Tiger Temple Only (Does not Include lunch)
10.30 AM. Pick up tourists from Khaosan Road.
12.50 PM. Arrive at River Kwai Bridge (Bridge over the River Kwai). You will have free time here about 20 minutes.
13.40 PM. TIGER TEMPLE THAILAND. "Buddhist Tiger Temple".
The first tiger was brought to the Pha Luang ta Bua Buddhist Temple in 1998 after being injured by a hunter but died within days. Soon after, two very ill cubs arrived with large knife wounds in their stomachs. Miraculously they survived and the temple quickly earned a reputation as a tiger haven. "When the villagers saw how we tended to the first tigers they brought others. Some were injured by hunters who had a change of heart, others by people who did not want the tiger near their village but also did not want to see it die," Phusit said.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that there are between 150 and 500 tigers remaining in the wild in Thailand. Healthy tigers from the temple are sent back to the forest once they are ready to return. To return to the wild, the tigers do not have far to go. The tiger temple sits on a small plain surrounded by jagged rocky outcrops about 40 kilometers beyond the famous World War II- Bridge on the River Kwai.
16.00 PM. Departure from Tiger Temple to Bangkok.
19.00 PM. Arrive back in Bangkok.