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Local Living Thailand—Hilltribe Experience
6 days, Chiang Mai to Chiang Mai
Itinerary
Day 1Chiang Mai
Arrive at any time.
Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group
Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.
Day 2Chiang Mai/Ban Jabo
Transfer into the jungle highlands of northwest Thailand with a lunch stopover in Pai. Meet your local hosts and lend a hand making dinner using regional products and traditional cooking methods.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Your Local Living Moment: Ban Jabo Homestay
Experience an unforgettable stay in this highland village. Connect with a Black Lahu family and learn about daily life for this hilltribe. Try your hand at bamboo weaving and playing a Lahu instrument. Help your host family prepare traditional meals or work on the farm. Visit a prehistoric coffin cave, a local school, and a neighbouring community.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 3Ban Jabo
Walk to the fields surrounding the village to learn about (or even opt to help out with!) local farming practices before visiting a prehistoric wooden coffin cave. Dine on a typical jungle lunch. In the afternoon, learn about the local education system with a visit to a school. Learn about the Lahu culture and traditional activities. Try bamboo weaving, make a Lahu bag and learn how to play a Lahu instrument. Opt to help out with dinner preparation.
Your Local Living Moment: Ban Jabo Homestay
Experience an unforgettable stay in this highland village. Connect with a Black Lahu family and learn about daily life for this hilltribe. Try your hand at bamboo weaving and playing a Lahu instrument. Help your host family prepare traditional meals or work on the farm. Visit a prehistoric coffin cave, a local school, and a neighbouring community.
Prehistoric Wooden Coffin Cave Visit
See hundreds of log coffins, some as old as 2,000 years, buried in these remote, chilly caves with some tight passages. Locals believe spirits lurk here.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 4Ban Jabo
Walk to another hilltribe community in the area to learn about the Shan people, the local masters of irrigation and wet rice farming. Enjoy the views and take in a new way of life in the community before walking back to Baan Jabo.
It is always an option to spend all day in the Baan Jabo community, skipping the walk.
Your Local Living Moment: Ban Jabo Homestay
Experience an unforgettable stay in this highland village. Connect with a Black Lahu family and learn about daily life for this hilltribe. Try your hand at bamboo weaving and playing a Lahu instrument. Help your host family prepare traditional meals or work on the farm. Visit a prehistoric coffin cave, a local school, and a neighbouring community.
Hilltribe Walk
Enjoy a scenic walk through the jungle to a nearby hilltribe community and learn about the Shan people—masters of irrigation and wet rice farming. Or, opt to skip the walk and spend the day in Ban Jabo.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 5Ban Jabo/Chiang Mai
Say goodbye to your local hosts and buy any last minute hand-crafted goods before transferring back to Chiang Mai for a final evening with the group.
Your Local Living Moment: Ban Jabo Homestay
Experience an unforgettable stay in this highland village. Connect with a Black Lahu family and learn about daily life for this hilltribe. Try your hand at bamboo weaving and playing a Lahu instrument. Help your host family prepare traditional meals or work on the farm. Visit a prehistoric coffin cave, a local school, and a neighbouring community.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Meals included:
Breakfast | LunchDay 6Chiang Mai
Depart at any time.
Departure Day
Not ready to leave? Your CEO can help with travel arrangements to extend your adventure.