Village School The lush green forests of Northern Thailand are ideal for student walks.

Day 1.

• 8:00 Depart from Bangkok by train

Day 2.

• 07:10 Arrive in Chiang Mai, transfer and check into Hotel
• 09:30 Breakfast
• 10:30 Transport to Trapae gate for environmental assessment.
• 12:00 Lunch (Boxed)
• 12:30 Depart for Doi Suthep Temple
• 13:10 Arrive Doi Suthep Mountain Temple for sketching and planned activities
• 16:30 Return to hotel
• 19:00 Pick up from hotel for Kantoke (Northern Thai Classical Dances) cultural dinner.
• 22:00 Return to hotel

Day 3.

• 08:30 Depart from Hotel
• 09:30 Arrive at Elephant Nature Park for video presentations and Elephant bathing
• 13:00 Lunch (buffet)
• 14:00 Depart from Elephant park
• 14:50 Arrive at Orchid butterfly farm
• 17:00 Arrive back at hotel
• 18:30 Buffet dinner
• 19:30 Trip to Chiang Mai night bazaar.
• 21:30 Return to hotel.

Day 4.

• 09:00 Depart for village school, stopping at a local village for refreshments etc.
• 12:00 Cooked buffet lunch at the village school
• 13:00 Tent erecting,
• 14:00 Orientation and Orienteering
• 18:00 BBQ, games and activities at camp fire including tribal dancing exhibition and local games.

Day 5.

• 08:00 Breakfast at camp site
• 09:30 Jungle walking, meeting tribes of Palong, Akha, Lisu and Karen
• 12:30 Pick up from Karen village to camp site.
• 13:00 Return to camp site for cooked lunch
• 13:30 Tent dismantling
• 15:00 Village headmaster, school announcements and thanks.
• 15:30 Depart village school.
• 17:30 Return to Chiang Mai via local town.

Day 6.

• 19:00 Buffet dinner at hotel. Farewells, announcements etc.
• 20:15 Transfer to the train station.
• 21:05 Depart Chiang Mai, Arrive in Bangkok 09:40.
• This trip is extremely successful, giving international school students the opportunity of personally interacting with a tribal village children. The non government funded tribal school benefited from generous equipment donations made to them by their visitors