Bangkok

Location: 38 km from downtown Kanchaburi, in Saiyok District of Kanchanaburi Province

When the news about the Buddhist monks rescued, raised and tamed orphaned tigers spreading out through many foreign media, Wat Pa Luangta Bua or generally known as the Tiger Temple becomes another must visit attraction for tourists. Apart from giving a home to the savage beasts like tigers, the monks nurture wild pigs, deer, antelopes, water buffalos, apes and a handful of other animals, so the temple is now recognized as a wildlife sanctuary.

Every afternoon, tigers will be taken to the canyon and tourists can get nose to nose and have photographs taken with them. The wildlife rescue project here was started in 1999 when an orphaned female Indochinese cub was given to the temple. Her mother was killed by poachers and the baby itself was to be stuffed. But, the poor little cub was miraculously survived from the injection of preservative formalin. Though frail and terrified, the animal was cured and recovered. Since then more orphaned and injured tigers have been sent to the temple.

The best visiting time is from 12.00 to 15.30 hrs. Getting to the Tiger Temple from Bangkok takes about two and a half hours’ drive. Visitors can catch a bus from Bangkok Southern Bus Terminal.

Note: Please do not wear bright coloured clothes, especially red and ladies should dress properly.

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	Around Bangkok tour program code S-31 A speedboat trip to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, River Kwai Bridge (Death Railway), lunch on a floating restaurant and Tiger Temple	Full Day
	Around Bangkok tour program code S-36 War Cemetery, JEATH War Museum, River Kwai Bridge (Death Railway), Train Trip and Tiger Temple	Full Day
	Around Bangkok tour program code S-37 War Cemetery, JEATH War Museum, River Kwai Bridge (Death Railway) and Tiger Temple	Full Day
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	Around Bangkok tour + accommodation package code P-18 Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, River Kwai Bridge, Tiger Temple, a long-tail boat trip to resort, Dinner with Mon Dance Show, Lawa Cave, Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and JEATH War Museum	3D2N