This interesting spot is located at the corner of Henri
Dunant Road and Rama IV Road west of Chulalongkorn Hospital.
It is a section of the Thai Red Cross, where one can have
cholera, smallpox and typhoid inoculations as well as rabies
treatment.
The institute has become a popular tourist attraction because
of its large colleaion of live poisonous snakes. The Snake
Farm is open to the public every day between 8.30 am and
4.30 pm on weekdays and 8.30 am to 12.00 pm on public holidays.
The extraction of venom from the snakes is demonstrated
daily at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm on weekdays and at 10.30 am
on public holidays. Admission fee is 70 baht.
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