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Khon Kaen Rural
Life & Homestay
4 Days Discovery - Price from 9,170 THB
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One of the core elements of our program is to stay a few nights
at a Thai host family, in one of the rural villages on the quiet
countryside of Thailand. A unique and charming way to meet
and live with the Thai people and to experience first-hand what
life on the Thai countryside is like. Life is quiet and
easy going and the region is still rarely visited by tourists.
Don’t worry about a language barrier: an English speaking
Thai guide will be available during your whole stay to translate
between yourself and the locals. Enjoy it, it’s real fun
and the people will love to dialogue with you.
Your overnight stays will be at home with a Thai family. Your
room has a double mattress with a mosquito net and a fan. The
sanitary is simple but good. You don’t need to take along
much more than toilet articles and clothes for the duration
of the stay. Breakfast and dinner are included. Transport will
be done by Songtaew (non-air-conditioned pickup truck).
During your home stay you will become involved in authentic,
ordinary daily life. There are several organised visits to the
different activities in the community, for instance to village
production facilities (hand made products, cloth weaving), to
agricultural activities (cattle farming, rice sowing or harvesting
depending on the season) and to the local school to experience
(part of) the schooldays. These activities are genuine and not
performed for tourist purposes. You can actively participate
if you want. You can also taste the local atmosphere on
your own. Take a walk through the village, go and see how local
food “khanom chin” -also called “Lao spaghetti”-
is made by people working in a hot oven factory when outside
it is already 32°C, have a snack or a lunch on a village
terrace, communicate with the villagers, rent a car for a day
to explore the region (we have set out a few very scenic routes
for that purpose) or visit the local afternoon market. And especially:
take the opportunity to meet and socialize with the Thai people.
A professional English speaking guide is available during your
entire stay. The guide can act as translator, thereby bridging
the language barrier and making the contact and communication
with the local people much easier and certainly a lot of fun.
This is one of the unique elements of our program and gives
an extra dimension to the contact with the Thai people. Next
to being the translator the guide will take you along the organized
activities, will give background information on the things which
you will encounter on the way, can answer to all your questions
and can help you to organize and arrange many things on the
spot also in case of unexpected events.
Our homestay location is Ban Khampom, about 30 km from Khon
Kaen city. |
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| Day 1 - Khon Kaen (D) |
• 16:00
Pickup at Khon Kaen (airport, bus or train station) & transfer
by non-airconditioned pick-up truck to host family.
• 17:00 Exploring the village together with
the guide (farming, weaving & khanom chin factory).
• 18:00 Dinner.
• Overnight stay at the host family. |
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| Day 2 - Explore the village and visit
to Khon Kaen city (B/L/D) |
• 07:45
Breakfast.
• 08:30 School visit (on schooldays).
• 10:00 Transfer by non-airconditioned pick-up
truck with guide to Khon Kaen city
• 10:30 Visit to National Museum.
• 12:00 Lunch in local establishment.
• 13:00 Visit to Wat Nongwaeng.
• 14:30 Visit to local market to buy food
for evening meal (food included).
• 15:30 Transfer back to host family.
• 16:00 Arrival at host family. Preparing
the evening meal by the guests, explanation by the host family
(translation via guide).
• 18:00 Dinner.
• Overnight stay at the host family. |
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| Day 3 - Trekking through National Park
(B/D) |
• 07:00
Breakfast.
• 08:00 Transfer by non-airconditioned pick-up
truck with guide to one of the nearby National Parks.
• 10:00 Arrival at the National Park and
starts nature trekking.
• 16:00 Transfer back to host family
• 18:00 Arrival at host family. evening Dinner.
• Overnight stay at the host family. |
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| Day 4 - Recreation in Khon Kaen (B) |
• 08:30
Breakfast & packing suitcases
• 10:00 Transfer by non-airconditioned pick-up
truck to Bang Saen 2
• 11:00 Arrival at Bang Saen 2. Spend the
day at own free leisure.
• 16:00 (optional) visit to Ubonrat dam and
Sitting Buddha temple on the hill
• 17:00 Transfer to Khon Kaen city for onward
journey. End of this tour (English speaking guide will not joint
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| THB p.p | Booking |
| Class A |  |
Daily departure on private tour ex. Khon Kaen, including all meals.
All prices are per person in Thai Baht, based on twin-sharing in double rooms in the default hotel for the listed category
*** Child reduction (sharing bed of parents): 2 - 12 years -30%.
NOTE: The itinerary can slightly change according to the season, local conditions, climate, flight schedules and room availability.
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| According to the itinerary | According to the itinerary
ROH |
The hotel rooms noted in the itinerary will be confirmed according the availability. Please note that compulsory gala dinners and peak season surcharges may apply during peak periods surrounding the public holidays of Christmas and New Year - these surcharges will be confirmed at the time of booking.
Included in the price:
Pickup at the location in Khon Kaen airport, bus- or train station and transfer to your host address.
All overnight stays with the host family and meals as specified above.
An English speaking guide from day 1-3 only.
All organized local activities with entrance fees.
Transfer from host address to location of departure in Khon Kaen.
Not included in the price:
Optional tours
Expenditure of a personal nature, such as drinks, souvenirs and laundry etc.
Other tours & meals than mentioned in the programme.
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