| Breakfast with the Monks | | | | you paid for this special tour has gone towards a |
| Due to both coverage on the national Geographic | | | | good cause and that is to preserve the environment |
| channel and word of mouth the Tiger Temple at | | | | in which the tigers are kept in. |
| Kanchanaburi is a world famous tourist attraction and | | | | Breakfast with the Monks Tour Itinerary The tour |
| is becoming more popular than ever. If you go on | | | | starts at 5 am when you will be picked up from your |
| YouTube and type in ‘Tiger Temple | | | | hotel in a luxurious minivan with leather seats and |
| Thailand’ or even just ‘tigers Thailand’ | | | | plenty of leg room. When all 12 passengers are safely |
| and it’s guaranteed that the first videos that | | | | in the van (if the tour is full) then we head off on a |
| come up in the search will be amateur vids of | | | | two hour journey to Kanchanaburi. When we arrive |
| travelers visits to the world famous Tiger Temple or | | | | at Kanchanaburi the first stop is an early morning |
| short promotional videos of toursmade by the | | | | shopping spree at the local market where you will |
| various tour companies that run trips there. | | | | buy breakfast for the monks which will cost you |
| With so many tour companies running trips to the | | | | around an extra 300 baht or so. At around 7.30 am |
| Tiger Temple, luxury trips, budget tours and both | | | | you will sit down for a relaxed breakfast with the |
| private and group tours it’s certain that | | | | lunch after which you will help the monks prepare the |
| whenever you go there will be other tour groups | | | | tigers for a shower and feed them before walking |
| there besides the one you are visiting the temple | | | | these magnificent beasts down to the canyon for |
| with. | | | | their morning exercise. |
| A Very Personal Tour | | | | At around 11 am we bid farewell to the monks and |
| However there is one specific tour to the Tiger | | | | tigers and head off to the other destinations on our |
| Temple that is more personal than your average trip | | | | tour itinerary which include a visit to the veterans |
| simply because only twelve passengers are allowed | | | | home who take care of the tiger’s habitat, |
| on this tour and the fact that you arrive there hours | | | | where you will also eat lunch. From there it’s on |
| before the rest of the insane tourists arrive. The | | | | to the Wang Po Elephant camp to enjoy elephant |
| ‘Breakfast with the Monks’ tour is both a | | | | trekking and River Rafting on the Kwai Noi River |
| personal and spiritual tour, making you feel good | | | | allowing you time to feed the wild monkeys and then |
| inside knowing that you started the day off making a | | | | onto Buddha cave, Death Railway and then finally |
| merit or ‘tam boon’ as the Thai people | | | | back to Bangkok. For more information prices and |
| called it doing a good thing by buying the monks | | | | booking you can visit the Tiger Temple Thailand |
| breakfast and knowing that the extra money that | | | | website or Thailand Tours Center. |