Stay with a local family in the village of Tung Lakorn in Chiang Mai (Thailand), and learn about the rural local lifestyle. During your stay you’ll get to do activities, such as: -Practicing the livelihood of the family (visiting vegetable garden & chicken farm or rice field in the rainy season) -Motorbike trip to the nearby river to wade in the stream (especially fun for kids) -Visiting the temple or making offerings for the monks -Visiting the local farmers’ market (on Wednesdays) -Enjoying the peaceful countryside and just relaxing You can choose your arrival time to the village but it’s advised to arrive in the afternoon, before dinner time. The local contact person of the village will give you instructions of how to get there.
Sustainability
The village experience is especially socially sustainable because the locals benefit directly from the travelers’ stays. The locals are also free to choose themselves what part of their culture they show to the travelers, instead of having a readymade touristic program to follow. Finally, no special tourism infrastructure is built in the village and the food and water consumption is only according to the locals’ needs. To maintain the carrying capacity of the village, only individual travelers can visit the area at once and no groups are accepted.
What’s Included
-Private room in a local home, mosquito nets and bed sheets included
-Shared toilet and washing facilities
-Homemade breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily
-Learning to cook Thai food from ingredients from the back yard and eating together with your host family
-Other activities
What’s Not Included
-Transportation for getting to the village
-Bamboo rafting
-Entrance fee to the Elephant sanctuary
Trip Itinerary
1st day: Arrival to the village in the afternoon, meeting the english speaking local contact person who introduces you to the host family. Getting familiar with the house and the hosts. Cooking and eating dinner together with the hosts. Depending on the time of arrival, small activites in the village can happen.
2nd day: Breakfast with the host-family, getting familiar with the livelihood of the hosts, for ex. visiting vegetable garden & chicken farm or rice field in the rainy season. Lunch with the hosts. Afternoon free time for walking around the village, talking with the hosts and the neighbors, making offerings for the monks or visiting a temple.
3rd day: Breakfast with the hosts, maybe visiting a local market or a temple, cooking lunch with the hosts. Motorbike trip around the village/ bamboo drafting/visit in an elephant sanctuary (no riding!).On the evening maybe learning how to cook vegetarian Thai food with Duang, the local contact person who’s a former TV-chief.
4th day: Breakfast with the hosts, last activities and maybe meeting the savings group of the village. Leaving from the village before lunch time
Please note that the activities mentioned are not final, and are suspected to change according to the season or the weather.
Program And Price
3 nights / 4 days: 160 eur / adult. Children between 5-15 years old – 50 %, children between 0-4 years old Free.
Awards/Testimonials
December 2018, girls from Finland:
“Our stay in Tung Lakorn was excellent, the three nights we spent in the village flew by. Our host family was super nice and showed us the true village life at its best. Our guide Duang spoke really good English, told us a lot of stories and made sure we were in absolute vegetarian food heaven the whole stay. Would recommend this experience to anyone!
