Monday, May 05, 2008

Two Butterfly Gardens

BUTTERFLY SANCTUARY, CAMP. JOHN HAY, BAGUIO CITY




The Butterfly Sanctuary is a small garden full of well, butterflies. It is located inside Camp John Hay and entrance fee is only Php 40 per person. On the time I was there, there are only few butterflies around and I have seen only a couple of varieties. The place also features lots of flowers and a small pond with a little mermaid fountain. The place is perfect for kids because these butterflies can be placed on your shirt, on your hand, and even on your nose. I even had a shot taken with butterfly on my lips. Such sweet creatures.

BUTTERFLY GARDEN, SUBIC BAY, OLONGAPO CITY




The Butterfly Garden in Subic is located just in from of the Zoobic Safari in Subic Bay. For an entrance fee of Php 50, one can play with more than a dozen variety of day-time butterflies. These butterflies seem to be well acquainted with visitors because as soon as you enter the garden, these butterflies fly everywhere and eventually rest on your head, shoulders and shirts. And if you wear perfume, there is a strong possibility that they will swarm you.

Butterflies... beautiful little creatures!!!

71 took the journey:

estan said...

funny that what they term as butterfly sanctuary is actually an oversized cage with plants. wild ones are better.

kurisujae said...

maraming salamat sa muling pagbisita. as usual di ka na naman naubusan ng papasyalan. ;D

Snap Catch said...

great cool shots! hope you'll visit my corner too.

Vanessa said...

Ang ganda ng mga butterflies. Kakainggit naman.

Mink: The White Paladin said...

wooooow.
so beautiful!
i lourv butterflies!
ang galing ng mga pictures

the donG said...

never been to a butterfly sanctuary yet. i've been to camp john hay but didn't know there was a sanctuary there. thanks for the preview.

cedeux said...

ahhhh butterflies!
sana makapunta ko jan!
hayyyy=]

quintarantino said...

As you say, butterflies are beautiful little creatures! And your photos are the proof of it.

Jake said...

ganda! :)

Vangelis said...

Beautiful shots and butterflies!

aajao said...

bakit drowing na smiley lang yung face mo? :|

Random Ramblings said...

nice nice! hope i can visit the World of Butterflies in marikina soon. bakit di kita yung face mo?! daya..

Lawstude said...

@ estan - have u seen mariposa. i remember seeing then in their natural habitat in laguna. mas maganda talaga pag free and wild.

Lawstude said...

@ kurisujae - summer na naman eh, time na naman maglibot.

Lawstude said...

@ snap catch - welcome to my blog, syempre ill check your corner too. may message na nga ako dun eh. have a nice day.

Lawstude said...

@ vanessa - colorful creatures. di pala totoo na nakakabulag sila.

Lawstude said...

@ mink - thanks for appreciating. and welcome to my blog.

Lawstude said...

@ the dong - na miss nga namin yung place kasi yung merker/sign nya eh opposit ng road, so sa pagbalik mo makikita yung sign.

Lawstude said...

@ cedeux - doc maglibot tayo minsan. halos kabisado ko na baguio.

Lawstude said...

@ quintarantino - the subjects are beatiful so the photos came out nice. (except shots of me lols).

Lawstude said...

@ jake - salamat.

Lawstude said...

@ vangelis - thanks, i had a great time catching these little critters.

Lawstude said...

@ aajao - baka kasi ma upstage ko yung paru-paru eh. hehehe.

Lawstude said...

@ random rambling - marikina? hmm. saan doon? puntahan ko nga.

na-inspire ako kay coldman eh, tinago nya face nya kaya ginaya ko din lols.

Razi said...

Hello. I have been there last year and was dissapointed because there are only few butterflies. Good thing it is in Camp John Hay because we had a chance to visit the entire place.

anoop said...

lovely photos! its really tough to click butterflies ..they just cant seem to stand still :P

dean said...

wow!

pacheeseburger ka naman!

FerBert said...

nadalaw ko na tong dalawang places na to...

sa marikina meron din dati nito ewan ko lang kung meron pa rin hanggang ngayon... :D

kegler747 said...

It's obvious that you don't like butterflies :)

Lawstude said...

@ razi - thats great. have you tried chocolate de baterol? its yummy and perfect for the cool place.

Lawstude said...

@ anoop - you have to be really patient. but with lots of people around trying to play with butterflies, it really is quite difficult to shoot.

Lawstude said...

@ dean - make it a submarine lols.

Lawstude said...

@ ferbert - ayos di po ba? pero halos magkakamukha naman butterflies eh.

Lawstude said...

@ kegler - lols carlo, you don't go to a particular place just for butterflies, its just an added bonus kasi maganda naman yung mga lugar.

Random Ramblings said...

@ lawstude:

here is the link: http://city.marikina.gov.ph/PAGES/worldofbutterflies.html

ganda daw dyan..

Vanessa said...

