Our next destination is the Tuaran Crocodile Farm after feeding our stomach with the nice coconut pudding, grilled coconut and BBQ Clam (Lokan Panggang). Tuaran Crocodile Farm is the largest crocodile farm in Sabah. There are more than 1000 crocodiles here according to the website. Tuaran Crocodile Farm has 50 years of experience in breeding and farming the crocodile for raw skins and meat. The journey to this crocodile farm took around 2 hours of driving from Kota Kinabalu.
The welcome signboard to Tuaran Crocodile Farm.
Laupoh, nephew and the crocodile.
There are some waxed crocodiles on display near the entrance.
Some crocodile decoration for sale in the shop.
Some more crocodile decorations for sale. Not sure if they are real crocodile?
This crocodile is a boxer.
The fee for visiting Tuaran Crocodile Farm. Our tour guide explaining to us about the crocodile farm.
This crocodile can stand on two legs and pulling a sleigh.
This crocodile can drive a jet ski.
This crocodile is a saltwater crocodile and has eaten one of the villagers at Kinabatangan river. When it was killed, it is 60 years old, 16 feet long and weighing at 2200 pounds.
There are crocodile show here as well but we didn’t watch it due to time limitation.
This is one big crocodile with mouth opened. Not sure if he is thirsty or hungry.
This crocodile looks sleepy.
There are other animals here such as this monkey with her baby monkey.
Another sleepy crocodile. Maybe crocodiles love to take nap in the afternoon?
The broad view of the crocodile farm. The crocodile can choose to dip in the water or dry up on the land.
A short and fat crocodile, looks sleepy as well.
Another sleepy crocodile
Please be careful here with the crocodiles here as the management is not liable of any accidental happenings or loss or lives or injuries.
Crocodile meat parts for sale. Heard that crocodile meat is good for curing asthma.
Would you buy a crocodile male organ?
You can also buy dried crocodile meat here. We didn’t try though.
Tuaran Crocodile Farm is worth the visit if you have not visited any crocodile farm before in other country. You can also feed the crocodile with the provided chicken but the crocodiles are not actively eating the chicken. Maybe they are full? Till the next time, Tuaran Mee at Tuaran.