DAY 1 KHUM LANNA 

10h00: 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. 

10h30: Your first activity is to participate in a Thai cooking class. Learn how to cook sticky rice, prepare Thai country style barbecue and make green papaya salad. During the cooking class, we will tell you about the history of rice cultivation, the types, the equipment used in the past and the future needs. Take a casual walk to our organic garden. You will also have the opportunity to collect herbs and vegetables from the garden and use them in your cooking class.

12h30: Lunch will include country style barbecue, steamed sticky rice that you prepared earlier and all the scrumptious dishes to complement.

14h00 – 16h00: Enjoy an activity that you select earlier in the morning (approx. one-hour):

• 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 massage

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

17h30: A second cooking class begins. You will receive a “Khum Lanna Thai Recipe Book” that includes several famous Thai recipes with an explanation about health benefits of herbs used in Thai cuisine. At dinner, enjoy the fruits of your labors with a full 4-course sit-down Thai dinner with your host and friends.

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.

After breakfast, we will leave Khum Lanna (about 9:30 am) for Ban Mea Raghong. A brief stop for a short visit at a local school and continue to a starting point at Ban Pang Sane. Here, you will take a 90 minute walk along the nature trail up to a waterfall. Picnic lunch will be served at the waterfall.

After lunch, continue trekking to an Akha hill tribe village. Stop for a cup of tea with Akha people and chat with them to learn about their culture and ways of life. Then, you will be transferred back to Khum Lanna in the late afternoon.