Full Day Lisu Lodge Hill Tribe Soft Adventure Experience with Rafting and Biking Tours
Mueang Chiang Mai District, Thailand
Trip Type: Eco Tours
Duration: 6 hours
Welcome to Lisu Lodge Chiang Mai Province of northern Thailand. Your full day of eco-friendly, soft adventure activities with a local guide and lunch, will have you cycle the countryside, take to the white water rapids and visit a shaman, spirit doctor, of an Akha village. Part of a community-based project Lisu Lodge aims to conserve the natural heritage of the hill tribes of Chiang Mai Province of northern Thailand.
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Welcome to Lisu Lodge Chiang Mai Province of northern Thailand. Your full day of eco-friendly, soft adventure activities with a local guide and lunch, will have you cycle the countryside, take to the white water rapids and visit a shaman, spirit doctor, of an Akha village. Part of a community-based project Lisu Lodge aims to conserve the natural heritage of the hill tribes of Chiang Mai Province of northern Thailand.Itinerary
Departing Lisu Lodge at 9am you will cycle through the scenic countryside over approximately 8 miles (13 kilometers). A stop at a tea plantation to relax and enjoy a beautiful landscape where you will be led by an experienced guide who will introduce you to the process of growing and harvesting tea. Learn more about vegetation propagation to produce the tea seedlings at the nursery before your guide teaches you how to pluck tea leaves and enjoy a cup of fresh-roasted tea.
Continue cycling to a rafting station for a healthy picnic lunch on the bank of the river before an exciting 45 minutes of white water rafting that will deliver you to a Thai country village.
From there you return to Lisu Lodge by local truck making a stop at the traditional Akha village for a chat with the shaman (spirit doctor).
Upon returning to Lisu Lodge, continue exploring the village grounds and discover:
Rice paddies
Walk with your guide through rice paddies where the villagers grow rice without the use of pesticide and insecticide. Whilst you stroll through the green or golden carpet of the paddy fields, depending on the season, you will learn and participate in the various stages of rice cultivation in northern Thai style.
Himmapaan Nursery
Learn about the flora of northern Thailand and how the hill tribes restore the forest ecosystem at a tree nursery of the Himmapaan Foundation whose goal is to support and implement environmental and social projects by working with local communities in areas affected by tourism.
Vegetable garden
Visit the vegetable garden where villagers produce organic fertilizer from leftover organic waste and grow a variety of vegetables and fruits that are used in several dishes served at Lisu Lodge.
This brings your Lisu Lodge Hill Tribe Adventure to an end.
Departing Lisu Lodge at 9am you will cycle through the scenic countryside over approximately 8 miles (13 kilometers). A stop at a tea plantation to relax and enjoy a beautiful landscape where you will be led by an experienced guide who will introduce you to the process of growing and harvesting tea. Learn more about vegetation propagation to produce the tea seedlings at the nursery before your guide teaches you how to pluck tea leaves and enjoy a cup of fresh-roasted tea.
Continue cycling to a rafting station for a healthy picnic lunch on the bank of the river before an exciting 45 minutes of white water rafting that will deliver you to a Thai country village.
From there you return to Lisu Lodge by local truck making a stop at the traditional Akha village for a chat with the shaman (spirit doctor).
Upon returning to Lisu Lodge, continue exploring the village grounds and discover:
Rice paddies
Walk with your guide through rice paddies where the villagers grow rice without the use of pesticide and insecticide. Whilst you stroll through the green or golden carpet of the paddy fields, depending on the season, you will learn and participate in the various stages of rice cultivation in northern Thai style.
Himmapaan Nursery
Learn about the flora of northern Thailand and how the hill tribes restore the forest ecosystem at a tree nursery of the Himmapaan Foundation whose goal is to support and implement environmental and social projects by working with local communities in areas affected by tourism.
Vegetable garden
Visit the vegetable garden where villagers produce organic fertilizer from leftover organic waste and grow a variety of vegetables and fruits that are used in several dishes served at Lisu Lodge.
This brings your Lisu Lodge Hill Tribe Adventure to an end.
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