MORNING ARRIVAL
Day 01 Khum Lanna (L,D)
09.30: 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.
10.00: Enjoy preparation for Lanna country-style BBQ lunch with a garden tour around the compound; collect different seasonal herbs, vegetables, and fruits for cooking.
11.00: Get your free sample of our "Khum Lanna Thai Recipe Book" before the first Thai cooking class begins. Share an informal Lanna country-style BBQ lunch that you have prepared with your host. Get an introduction to Thai language (which will prepare you for your market shopping the next day).
Notes:
- A second additional 1-hour activity can be booked at a nominal charge.
- Guided biking tour around Khum Lanna: 200 THB.
- Fruit (or vegetable) carving: 300 THB.
- Local style personal herbal steam bath: 200 THB.
- Hot-pressed herbal massage (consisting of 8 kinds of herbs: ginger, zingiber, lemongrass, plantain, tamarind leaves, soap pod, camphor and Aom Kiew): 500 THB.
- Freestyle biking (not guided, but with a Road Book of recommended itineraries) is considered as a free activity.
Day 02 Khum Lanna (B)
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.
After breakfast (around 10.00) the Experience ends.
AFTERNOON ARRIVAL
Day 01 Khum Lanna (D)
16.00: 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 next day activity. Khum Lanna will provide Thai farmer shirts for guest use during their stay.
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 friends. 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 02 Khum Lanna (B, L)
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: Enjoy preparation for Lanna country-style BBQ lunch with a garden tour around the compound; collect different seasonal herbs, vegetables, and fruits for cooking.
11.00: Take your second Thai cooking class during which you will learn to prepare and cook your selections from the garden or local market. Share an informal Lanna country-style BBQ lunch that you have prepared with your host.
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.
- Freestyle biking (not guided, but with a Road Book of recommended itineraries) is considered as a free activity.
