3 DAY/ 2 NIGHT LISU LODGE SOFT ADVENTURE (Code LSSA3D)
Soft Adventure: Lisu Lodge & Khum Lanna

Day 01 LISU LODGE (Lunch & Dinner)

Arrival at Lisu Lodge. A traditional welcome drink will be served followed by a briefing. We will propose a choice of activities and you can decide how you want to spend the afternoon.

Our Lisu guide will then take you for a walk through the village. You will start from the Ton Lung temple to view the herbal garden and visit some local families with a stop for a cup of tea and a spot of traditional medicine at the shaman's house.

Return to Lisu Lodge for a tasty Thai Lunch.

After lunch visit the cultural center created by the villagers, where you will find a collection of typical household items and tools used by the Lisu and Akha mountain tribes.

During the afternoon you have a choice of activities: 
    > Guided bike tour around the Lisu Lodge area.
     > Steam bath.
     > Massage.
     > Ox-cart ride through farmlands and orchards to the Thai village of Baan Pang Mai Daeng - about
        an hour ending up back at Lisu Lodge

Notes
A second additional 1-hour activity can be booked at a nominal charge but as a free activity you are welcome to go cycling by yourself. We will give you a road book of recommended itineraries.

Time at leisure until the Thai dinner with a traditional Lisu dance show

Overnight at Lisu Lodge

Day 02 LISU LODGE - KHUM LANNA (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)

Breakfast at the Lodge.

Start your adventure with an easy 13 kms (about 8 miles) of cycling to the Elephant Camp.

Enjoy an hour of elephant riding through the mountainous jungle scenery down to the river.

After a healthy picnic lunch on the bank of the river you will go on an exciting ride, about 45 minutes of white water rafting that takes you a traditional Thai country village.

From there you proceed to Khum Lanna. Upon arrival, as a welcome drink, enjoy a refreshing herbal tea or fruit juice from the bountiful gardens of Khum Lanna itself.

Check-in to your room.

Briefing to decide on your activities for the following morning

17h00: Thai cooking introduction; get a free Khum Lanna recipe book and start a first lesson to learn to prepare an authentic Thai meal (4 dishes). All the major ingredients in Thai cooking are introduced along with the concept of balancing the 5-flavor groups.

Time at leisure until dinner.

Enjoy the Thai dinner that you helped prepare yourself.

Overnight at Khm Lanna.

Day 03 Khum Lanna (Breakfast & Lunch)

05h30: Coffee/tea will be brought to your room for your wake-up call before the sunrise biking along the rural country road via San Kwang village to Phrao to visit an early morning local market where local coffee is available. With the help of your guide you may buy local cookies and flower garlands for the temple offering on the way back.

Then you visit a farmer's rice and traditional tools shop, chat with the owner, and learn more about the rice legends and differences & properties of the varieties of rice. Your local escort will translate. Bike back to Khum Lanna with a stop to visit Wat Pa Gee. Pay respect to the Buddha image under the sacred tree.

Continue biking to Khum Lanna along the local canal through the rice fields and get more information about the rice-growing process and the important place that rice occupies in Thai life.

Refreshment or shower before breakfast is served at 09h00.

10h00: Enjoy preparation for Lanna country-style BBQ lunch with a garden tour around the compound; collect different seasonal herbs, vegetables, and fruits for cooking.

11h00: A hands on demonstration of a Lanna country-style BBQ lunch.

In the afternoon, we provide you with a choice of one-hour activities:
     > Guided biking tour around Khum Lanna
     > Fruit (or vegetable) carving
     > Local style personal herbal steam bath
     > Hot-pressed herbal massage (consisting of 8 kinds of herbs: ginger, zingiber, lemongrass,
        plantain, tamarind leaves, soap pod, camphor and Aom Kiew)

Notes:
A second additional 1-hour activity can be booked at a nominal charge but as a free activity you are welcome to go cycling by yourself. We will give you a road book of recommended itineraries.

16h00: End of the Experience.

Daily departures


Tour Code: LSSA3D                                               Net rates per person in Thai Baht

Validity	Price per person in sharing room	Single Supplement
01 Apr'10 - 31 Oct'10	10,770	1,140
01 Nov' 10 - 31 Mar'11	11,580	1,260
01 Apr'11 - 31 Oct'11	10,770	1,140

* Minimum 2 people traveling together *
* Net rates per person in Thai Baht

PRICE INCLUDES:
· JOIN - IN Tours and activities: Biking, Elephant riding (1 elephant = 2 persons), and Rafting (1 rubber
  boat = 4 - 5 persons).
· Helmet and life jacket
· Your choice of one activity at Lisu Lodge: biking or oxcart or steam bath or massage
· Your choice of one activity at Khum Lanna: biking or carving or steam bath or massage
· English - speaking guide during visit.
· Accommodation in non air - conditioned room with electric fan at Lisu Lodge and Khum Lanna based
  on half twin - bedded room.
· Meals as specified. And local coffee at the market
· Local open - air truck for the activity

PRICE EXCLUDES:
· Transfer from / to Chiang Mai town area 
  Lisu Lodge    By open - air local truck (JOIN-IN): Baht 1500 / 2 persons / roundtrip 
                       By A/C car: Baht 4800 / 2 persons / 2way

  Khum Lanna By open - air local truck (JOIN-IN): Baht 2000 / 2 persons / roundtrip
                       By A/C car: Baht 5200 / 2 persons / 2way
· All airfares as well as airport taxes.
· Other meals and services than those mentioned.
· Personal expenses such as purchases at local market, drinks, laundry, telephone etc.

REMARKS:
· Guests should be healthy and in good physical condition
· Thai Farmers shirts are provided for the duration of the stay only and are available at nominal charge
  at the Khum Lanna boutique.
· Child: We recommend a minimum age of 10 years for children.
· Weather condition may impose changes in the program or even the cancellation of certain activities.

NOTES:
· A second additional 1-hour activity can be booked at a nominal charge.
   > Guided biking tour around Lisu Lodge or Khum Lanna area: Baht 200.
   > Steam bath at Lisu Lodge: Baht 200.
   > Massage at Lisu Lodge: Baht 350.
   > Ox-cart ride through farmlands and orchards to the Thai village of Baan Pang Mai Daeng at
      Lisu Lodge - about an hour ending up back at Lisu Lodge: Baht 350.
   > Fruit (or vegetable) carving at Khum Lanna: Baht 300.
   > Local style personal herbal steam bath at Khum Lanna: Baht 200.
   > Hot-pressed herbal massage (consisting of 8 kinds of herbs: ginger, zingiber, lemongrass, plantain,
      tamarind leaves, soap pod, camphor and Aom Ki ew) at Khum Lanna: Baht 500.
· Freestyle biking (not guided, but with a Road Book of recommended itineraries) is considered as
  a free activity.

Note: we reserve the right to revise the tariffs depending on the evolution of the fuel price.