12/13/2012

Tiger Kingdom - worth a visit in Chiangmai


Taxi Chiangmai:  Patrick 081 617 2116 Oversea Call: +66 81 617 2116 E-mail: neomart@gmail.com
Round Trip to Tiger Kingdom:  600 Baht car/driver/gasoline

Recommend: Elephant show + elephant riding through jungle and stream to 7 hilltribe village (including Long neck karen) + monkey show + Orchid/butterfly farm and lunch buffet at Tiger Kingdom, a day program about 6-7 hours

Fees: 2,450 Baht per person for 2-3 person (if one person = 4,900 Baht) including air-con car/English speaking driver/gasoline/ticket for Elephant show/Elephant ride/hilltribe/monkey show/orchid n butterfly and Lunch buffet



Auckland Central, New Zealand
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5 of 5 starsReviewed October 22, 2012
This place produces mixed reactions. When you enter you chose whether you will just see one size of tiger (smallest (cubs), small (young cats), medium (adolescents/young adults) or large (fully grown)) or two or all of them. The price is obviously more, the more categories of tigers you want to encounter.

Firstly it is a great opportunity to get close to magnificent creatures that you would never otherwise get the chance to be close to, touch, stroke etc. Having a fully grown tiger roll over and offer me its tummy to scratch is a truly memorable moment for me, especially when it purred!

The cats seems happy although a little bored. They clearly get a little over people touching them at times and one fully grown tiger gave a little growl when I was stroking it which I understandably quickly respected and stepped back. The cats are hand reared but there are still tigers!

There are lots of debates that animals should not be kept in cages and would be happier to be free in the wild, however tigers are endangered in the wild so there are so many arguments that could be discussed about this. You have to make a personal choice whether to go somewhere like tiger kingdom. I personally will remember my contact with these tigers for years to come.
Visited June 2012

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