Hello Lawstude. Do you do Meme? I just tagged you hope you answer it.

the donG said...

lawstude salamat. babalikan ko talaga yan kasi hindi ako nakapag slide for life nung una kong pagpunta.

dodong flores said...

I'd been into this butterfly sanctuary in Camp John Hay in 2004. Never been into that place again since then. I like butterflies especially if they are not held captive.

II also had just visited the butterfly trail in La Mesa Eco Park last last April 26. It's a coincidence were posting both butterfly simultaneously in our posts ;)

Andrea said...

The butterflies are beautiful. I am sure it is an interesting place to visit. It is funny how you colored over the faces.

Lawstude said...

@ random ramblings - tnx again. btw, something wrong with ur blog, ur profile cant be found.

Lawstude said...

@ vanessa - tnx. ill get back to u on this one.

Lawstude said...

@ the dong - slide for life? mukhang ok yun ah, sa john hay ba yun?

Lawstude said...

@ dodong flores - never been to lamesa park yet. great captures you had. idol. i learn a lot through you photos.

Lawstude said...

@ andrea - lols, i hid my face so as not to distract you all. its a butterfly show anyways.

bw said...

Nice pics of the butterflies. I 've always wanted to be in a butterfly garden to take macro shots of these colorful pics :)

Now, what happened to that face? Did the butterfly mess with it? haha :)

the donG said...

lawstude, may slide for life sa La Mesa Ecopark. astig yun.

alicesg said...

Cool. Taking photos of the butterflies are indeed lovely. I like the photo of the guy with a nice smile too...hahaha

Ferdz said...

Butterflies are pretty little subjects fun to take pics at. Ganda kasi ng form at kulay nila. Ganda rin ng sketch ng ngiti mo ah :P

Mukhang nasasanay ka na sa camera mo

Astrid Witte said...

Wow, I love your butterflies too! It's hard to shoot hem. Mine was probably a bit confused, cause I rescued him out of a barn, so he sat stil on my arm for a while.

Lawstude said...

@ bw - macro lens are on my wish list together with an ultra-wide lens. For now, I just have to content myself with the macro feature of my cam.

The butterflies messed me up real bad lol. But the smile is still there.

Lawstude said...

@ the dong - never been there dong, but if u recommend it i can try it. thanx again.

Lawstude said...

@ alicesg - pretty little creatures indeed. lols thnx.

Lawstude said...

@ ferdz - at ang likot nila kaya nakakatuwa pag nakunan ng nakadapo.

medyo nasasanay na rin ng konti. wala time for formal lessons pero i learn thru your blog and other blogs too.

Lawstude said...

@ astrid witte - too bad they only have about two weeks to live, but i guess the circle of life will always continue for them.

kyels said...

Butterflies are beautiful! Pero they also remind me that our lives are short and that we ought to live to best we can b/c of their short life span.

(:

Luke said...

so many nice butterflies!

Coldman said...

di ka naman galit at puro scratch ang ginawa mo sa pic mo? ( ako din pala!)

Pero cute pa rin ng smile! Hahaha!

Shades said...

Wow, wow...!!!
simply beautiful, Lawstude..!!
:)

prinsesa000 said...

ang ganda ng mga butterflies...
great shots!

parehas kayo ni coldman binubura nyo mga pagmumukha nyo! hehehe

ni-link kita sa blog ko ha...thanks!

exskindiver said...

very pretty.
i love butterflies.
hi lawstud.
(typo on purpose...;-))

Abad said...

takot ako sa butterflies. sa ipis o kahit anong nakakadiring insekto hindi ako takot, sa butterflies lang talaga.

Lawstude said...

@ kyels - i couldn't agree more kyels. life is really short so it is best to do what we really want in this lifetime.

Lawstude said...

@ luke - thanks for the visit sir.

Lawstude said...

@ coldman - di naman. gaya gaya nga ako eh pero di ko papalitan hehehe.

Lawstude said...

@ shades - the subject is just really wonderful shades.

Lawstude said...

@ prinsesa - baka hindi picture worthy mukha namin hehehe. Pero if you check some of my earlier posts nagpakita na ko ng mukha. si coldman di pa hehehe.

Lawstude said...

@ exskindiver - lawstud? para naming stud yun, lols. di ba yun yung lalaking aso na nang-aano. ;-p

Lawstude said...

@ abad - talaga??? ako takot sa gagamba lalo na yung malalaki, pag nakakita ko ng gagamba kailangan mapatay ko agad kung hindi di na ko mapapakali baka balikan nila ko. weird no?

Random Ramblings said...

thanks for the advice. my profile is now visible =)

tutubi philippines said...

like eastan, i now prefer butterflies in the wild. so much more beautiful than those in cages...thanks for the info on the gardens though. was looking for confirmation on the subic one.

estan said...

lawstude, i am very much familiar with butterflies since I used to collect them in the forests of Quezon, Tawitawi, Bohol, Cebu, and many other islands. However, I switched to beetles since these are still much understudied (check my http://salagubang.net site). These creatures are better in the wild.