LIVING WITH ETHNIC MINORITIES IN MAE HONG SON

Code :NS.TH-CB04

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Price :From 5466 baht / person

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This program will make you share daily life moments of 2 villages… One from Shan ethnic and the other one from Black Lahu ethnic…. You will spend simple moments, in harmony with a nature still much preserved of the remote Mae Hong Son province

This program is indeed much orientated towards nature, fauna or flora observation as well as simple daily life of farmers in their common tasks. Particular tradition of these 2 communities will of course being approached.

Shan are Buddhists, convinced and practicing. Their life is closely related to their natural environment and to all living beings of the jungle with whom they have a harmonious relationship. They also follow the model of auto-sufficient economy… Black Lahu are rather animists, with their own rites, traditions and dances. They also have a close link with nature that they consider with respect and affection.

You will discover welcoming people, superb landscapes and will understand that sustainability here is not a modern preservation concept, but a way of life that has always been so. Very interesting program indeed, putting forward local way of living, which is really worth to be discovered

PROGRAM

Day 1 Mae Hong Son

Meals: - / L / D

Pick-upby yor English speaking guide at the reception of your hotel in downtown Mae Hong Son – Transfer by private vehicle to the Black Lahu village of Baan Jabo – Warm welcome in the village – Departure for a hike in the jungle with your local guide – Visit a cave where remains of old coffins were found, which are greatly venerated by Black Lahu people

Lunch is served in the jungle

Afternoon:

Continue walking through the jungle and fields cultivated by Black Lahu – Explanation over their agricultural system and rotation of cultures – Back to the village – Free time to install yourself – Discovery of the village

Dinner served in the village

Accommodation in your hosting family house – (mat – blankets & mosquito net)

Day 2 Mae Hong Son

Meals: B / L / D

Breakfast served in the village

Morning:

Departure from the village with your luggage and walk through the jungle towards another village of Shan ethnic where you will spend the 2^nd night – You will pass through beautiful natural sites and will have chance to observe local fauna & flora.

Lunch served in the jungle

Afternoon:

Push the trek forward through the jungle passing by fields cultivated by Shan people (nice terrace rice fields) – Arrival in the village and discovery of local uses of the community as for instance their skills in making daily used objects out of bamboo (music instruments for instance) - Free time to install yourself – Discovery of the village

Dinner served in the village

Accommodation in your hosting family house – (mat – blankets & mosquito net)

Day 3 Mae Hong Son

Meals: B / L / -

Traditional visit to the Buddhist temple of the village for donation of food to the monks – back to your home stay

Breakfast served in the village

Morning:

Observation of the villagers in their daily tasks (weaving and use of sesame oil press) – Visit the house of traditional medicine and its natural pharmacopeia

Lunch served in the village

Afternoon:

Road back to Mae Hong Son by road, with private vehicle – Drop-off at your hotel

PRICES & CONDITIONS

CODE	PROGRAM / PERIOD	PRICE P/PERSON (THAI BAHT) 01/NOV/2018 - 31OCT/2019
CODE	PROGRAM / PERIOD	JOINING	1 PERS	2 PERS	3 PERS	4 PERS	5 PERS	6 PERS
NS.TH-CB04	01/NOV - 31/OCT	N/A	18580	10148	7794	6637	5919	5466

INCLUSIONS

Private licensed English speaking guide

A/c private vehicle with licensed driver

All transportation costs (gasoline, highway, parking, etc.)

Accommodation as mentioned in the program

Meals as mentioned in the program

All entrance fees to visited sites (parks, museums, temples, etc.)

All local taxes, service and vat

EXCLUSIONS

Tips to driver and guide

Tips to luggage boys in hotels

Personal expenses and drinks

Meals not mentioned in the program

Passport or visa costs

REMARKS

Rates in blue columns are per person (from 1 to 6) based on private tour

Rates in green column are per person based on joining-up tour

Rates in column 3 PERS are per person based on triple room

Rates in column 5 PERS are per person based on one triple + one double rooms

Supplement for single occupancy is given on request

Special conditions for children are given on request, if applicable

If you need more information, contact us at info@nstravel.com

n/a = not available

o/r = on request

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