Thursday 8 October 2015

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN

Almost anyone who has been in UAE would  have visited the DUBAI MIRACLE GARDEN- mammoth man-made flower arrangements located in a truly miraculous garden bang in the desert of DUBAI.

The sad part is DUBAI MIRACLE GARDEN is shut during the scorching summer here. But there is a new and interesting place to visit just next door- DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN, that is open all through the summer too.


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Open from 9 am to 6 pm all days of the week
And admission ticket is 50 AED per person.
Contact No: +9714 422 8902
(Keep an eye on the website before you go in case of change of timings or holidays)


This is the world's largest indoor butterfly garden with a huge collection of butterflies all housed at a comfortable temperature of 24 degree centigrade all year round.

Its a pretty huge place with a sizable collection of butterflies, for a city that was originally a desert. The air-conditioned domes house innumerable butterflies. The place brims with plants and flowers, the earthy smell, the chirping of birds and the colorful fluttering of butterfly wings. The butterflies fly about freely in the dome and feed on the fruit bits and nectar combs placed for them, apart from the huge array of flowers available.

Great for butterfly watching and an amazing stop for photography.

The best part about the DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN is that the butterflies come sit on you and we can feel them up close.


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/


We had an amazing day-trip with our daughter to this place.

The walk ways were so pretty. and there is a gallery with amazing butterfly art and butterfly quotes as you enter.


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

The interconnected domes are rich with foliage and the free flying dainty butterflies.


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

The butterflies flap around, sipping on the nectar soaked sponges and fruits that were dotted all over the place.

Our daughter was a bit queasy around so many butterflies for some time, but later on she was a bit sad that the butterflies sat on mommy and daddy and not her! So we picked up this artificial garland from the souvenir shop inside and then she had two butterflies riding on her throughout the visit.


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

We also spotted some chrysalis.


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Nice place to take the kids to. Nice to add bits of learning.

On our way out we spotted these two life sized animal replicas near the Dubailand office. They looked pretty amazing.


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/


We saw Butterfly videos at home. Read Eric Carl's THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR. 

And picked all the snaps of the different types of butterfly we clicked and made our own butterfly identification guide.

Here is the link for your free download.


Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/


Do visit the Butterfly park if there is one in your city. Seeing so many butterflies fluttering about is really amazing. Throw in a lots of butterfly activities for the kids along and after the trip for more fun.

We would have loved to grow a caterpillar to a butterfly at home. Sadly not much outdoors for Dubai.

Leaving you with a snap of DUBAI MIRACLE GARDEN too:)

Learning About Butterflies: DUBAI BUTTERFLY GARDEN @http://colorsofourrainbow.blogspot.ae/




ZAIN & FARZ

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18 comments:

  1. Wow lovely visit to the butterfly garden! Looks so much fun.
    Me and kiddo also went to a butterfly garden in singapore. .and truly enjoyed. We could very slowly catch the butterflies while they were sitting on a flower..and put them on our hands.. One of the guide also helped us.. The butterfly soon flew away as we could buy keep our hands stable when there is a tickle from the little butterfly feets :)

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  2. That's amazing. Hope you had a great time. We didn't hold the fragile butterfly wings in fear of damaging them. All we had to was to stand still and slowly tease the butterfly onto hopping onto us. But my they were tickly :)

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  3. What a wonderful place to visit and see so many beautiful butterflies up close. We had our own butterflies this summer and my kids loved it. I should take them to somewhere like this.
    Looks like a lovely day out.
    Thanks for sharing #LetKidsBeKids

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    1. It was a great day trip, Karen. How wonderful that you had your own butterflies. I wish we could do that. Thank you for hosting #LetKidsBeKids

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  4. What a beautiful and unexpected surprise to find such a place in an arid landscape. We love butterfly houses but don't think we've ever been to one as big as this #letkidsbekids

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    1. It is a surprise of course. Very beautiful and houses a huge collection of butterflies.
      Thank you for dropping by.

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  5. What an amazing place! We do have a butterfly garden in our town too and we go there often. I will tell you honestly, even though I'm not a kid, I get very excited when a butterfly sits on me.

    We enjoy all kinds of butterfly activities, including the life cycle ones. That's why every year we get caterpillars from a lab and grow our own butterflies. It's SO hard to let them go when they are ready to fly ...

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    1. Oh how we would love to grow a butterfly. I guess its next to impossible to get that happen here :(

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  6. wow...what a place...super cool...

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  7. What a beautiful place to visit! I love your pictures! Thank you for sharing at the #Made4Kids Link Party!

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  8. What a beautiful place! I have been to places here in the states that have butterfly exhibits but nothing that is even remotely similar to being this big. Butterflies are just such a beautiful creature. We have lots of moths around here and my kids freak out if one gets in the house...I try to explain to them that they are like a butterfly but just not as pretty. They aren't buying it. lol. Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventure with #momsterslink.
    ❤️Trista

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    1. Haha, good luck trying to convince them of that. :) Well, we were discussing a bit of how to differentiate between a moth and a butterfly too !

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  9. Such beautiful piece. I have pinned this. Hope you don mind. :) #HowtoSunday.

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  10. :):) Thank you so much. It was a really cool place.

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  11. Beautiful and fun place! If we ever have a chance to go to Dubai, we will definitely visit this place!

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  12. You must, Annie. And don't forget the guide, it would be a great game to spot different species of butterflies :)

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