Arrive at Khum Lanna and be greeted by local Lanna people. A tasty welcome drink (herbal tea or fruit juice from the garden) will be served prior to
the briefing and orientation when you will choose your afternoon activity. Khum Lanna will provide Thai farmer shirts for guest use during their stay.
16:30
Get your free sample of our “Khum Lanna Thai Recipe Book” before the first Thai cooking class begins.
Enjoy the fruits of your labors with a full 4-course sit-down Thai dinner with your host and friend. Get an introduction to Thai language (which will prepare you for your market shopping the next day). Watch a million stars beside a campfire in the garden.
Overnight at Khum Lanna.
Day 2
KHUM LANNA (B, L, D)
05:30
Coffee/tea will be brought to your room for your wake-up call before the sunrise biking along the rural country road via San Kwang village to Phrao to
visit an early morning local market where local coffee is available. With the help of your guide you may buy local cookies and flower garlands for the temple offering on the way back.
Then walk to visit the farmer’s rice and traditional tools shop, chat with the owner, and learn more about the rice legends and differences & properties of the varieties of rice. Your local escort will translate. Bike back to Khum Lanna with a stop to visit Wat Pa Gee. Pay respect to the Buddha image under the sacred tree. Continue biking to Khum Lanna along the local canal with a stop to see the rice fields and get more information about the rice-growing process and the place of rice in Thai life.
Upon return, refreshment or shower before a local Lanna-style breakfast which is set on the riverside.
10:00
We take you on a garden tour around the compound, where you collect different seasonal herbs, vegetables and fruits for cooking.
11:00
A hands on demonstration of a Lanna country – style BBQ lunch.
From 14h00-16h00 you can choose one of the following (approx.) one-hour activities:
- Guided biking tour around Khum Lanna
- Fruit (or vegetable) carving
- Local style personal herbal steam bath
- Hot-pressed herbal massage (consisting of 8 kinds of herbs: ginger, zingiber, lemongrass, plantain, tamarind leaves, soap pod, camphor and Aom Kiew)
Notes
A second additional 1-hour activity can be booked at a nominal charge but as a free activity you are welcome to go cycling by yourself. We will give you a road book of recommended itineraries.
Late afternoon at leisure until the last Thai cooking class in the early evening. In this last lesson, you will learn to prepare and cook your gatherings from the garden and enjoy making 3 new Thai dishes.
Then, enjoy the fruits of your labors with a full 4-course sit-down Thai dinner with your host and friends. Digest it all beside a campfire in the garden while star-gazing far from the city lights. Overnight at Khum Lanna.
Day 3
KHUM LANNA (B, L)
07:00
(Option): Walk to the temple and join your host in the traditional alms offering, giving food to monks to make merit. Food is available for purchase by guests.
08:45
Leisurely breakfast by the river.
09:00
Light biking to the rural village in the morning. See the incredible accumulation of beehives on the sacred tree at Ban Nam Phrae and get information
about the need for bees and the reasons for local conservation.
Continue biking to Wiang Phrao Wung Hin (the ancient city 30 years older than Chiang Mai) to visit a temple and Phra Chao Lan Tong, the most significant Buddha Image in the Phrao district. Here, King Mengrai (1259-1317) assembled the villagers and trained them as soldiers to defend the city. Bike to Wat Tham Dork Kum and visit different Buddha stucco figures and the huge reclining Buddha.
Picnic lunch will be provided on the top of the mountain, which has a fantastic overview of the entire Phrao valley and Khum Lanna. Bike back to Khum Lanna.
Refreshment or shower before checkout.
Receive your Thai Cooking Diploma and a gift from the owner.
14:30
End of service.
3 Days 2 Nights Khum Lanna Thai Country Living
Validity
Price
Sgl Sup
01 May 2009 - 31 Oct 2009
4,020
1,140
Net rate per person in Thai Baht (2-person minimum) Booking
PRICE INCLUDES
- Accommodation in non air-conditioned room with electric fan based on half twin-bedded room.
- Your choice of one activity: biking or carving or steam bath or massage or artificial flower and carved candle making.
- Meals as specified. And local coffee at the market.
- Baggage handling.
PRICE EXCLUDES
- TRANSFERS to / from Lisu Lodge
Based on 2 guests - Private one-way
Vehicle Type
Price
Open local truck
600 Baht / person
A/C car
900 Baht / person
Price per vehicle one way
Vehicle Type
Price
Open local truck
1,200 Baht max 7 persons
A/C car
1,800 Baht max 3 persons
A/C Van
2,100 Baht max 7 persons
- All airfares as well as airport taxes.
- Other meals and services than those mentioned.
- Personal expenses such as purchases at local market, alms-giving, drinks, telephone, laundry, etc.
NOTES
- Thai Farmers shirts are provided for the duration of the stay only and are available at nominal charge at the Khum Lanna Boutique.
- Child 2-12 years old sharing parent's room with extra bed : 50 % discount.
- Infants (under 2 years old) are free of charge.
