Thousands of Butterflies Fly in Konya

Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden, where 20 thousand live butterflies of 60 different species fly monthly from countries such as Costa Rica, Kenya, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Colombia and Panama, fascinates visitors.

Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden, Turkey’s first and Europe’s largest butterfly flight area, fascinates visitors. In the garden, where 20 thousand live butterflies of 60 different species fly monthly, there are butterflies from countries such as Costa Rica, Kenya, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Colombia and Panama.

Opened to visitors in 2015, the Tropical Butterfly Garden has a usable area of 7,200 square meters. The Insect Museum section consists of Butterfly Life Cycle, Insect Cinema, Butterfly Classification, Butterfly Behaviour and Insect Village.

HAPPIER ADULTS THAN CHILDREN

Although the garden, which is kept under control at 28 degrees temperature and 80 percent humidity, was built in the form of a butterfly in accordance with nature, especially in order to create the love of nature and animals in children, adults are as happy as the children. It is also stated that it aims to leave beautiful memories in the lives of visitors by allowing them to see different types of butterflies, other insects and plants that they cannot encounter in their daily lives.

THE FIRST BUTTERFLY GARDEN IN TURKEY

Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden, Turkey’s first butterfly garden and Europe’s largest butterfly flight area, has been open to visitors since 2015. Tropical Butterfly Garden has a usage area of 77 thousand 200 square meters. Service is provided in a 3,500 square meter excursion area in two main sections: Butterfly Flight Area and Insect Museum. In the information provided on the official website of Tropical Butterfly Garden, it is stated that 630 tons of steel and 1,730 pieces of glass, each of different sizes and a glass curtain wall cladding system were used in the construction of the building. In addition, special PVB material has been used on the windows, which allows the butterflies to find their way with the rays coming from the sun, as in their natural environment, and provides maximum transmission of UV rays into the garden.