Day 1: Bangkok - Udon Thani - Nongkhai

• Early morning: meet your
  English-speaking local assistant at your hotel as agreed.
• Transfer to Hualamphomg rail station.
• Departure by train to Udon Thani.
• During the journey you will get an introduction to into Thai culture and language, and appreciate the tropical landscape.
• Transfer from Udon Thani to Nongkhai at the end of the afternoon (1hr).
• Dinner and overnight stay at the Nongkhai Resort Hotel.

Day 2: Nongkhai - Nong Patana village - Nongkhai

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Transfer to an elementary school in Nongkhai. Presentation and meeting with the children and get involved in activities with them (drawing, singing, games).
• Transfer to Nong Patana village (1h30).
• Isan lunch with a family and learn how the food is cooked with the mother.
• Discover and participate in the daily activities of the village such as salt collection and rice harvesting.
• Dinner at a restaurant on the way back.
• Overnight stay at the Nongkhai Resort Hotel.

Day 3: Nongkhai (Songkhran Festival)

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Proceed to Wat Pho Chai temple to celebrate the Buddhist New Year.
• Transfer to the Mekong riverbank, under the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.
• Lunch in a restaurant on the beach.
• Swimming in big inner tubes with local people (please keep your clothes on to respect the Thai habit): a unique experience!
• Transfer to Nonghai Resort Hotel.
• Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Nong Khai – Kham Pia village (Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary)

• Breakfast at your hotel (you can leave some personal belongings at the hotel to lighten your luggage).
• Transfer to the village of Kham Pia, in Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary (3hr).
• Lunch on arrival.
• Settle in and rest in your home stay.
• Short trek to scenic viewpoint of the sanctuary for a presentation of Phu Wua by the local guide.
• Dinner at a restaurant in the village of Bung Klaa.
• Transfer back to Kham Pia and overnight stay in the village.

Day 5: Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary

• Breakfast at your home stay.
• Transfer to the forest to trek to the waterfalls of Cha Nan and Tham Foon.
• Picnic at Tham Foon Waterfall.
• Butterfly and bird watching while trekking. Pick up of some herbs and plants in the forest to use for your dinner and learn how it is cooked.
• On the way, stop at Tham Hook cave to meet the monks and see the elephant bones. (picture)
• Dinner and camp in the forest for the night.

Day 6: Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary

• Trek back to the village to rest.
• Solar cooking: presentation and demonstration.
• Meet with the children in Kham Pia’s school. (optional)
• Lunch in the village and tasting of solar-cooked food.
• Trek to the elephant tree houses. Afternoon in the trees to watch the elephants, if you’re lucky, or to learn more about Thai wildlife.
• Dinner and overnight stay in the tree houses.

Day 7: Mekong River – Kham Pia village

• Trek back to the village to have breakfast
  and rest.
• Transfer to the Mekong River for a boat tour.
• Lunch at a restaurant with view of the Mekong.
• Transfer to Kham Pia village. Visit a rubber tree plantation and learn the process with the local guide. Watch and learn how to weave cloth and baskets with the local artisans.
• Dinner and overnight stay in the village.

Day 8: Phu Tok – Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary

• Breakfast at your home stay.
• Transfer to Phu Thok, a massive sandstone mountain covered by a series of walkways and with a magnificent viewpoint of Phu Wua. Just before the top you can stop in a cave temple.
• Lunch at a restaurant on the way.
• Transfer to Tham Phra Waterfall. Go for a swim.
• Transfer to Kham Pia.
• Dinner and stay overnight in the village.

Day 9: Kham Pia village – Nongkhai

• Breakfast at your home stay.
• Transfer to Nongkhai Resort Hotel. Relax and rest.
• Thai cooking lesson at openmind projects training center and lunch.
• Transfer to a Buddhist University in Nongkhai. Visit and meet the monks.
• Dinner cruise on the Mekong River aboard a Nagarina boat.
• Overnight stay at the Nongkhai Resort Hotel.

Day 10: Nongkhai – Bangkok

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Proceed to visit Sala Kaeo Ku Park. (picture)
• Transfer to Tha Sadej Indochinese Market for a lunch with view on the Mekong River.
• Visit the market (and a nearby nice antique shop).
• Free afternoon.
• Baci ceremony
• 18:00 PM Transfer to Nongkhai railstation.
• 19:15 PM Departure of the night train.
• Arrival in Bangkok in the morning.
• Pick up to hotel or airport.

Tip:
During the 3 days of Songkhran you will have a lot of water splashed onto you, so be sure to keep your passport and money in a plastic bag.

This tour includes

• Transportation: By air-conditioned van and air-conditioned train.
• Accommodation: Hotel (air-conditioning room and private bathroom) and home stay (mattress and fan, toilet and bathroom with bucket and cold water).
• Meals: Breakfast-lunch-dinner.
• Guide: English-speaking guides.

This tour does not include

• International flights (available on request).
• Thai visa.
• Travel and cancellation insurance (available on request).
• Drinks (soft drinks and alcoholic beverages).
• Meals on the train.

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