Entopia by Penang Butterfly Farm

Introducing Entopia, the new Nature Learning destination in Penang.

By sharing knowledge about the natural world – both seen and unseen, Entopia hopes to inspire people to experience nature in a new way.

Entopia is the reconstruction of the once Penang Butterfly Farm, that is situated in Teluk Bahang.

“We turned the old facility from approximately 30,000 square feet to now over 100,000 square feet in Phase 1 of our development (2015-2016). And after our opening, the continuation of Phase 2 which is scheduled in 2019, will eventually reveal an expansion to approximately 140,000 square feet of facility,” said Joseph Goh, the Chief Executive Officer of Entopia.

Soon to be a very prominent landmark in north of Penang, it will boast one of the largest green-wall in Malaysia, whereby its building facade will be pocketed by thousands of plants covering over 20,000 square feet of wall space and measuring over 180 metres in length.

Within Entopia lies two new worlds; The Natureland & The Cocoon.

The Natureland, which is a living garden vivarium, is a shared ecological space for a variety of animal species especially insects, invertebrates and small reptiles living in their re-created natural habitat. This will be the largest butterfly and dragonfly garden in Malaysia with more than 15,000 butterflies flying at one time. The living garden will feature more than 200 species of plants, fresh waterfalls, ponds, visitor trails, caves and other artistic and surreal garden features.

The Cocoon, which is an indoor discovery centre, features two floors of learning exhibition and indoor activities. The Cocoon is designed to allow visitors a self-exploration of invertebrates through various interactive edu-stations.

Besides the walk-through experience, visitors will also be guided by its nature specialists to participate in fun hands-on learning activities. The entire Cocoon itself is also the state-of-the-art facility whereby the visitor experience will be accompanied by technology guided interpretation.

Some of its other exciting attractions within include the Mystery Cave, Montane Pass, Tiger Trail, Pandora Forest, Downtown Entopia and Breeding Ground.

Address : No. 830, Jalan Teluk Bahang, 11050 Penang, Malaysia.

Tel : +604 – 888 8111

Email : info@entopia.com

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