Upcoming Craft & Culture Tours
Sometimes we have tours that individual travelers can join on to. This option is suitable for people travelling alone or in couples. When available, details of these upcoming tours will be posted here.
Day Tour: Saraburi & Ayudhaya’s Living Crafts (D 2.5)
Dates: Saturday 17th April 2010
Price: 2,600 Baht per pax(Min 6 persons and price will be less if more than 6 persons sign up.)
We will travel to Ban Phu Khow Thong, in Ayudhaya town, to visit Mae Pit and family making traditional Pla Tapien palm leaf decorations. Then, we will travel to Aranyik group. Arrive at Aranyik village to visit hand-forged stainless steel workshop. In the afternoon, we travel on to Saraburi to visit Khun Pong and his village. Saraburi Craft is a village cooperative turning natural and recycled materials into contemporary home furnishings. We return to Bangkok by the early evening.
“Nan” - A Cultural Shopping Experience (3 Days and 4 Nights) (M 2.2)(LONG WEEKEND TOUR!!)
Dates:Leave
early morning Tuesday 4th May 2010
Price: To be confirmed
Come with us to the North of Thailand, where we will visit an area not frequented much by travelers. Here in Nan, you can gain a flavour of the past, as old traditions are still strong. Ethnic minorities dominate the craft scene both in the lowlands and in the highlands where the colourful embroidery and appliqué of the Hmong and Mien women are as skillfully worked as they are varied in design. We will see a very distinct style of silver jewellery being crafted – which, as part of their tribal costumes, has important symbolic purpose for ethnic identity. Also, in villages nestled in high mountain valleys, basket makers will show us the versatility of bamboo.
Day Tour to Lao Song Communities: Supanburi & Nakorn Pathom
(D 3.4)
Day Tour to Lao Song Communities: Supanburi & Nakorn Pathom
(D 3.4)
Dates: Saturday 22nd May 2010
Price: To be confirmed.
On this trip, we travel to Supanburi province North West of Bangkok. We visit a group of weavers and basket markers belonging to the Lao Song ethnic minority. They will welcome us in their traditional ways and we will have the opportunity to see the production of fine handicrafts (textile and basketry.) We will also call on another producer group in a village of “Hawaiian” quilt makers (Uthong Quilt.) In Nakorn Pathom, we visit Ban Sa-See-Moom, another “Lao Song” village. The artisans here are skillful at their needle work – producing Christmas decorations and other ornaments. On the way home, we stop over Nakorn Pathom city to visit Prathom Jedi – one of the largest Jedi or Stupa in the world.
Khon Kean, Udon, Nongkai (3 Days and 4 Nights)(M 1.4)
Dates: Leave Bangkok evening of Friday 18th – Arrive in Bangkok early morning Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Though a largely flat landscape,
Dates: Saturday 24th – Monday 26th July 2010
Price: To be confirmed.
- This trip to the North of Thailand visits some places not frequented so much by tourists. We spend a day with Thai Tribal Crafts, a long-established ThaiCraft partner working with six different ethnic hill groups. We will visit one of their member villages in the mountains and then stop by at their shop full of attractive crafts. We will also visit Doi Tao District where women of a Karen tribal community weave their naturally dyed cotton yarns into traditional clothing for themselves and for sale. We will take in a visit some glorious ancient temples in the small, charming city of
- We will stay at a hotel and a resort, both offering quality facilities, including a pool.
- There will be chance to enjoy the delights of traditional Northern Thai dancing and the tastes of Northern styled food.
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