star animal. With more than 1,000 crocodiles of different species in the farm, it is the first & largest captive breeding crocodile farm in Malaysia.

Getting there:

It is located at a distance of 45-minutes drive from Kuching. Like Semenggoh, you can get there by using Grab, rent a car and drive by your own, take a local bus or join a local tour. I hired a private driver for RM 350 for the day (8am - 5pm) including transport to Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, Jong's crocodile farm and Annah Rais long house then back to the hotel. 

It is recommended to plan your visit to Semenggoh Wildlife Centre first (20-minutes drive away) as the timing will be just right to visit Crocodile Farm right after the orangutans feeding time (9am & 2pm). The crocodile feeding time starts at 11am and 3pm.

The crocodile farm is open daily from 9am till 5pm (Monday to Sunday including Public Holiday). 4.30pm is last admission time.

Oh no! The crocodile got me!

Visitors get to see the skull of Bujang Senang, one of the largest crocodile ever caught in Sarawak in the crocodile museum. It was notorious for being a man-eater.

There are quite a few interesting species of crocodiles and alligators in the farm like the tailless crocodile and saltwater crocodile.

Others animal that you can see here are pythons, owls, otters, porcupines, turtles and many more.

There is also an area for visitors to get up close with farm animals such as lambs, ducks, turkeys and chickens. Visitors can feed or pat the farm animals here.

Visitors can try to hold a baby crocodile in their hands. The mouth of the baby crocodile is tied up, so it is safe to hold it. The baby crocodile holding session is from 9am to 11am and from 1pm to 3pm. It is free to do so without additional cost.

A peacock was spreading his colourful train.

The crocodiles were kept separately according to their size. This is because the bigger ones would eat the smaller ones if they are hungry.

Walking a large pool while waiting for the crocodile feeding show to start.

Watching the crocodile feeding show is a must. The staff will take turn to feed the crocodiles in different directions, so do not worry if you're not sitting at the center.

Once the feed was in place, the crocodiles would emerge from the water and take aim before leaping out from the water and snapping their jaws on the feed. Sometimes it took the crocodile a few attempts before succeeding.

Not all the crocodiles were interested in getting the feed. Most of them were not even bothered to go into the water. There was only two or three aggressive ones that kept going at the feed. My bet is that they would feed the crocodiles regularly regardless whether the crocodiles make an effort to leap at the feed.

Next, we went to see the Arapaima's feeding. Arapaima is one of the largest fresh water fish in the world. It could reach length of more than 10 feet and weigh more than 180kg! You can watch the feeding of Arapaima after the crocodile feeding.

There are a row of nice seats and small huts lining besides the lake which are great for photo session.

Overall, it is a great place to bring children to. The crocodile feeding show was entertaining. The only downside is that the toilets were dirty.

Jong’s crocodile farm