You Can Play With Hedgehogs At This Thailand Cafe For $5

Libby Ryan

Harinezumi Cafe in Chiang Mai, Thailand is a cafe completely dedicated to adorably spikey, roly-poly hedgehogs. And as you sip your coffee, you can play with the tiny animals.

It’s 150 Thai baht to play with a hedgehog, which comes out to about $5. That includes your drink of choice (we suggest the Thai iced tea), a treat and the chance to meet your very own hedgehog friend.

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Modeled after a similar hedgehog cafe in Japan, Harinezumi Cafe is home to more than 40 hedgehogs, along with a gaggle of guinea pigs who will eat all the bamboo you feed them. So if the thorny hedgehogs seem a little ambitious pre-caffeine boost, try befriending a nice, familiar guinea pig first. The cafe has a guinea pig cage with plenty of space for the rodents to run up and down a long wooden ramp when they need to stretch their legs… or when they spot some visitors waving some yummy bamboo.

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To play with these little guys, you have to follow the rules. You can’t pick them up with your bare hands — they have spikes — and you can’t feed them “people food.” Hedgehogs are also pretty shy creatures, which means that if they’re not feeling social, they’ll just curl up in a little ball. If that’s the case, don’t poke them. Just give them time to breathe and get used to you.

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The decor at Harinezumi Cafe is all hedgehogs all the time. That means hedgehogs on the walls and even hedgehog-shaped pillows. The cafe tables are constructed to have a little hedgehog home in the center, so you can hang with your new little buddy while you sip your drink.

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The cafe is located just outside the Old Town of Chiang Mai and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. After your visit, you can even take your own little hedgehog souvenir or maybe even a plush ‘hog for snuggling in your home. There are hedgehog bags, socks, charms and buttons for sale.

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