Authentic living as a farmer in a traditional, organic rice farm amidst the beautiful hills of Northern Thailand. You'll enjoy peace and tranquility, fresh air, wonderful sounds of nature , and a week of escape from modern stress and maddness of city traffic and electronic noises.

The wet months of June/July is the joyous season of sowing, marking the start of a new rice planting cycle. During your stay with us, you'll be systematically guided by Father Gun (Dean of Tigerland Rice Farm) to discover the magic of Nature through working the process of rice planting. Father Gun speaks Thai, Karen and English (which he actually taught himself by reading the dictionary every morning).

Itinerary:

• Day 1: Pick-up from Chiang Rai International Airport; check-in at Tigerland Rice Farm; orientation tour of the farm; rest.
• Day 2: Preparing the paddy field - irrigating with stream water, levelling of paddy field; enjoy a refreshing dip at a river. Bamboo rice dinner.
• Day 3: Transplanting of rice seedlings into the paddy fields; visit to Chiang Rai Night Bazaar.
• Day 4: More transplanting of rice seedlings; nature trek to nearby Lahu Village and to experience the natural beauty and richness of the farm country - rivers, plants, fruits, vegetables and wild life. Exploration of the paddy in the night.
• Day 5: Hill tribe village educational tour - visit the Yao, Akha and Padong hill tribes to learn about their lifestyle and culture. Bamboo weaving.
• Day 6: Check-out of Tigerland Rice Farm, depart from Chiang Rai International Airport.

Lodging, Meals and Transportation:

• Full lodging and home-cooked healthy farm meals will be provided at the Tigerland Farmers' Lodge.
• Transportation: pick-up from/send to Chiang Rai International Airport.

Suitable for:

• Families interested in going on nature-bound experiential vacations.
• School groups (teachers and students) who are keen to learn first-hand agricultural living and rice planting process.
• City folks keen on taking a break from city stress and returning to and be re-charged in the embrace of Mother Nature.

Capacity:

• To ensure the highest level of personal touch, proper guidance in the rice planting experience and learning quality, we prefer to admit no more than 3 families or 15 persons (adults/kids) for any 6-day stay period.

The dry, cool months of October/November is the happy season of reaping, marking the end of yet another year of gainful harvest. If you've planted the rice in June/July, we shall try to allocate the same plot for you to harvest your own rice. Holding a handful of golden rice grains, recollecting how you'd planted the rice seedlings into the paddy months earlier is truly a most delightful moment. You just can't help but treasure every grain of rice thereafter...

Itinerary:

• Day 1: Pick-up from Chiang Rai International Airport; check-in at Tigerland Rice Farm; orientation tour of the farm; rest. Preparation of the harvesting tools.
• Day 2: Reaping and drying of rice stalks. Enjoy wading upstream in the forest river. Campfire with bamboo rice dinner.
• Day 3: Reaping, bundling, treshing. Fishing at the hole. Visit to Chiang Rai Night Bazaar.
• Day 4: Pounding and Winnowing. Trekking in the bamboo forest.
• Day 5: Educational tour to the Mae Kok River with elephant ride. Bamboo weaving.
• Day 6: Check-out of Tigerland Rice Farm, depart from Chiang Rai International Airport.

Lodging, Meals and Transportation:

• Full lodging and home-cooked healthy farm meals will be provided at the Tigerland Farmers' Lodge.
• Transportation: pick-up from/send to Chiang Rai International Airport.

Suitable for:

• Families interested in going on nature-bound experiential vacations.
• School groups (teachers and students) who are keen to learn first-hand agricultural living and rice planting process.
• City folks keen on taking a break from city stress and returning to and be re-charged in the embrace of Mother Nature.

Capacity:

• To ensure the highest level of personal touch, proper guidance in the rice planting experience and learning quality, we prefer to admit no more than 3 families or 15 persons (adults/kids) for any 6-day stay period.

The bamboo forest has an indescrible natural magnetic draw. Being in the bamboo forest, you can't help but be amazed by the life force of the long, slender yet ultra strong bamboo, growing in teamwork cluster, ever straight and upright, and be awed by the orderliness within a seemingly chaotic forest scene.

Bamboo is such a wonderful plant that feed us, clothe us, provide the material for construction of shelters, furniture, farm and household tools, and for weaving into all kinds of useful things.

In this Bamboo Forest Experience, Father Gun will lead you deep into the bamboo forest to appreciate the eco-diversity of plants and wild life there, show you the different kinds of bamboo, and the very wide ranging usefulness of bamboo. You will also enjoy a self-cooked meal with bamboo rice in the forest, and possibly plant some trees along the trail in aid of re-forestation effort and construct a dam at the stream.

Itinerary:

• Day 1: Arrival at the Tigerland Rice Farm, check-in and orientation tour of the farm. Bamboo forest by night to observe frogs and wild life in the stream. Bamboo weaving.
• Day 2: Trekking in the bamboo forest; with an unforgettable lunch in the forest. Check-out from Tigerland Rice Farm.

Lodging, Meals and Transportation:

• Full lodging and home-cooked healthy farm meals will be provided at the Tigerland Farmers' Lodge.
• Transportation: pick-up from/send to Chiang Rai International Airport or City.

Suitable for:

• Families interested in going on nature-bound experiential vacations.
• School groups (teachers and students) who are keen to learn first-hand about bamboo and agricultural living.
• City folks keen on taking a break from city stress and returning to and be re-charged in the embrace of Mother Nature.

Capacity:

• To ensure the highest level of personal touch, proper guidance in the rice planting experience and learning quality, we prefer to admit no more than 3 families or 15 persons (adults/kids) for any 2-day stay period.