Yongyoot Watasittikul (Kitt)
Founder and Principal Guide, Tigerland Rice Farm
Committee member, Hilltribe Guide Association, Chiang Rai
Mobile: +66 087 3036627 | Email: Kitt

Kitt is a new generation Karen who aspires to keep alive the gradually disappearing traditions of his Karen hilltribe heritage. He hopes to do it through educational tourism and guiding. Tigerland was named after his great grandfather, whose nickname was Tiger. He was a legendary hero who was remembered for his courage in fighting off a tiger to save the village.

Songkian Watasittikul (Gun)
Dean of Rice Farming, Tigerland Rice Farm
Chairman, Hilltribe Guide Association, Chiang Rai
Mobile: +66 081 5300581

Father Gun is Kitt's father and a highly experienced rice farmer who believes in the traditional organic style of farming. He advocates the use of natural fertilizers and refrains from using any form of agro-chemical fertilizers, pesticides or addictives in his paddy. Father Gun is jovial and a patient educator in rice farming and all things nature in his farm country. He taught himself spoken English from a language book.

Alvin Yong
Experiential Architect of Rice Farming Experience
Stone Edge Experiential, Singapore (www.stoneedge.biz)
Mobile: +65 98339455 | Email: Alvin

Alvin is the founder and Chief Experiential Architect of Stone Edge Experiential in Singapore. He was instrumental in the conceptualization and architecturing of the rice farming programs for Tigerland Rice Farm. The story of how this incidental experience was born is found in his family's vision project, Colours Of Life, at www.coloursoflife.info.