DAY 1 KHUM LANNA

15h30: Arrival at Khum Lanna to be greeted by your local host. We will give you a briefing and propose a choice of activities for you to decide how you want to spend the afternoon. 

17h30: Your first Thai cooking class starts. You will learn to prepare and cook 4 Thai dishes. You will receive a “Khum Lanna Thai Recipe Book” that includes many delicious recipes with an explanation about health benefits of the herbs used in Thai cuisine. 

Enjoy the fruits of your labors with a full 4-course sit-down Thai dinner with your host and friends. Watch
a million stars beside a campfire in the garden (arranged during Nov – Feb only)

Overnight at Khum Lanna

DAY 2 KHUM LANNA

05h30: Coffee/tea will be brought to your room for a wake-up call. Get ready for a sunrise biking trip along a rural country road to visit a local fresh market. Then, visit a farmer’s rice and traditional tools shop. Chat with the owner and listen to stories about the rice legends and the different properties of the varieties of rice. Cycle back to Khum Lanna with a stop at Wat Pa, a Buddhist temple revered by the villagers.

On the way back, you will pass a small canal, villagers’ houses and rice fields, giving you a glimpse of local lives.

Upon return, refreshment or shower before enjoying a Lanna style breakfast.

10h30: Try your cooking skill again by learning to cook sticky rice, marinate Thai barbecue chicken and make green papaya salad.

Later,  you will learn about the history of rice cultivation, the types, the equipment used in the past and for future needs. Take a casual walk to our organic garden where we grow a variety of herbs and vegetables. You will also have the opportunity to collect and use them in your cooking class.

Lunch will include a country style barbecue, served with sticky rice and all the scrumptious dishes to complement.

From 14h00 – 16h00: Choose one of the exciting following (approx. one-hour) activities:

• A guided biking tour in the countryside around Khum Lanna
• Learn the art of fruit (or vegetable) carving
• A local herbal steam bath to relax and rejuvenate your body
• A therapeutic hot-pressed herbal body massage 

Notes:
A second additional 1-hour activity can be booked at a nominal charge. Alternatively, you are welcome to use our bicycles to explore the surroundings. We will give you a road book of recommended itineraries.

At night, enjoy a Thai dinner prepared by our chef. Digest it all by a campfire in the garden while star-gazing far from the city lights (arrange during Nov – Feb only).

Overnight at Khum Lanna

DAY 3 KHUM LANNA

08h00: After breakfast, explore the rural village on a bike. Watch an incredible accumulation of beehives on a 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, which is a site of an ancient town. Visit a temple and Phra Chao Lan Tong, the most significant Buddha Image in the Phrao district. Here, King Mengrai (1259-1317), the founder of Lanna Kingdom, assembled the villagers and trained them to defend the city. Bike to Wat Tham Dork Kum to admire local art and a large reclining Buddha.

Return to Khum Lanna for refreshment or a shower and lunch.  Check out about 14h30