Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, is a Buddhist temple in Western Thailand which keeps numerous animals, among them several tame tigers that walk around freely once a day and can be petted by tourists.
The Theravada Buddhist temple is located in the Saiyok district of Thailand's Kanchanaburi province, not far from the border with Myanmar, along the 323 highway. It was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for numerous wild animals. In 1995, they received the Golden Jubilee Buddha Image, made of 80kg of gold.
In 1999 the temple received the first tiger cub; it had been found by villagers and died soon after. Several tiger cubs were later given to the temple, typically when the mothers had been killed by poachers. As of 2004, three cubs had been born at the temple and the total number of tigers was ten.
06:30 | Meet you at hotel's lobby. |
Depart for Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, situated 110 Km. west of Bangkok. (1.5 hours drive) Your journey commences with a leisurely drive through rice paddies and salt fields. | |
08:30 |
Arrive Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. Here you will be fascinated by boats of various shapes and sizes used by local merchants to ferry their goods.
Your are able to hire small boat board along the market for shopping local products. [For join in group tour paddle boat is not included] |
10:00 | Depart floating market to Kanchanaburi. (1.5 hours drive) |
11:30 |
Visit JEATH War Museum, a realistic depiction of prisoner of war living quarters, with photographic, pictorial and physical memorabilia dating from World War II. Continue to Kanchanaburi War Cemetery it contains the remains of 6,982 war prisoners (mostly the British, Dutch, Australian and American) who lost their lives during the construction of the Bridge over the River Kwai and the railway to Burma (the Death Railway). |
12:00 | Lunch at local restaurant. |
13.00 | Take your time for Elephant Ride (Elephant Ride Ticket is not included in this tour) |
14.00 |
Visit Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua - well known as Tiger Temple. The Tiger Temple is a rescue centre for wild animals and the home of wild tigers, wild pigs, deer, antelopes, water buffalos, apes and a hand full other animals. The tigers are taken out from their cage from in the afternoon and visitors can even touch them. The tigers brought tiger cubs into the world there. |
15:30 | Leave form Kanchanaburi pass green paddy fields, villages, and temples then return to Bangkok. (2.5 hours drive) |
17:00 | At the end of tour will be visit the local product store. Then tranfer to your hotel. |