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LIVING WITH ETHNIC MINORITIES IN MAE HONG SON

Code :NS.TH.MT-HGN01

Type :INDIVIDUAL BASED

Price :From 6790 baht / person

 

 

 

  •  Why book with NS Travel?

    We are located in BANGKOK and a specialist for your HOLIDAY in THAILAND, also for a multiple day COMMUNITY BASED program in MAE HONG SON  – Special discounted conditions apply punctually on this program m 

LIVING WITH ETHNIC MINORITIES IN MAE HONG SON

Enjoy our COMMUNITY BASED program in MAE HONG SON in northern THAILAND. This unique experience goes beyond the mere concept of ‘Home Stay’. It is based on a real cultural interchange and a mutual learning relationship between the visitor and the local population. It binds people, facilitates respect, enable mind’s opening and encourages tolerance. It brings men together and unites them in a common approach of knowing the other.

 
You will be totally integrated to the family hosting you, being Shan and Black Lahu. You will wake up early morning in a village surrounded by paddy fields and lime stone mountains… The whole day your hosts will make you fall in love with their village, their life and traditions as well as the magnificent nature all around. You will enjoy the natural pace of the place you live in, far from hassle, from consuming and still preserved from modern influences. Evening will be animated by shadows playing with candles under the stars and the moon. Living such an experience in Ban Jabo and Ban Mae Lana, is experiencing a mere moment of poetry.
 
This is a unique opportunity for visitors to have a deep insight into the life of two distinct hill communities, the Black Lahu and Shan peoples, who live side by side in an area of mountains, verdant forests and fertile rice valleys. Local people in both communities live according to ancient traditions. Various activities are offered while staying in the communities, including seeing how local crafts and musical instruments are hand-crafted from bamboo, hiking through the mountains to visit prehistoric caves, exploring local forest conservation areas, having a go at rice farming and enjoying cooking and eating local ethnic foods. Activities are lead by local community guides, which gives guests an unequaled opportunity to appreciate the beauty of nature, as well as to learn about the harmonious relationship between local people and their environment
 
Most of the inhabitants of ethnic communities live according to the principles of auto-sufficiency. Hence, community based tourism helps them to make durable their life model thanks to this additional revenue. It contributes as well fixing the new generations in the village who do not feel any longer the necessity of migrating to Chiangmai or Bangkok for economical reasons. They keep intact their spirit of solidarity, their respect to the nature and their traditions, and they avoid falling into the many traps or our consuming societies, namely the ‘individualism’. 

 PROGRAM

DAY 1: (Daily departure)

Meals: - / L / D 
- Meet and greet early morning at your hotel in Mae Hong Son (departure from hotel at 08h00 AM) – Transfer by car to the village of Baan Jabo (A Black Lahu ethnic village)
- You will be warmly welcomed by the community upon arrival and will prepare for hiking in the area
- Hike up to the mountain close to the village and explore the wooden coffins’ cave, which is regarded as a mystical place by the local population.
- On the way, you will also admire superb landscapes made of small plots of rice fields embanked among limestone mountains.
- Your local guide will explain you the system of rotational rice farming and how people here live in harmony with their forest. 
- You will have your lunch in the forest and will be back in the village by end of the afternoon
- Evening meal and overnight in the home of the Lahu family hosting you
 

DAY 2:

Meals: B / L / D 
- You will have the breakfast with your host family and then will pack and trek down the valley to Baan Mae Lana.
- This day, you will trek in untouched forest areas, you will visit other beautiful cave (Namely the coral cave) and will enjoy bird and nature watching. You will have your lunch in the jungle.
- During the afternoon, you will take a trail cutting through the most beautiful rice fields landscapes whilst approaching Ban Mae Lana…
- You will be welcomed by your host family and will be introduced the local lifestyle. In the village, you will see how local villagers make domestic tools and music instruments out of bamboo.  
- A traditional Shan style dinner will be served – Overnight at home of the Shan family hosting you
 

DAY 3:

Meals: B / L / - 
- You will wake up very early morning to take part of the daily traditional food offering to the Buddhist monks. After that, you will return to your host family for breakfast.
- You will observe the local lifestyle around the village and see namely how villagers make sesame oil or weave clothes. You will also visit the house of local and traditional medicine, as well as the traditional herbal sauna.
- After your lunch, you will pack your bag, say farewell to your hosts and will be transferred back to Mae Hong Son. End of the program. 
 

CODE

 

PROGRAM / PERIOD

 

PRICES PER PERSON ( 1/11/2011 - 31/10/2012 )

JOINING

1PAX

2PAX

3PAX

4PAX

5PAX

6PAX

NS.TH.MT-HGN01 

01/NOV/11 TO 31/OCT/12 

N/A 

17500 

10500 

9030 

7660 

7280 

6790 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

INCLUDED
* Private English speaking local escort
* Local transportation
* Accommodation as per program
* Meals as per program
* All activities as per program
* Entrance fees to National Park
* All local taxes and vat
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EXCLUDED
* Personal expenses
* Meals not mentioned on the program
* Beverages during meals
* Tips to local escort
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REMARKS
* rates for private program (blue columns) are given per person (from 1 to 6) traveling together
* rates for joining-up program (green column) are given for person joining-up existing group
* n/a = not available
* o/r = on request