CHOK DI TOUR

About 1.5 hours from Pattaya lies Ban Don Monastery. People from across the Kingdom come here to restore their health. The monks of this monastery developed a unique method of healing massage. Over centuries they refined these techniques to perfection. Legends about the monastery spread, and people from all over the country began arriving for courses of restorative massage at this temple. This is not a luxury spa: there are no private rooms — massage is given to everyone in one large hall inside the temple itself. People come here purely for their health. Especially beneficial is the herbal massage. The monks gather the herbs themselves to make herbal compress pouches and a herbal sauna (currently open only on Saturdays and Sundays). Combined with the unique massage method and healing herbs, even two hours of massage in this temple complex can have a real positive effect on your wellbeing. We invite you to visit Ban Don Monastery and leave with a renewed sense of health and vitality after a unique two-hour herbal massage ritual. Tour program. 8.00 Departure from Pattaya. 9.30–12.30 Healing massage at the monastery. 13.00 Visit the beautiful Wat Lahan Rai temple complex. Wat Lahan Rai stretches along both banks of the Yai Plakang River in Rayong Province. Well-kept grounds and plenty of affordable cafés where you can enjoy Thai cuisine. 16.00 Return to Pattaya.