Tiger Zoo in Pattaya - exotic selfies with "tame" tigers
Tiger Park opened in early 2017 but has already become popular with tourists. The creators of the park actively advertise it; leaflets with tigers and the park's logo can be seen throughout Pattaya. Judging by the reviews, most people like it because the tiger selfie is unusual..
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Tiger Park Zoo in Pattaya
On the one hand, the idea of a tiger zoo is not new: photos with various exotic animals have long been a lucrative source of income in tourist places. On the other hand, the park has its own zest: it is not just a place for a photo with a tiger, but a whole complex where you can spend some time with big wild cats and «chat».
In addition, there are as many as three cafes in the relatively small Tiger park. That is, you can not only take a picture and pet the tiger, but also have a delicious lunch overlooking the striped predators..
How ethical the idea of such a zoo is, everyone decides for himself. All advertising brochures emphasize that the tigers are not chained here and are not fed with drugs. They just get used to people from birth, are trained and become almost domestic. I don’t know how to check it. Therefore, below will be just a description of what is in the park and what services are offered to everyone who wants to participate in this attraction. So let's say, non-judgmental.
At the entrance to the Tiger Zoo in Pattaya
Tiger Park Reception
Tiger Park in Pattaya
Aviary for tiger cubs
Swimming pool in the tiger cubs enclosure
Outdoor cafe tables
You can go to the tiger zoo and see large and medium tigers in the enclosures absolutely free of charge. But this is not the main entertainment. For an additional fee, you can go into a room or an aviary with tigers for 15 minutes and, under the supervision of trainers, play with them, take a selfie or pose for a professional park photographer.
Since, no matter how much you train the tiger, it will not become completely domesticated, children are not allowed into enclosures with adult tigers, only to little tiger cubs. And you will communicate with tigers of any age only under the supervision and guidance of trainers who spend whole days in enclosures with tigers.
The park is very clean, aesthetically pleasing and comfortable. There are no foreign smells, the animals are well-groomed, the premises and furniture are new.
There are several cafes in the park: a chain Amazon with coffee and cakes in an air-conditioned room, two gift shops, an open-air café with fans and Wi-Fi where you can buy snacks and sit at tables watching tigers and a restaurant with a good buffet, also air-conditioned. indoors and overlooking the tigers. That is, if you wish, the stress from meeting face to face with tigers can be immediately seized in any of the above establishments..
Souvenir prices
Indoor buffet room
Amazon chain coffee shop
But the main adventure is still a game and a photo with tigers inside the enclosure. Tigers are divided by age into very small tigers, larger ones, adolescents and adult tigers. Each age group has its own price list. Judging by the reviews that are already on the Internet, communication with tigers gives a lot of unforgettable emotions and is liked by absolutely everyone (who came), both children and adults..
Information to visit
Opening hours of the park from 9 to 18.
Buffet restaurant open from 11 am to 4 pm.
Lunch (buffet): 300 baht adult, 200 baht child.
Local photographer: 500 baht. Takes a photo while you are in an aviary or room with tigers. The photos are mostly staged. Gives a disc with 50-100 photos.
Interaction with tigers, 15 minutes, indoors or in an aviary. Smallest cubs: 1000 baht, small and medium: 800 baht, adult tigers: 1000 baht.
In a cafe with snacks, prices are slightly higher than in a store. Small bag of chips: 25 baht, coconut: 50 baht. Coffee at Amazon Cafe: 35 to 65 baht.
How to get there
Tiger Park is located where Jomtien's Second Beach Road overlooks Sukhumvit. If you go south from the center of Pattaya along Sukhumvit, then Tiger park will be on the opposite side of the road. We must drive a little further and turn around. You can use the white tuk-tuk that go around Sukhumvit. The park's logo is installed on a very long pole and is visible from afar, and is illuminated in the evening, so it's hard to miss.
You can also get to the park by taxi. And from the south of Jomtien you can even walk. For example, from the Lumpini condominium to Tiger Park is very close, you can walk in 15 minutes. If you go from the southern suburb of Pattaya, for example, from the Ambassador Hotel, then you don't even need to cross the road, a white tuk-tuk will take you to the park in 15 minutes and 20 baht. Very comfortably.
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Tiger park
Tiger park
A place where you can touch tigers, look at them while sitting in a cafe and take pictures with them. A new attraction in Pattaya, where tigers are kept in large enclosures and are used to communicating with people all the time.
A place where you can touch tigers, look at them while sitting in a cafe and take pictures with them. A new attraction in Pattaya, where tigers are kept in large enclosures and are used to communicating with people all the time.