Tiger Temple Thailand...

Tiger Temple Thailand

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Tiger temple Thailand (Bangkok) is perhaps the most famous Buddhist Wat to visit and it is located in Bangkok. Tiger Temple has many live tigers there you can have your photos taken with. The tigers have been raised there since babies and I don’t think they’ve brought any wild tigers there that they interact with and let the tourists get close with.

Wat Pha Luang is a Theravada Buddhist temple located near Bangkok, but in the Sai Yok area of Kanchanaburi close to Myanmar. It began in the year of Buddha 2537 (1994).

In 2542 (1999) the temple was given it’s first tiger cub and the tigers have grown in number to about 50 tigers both cubs and adults.

The tigers are well cared for and given vitamin supplements to go along with their regular diet of cooked (boiled) chicken, beef, and dried feline food.

The tigers at Wat Pha Luang are cared for by a combination of monks, and volunteers. Tourists can have their photos taken with the tigers – and even interact with them. Apparently it costs about $100 USD per tiger to feed and take care of them. The entrance fee at the Tiger Temple covers these necessary costs. Entrance fee in 2010? 500 THB – about $16 USD per person.

If you really want to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience you can come for the morning exercise program that costs 4,500 THB. You’ll interact with the volunteers and the tigers on a more extensive level.

Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi is not to be confused with another Theravada Buddhist temple in Southern Thailand called, Wat Tum Sua (Wat Tham Seua) – which means Tiger Cave Temple. Tiger Cave temple is founded on a spot where a tiger lived in a cave there years ago. Ajarn Jumnien is the abbot. There are 1,237 steps to climb up a mountain to an incredible Buddhist shrine including a large gold Buddha and great view of the Krabi province.