| DAY ONE |
Bangkok – Don Mueang International Airport – Krabi International Airport – Laem Sak Community |
| AFTERNOON |
From Krabi International Airport, take a van to Laem Sak Community.
After arriving at Laem Sak Community, check in and then free time. |
| EVENING |
Dinner.
Rest at Bulan Anda Baba Resort or accommodation of a similar quality. |
| DAY TWO |
Laem Sak Community – Koh Yao Noi |
| MORNING |
Wake up to see one of the most beautiful sunrises in Thailand.
Enjoy a traditional Southern Thai breakfast.
Morning activities at Laem Sak Community include:
– Kayaking to explore the mangrove forest.
– Taking a boat to see prehistoric cave paintings.
– Experiencing the fisherman’s way of life.
– Visiting the Green Caviar Seaweed Farm. |
| NOON |
Lunch: shrimp paste-fried rice, made from planktonic farmed shrimp. |
| AFTERNOON |
Head out on a boat trip from Ao Leuk to Koh Yao Noi, an island known for its stunning beaches, strong cultural roots and fertile environment. Visitors can learn about and forage for some superb ingredients found on the island.
Visit the largest fish farm and lobster farm of Koh Yao Noi. You’ll get to see a variety of marine animals and the giant, rare and expensive rainbow lobsters. |
| EVENING |
Dinner and leisure time.
Rest at Bulan Anda Baba Resort or accommodation of a similar quality. |
| DAY THREE |
Laem Sak Community |
| MORNING |
Breakfast and then start the morning’s activities Laem Sak Community, including:
– Cooking class: learn how to make Baba-style local desserts, such as Ko Sui (brown sugar dumplings).
– Additional cooking class: learn how to make Khanom Chak, a Southern Thai dessert by using local ingredients such as coconuts and nipa palm leaves. |
| NOON |
Lunch. |
| AFTERNOON |
Enjoy the learning activities.
– DIY: Design and paint your own batik cloth.
– DIY: Make your own bag from batik. |
| EVENING |
Dinner and leisure time.
Rest at Bulan Anda Baba Resort or accommodation of a similar quality. |
| DAY FOUR |
Laem Sak Community |
| MORNING |
Breakfast.
Enjoy activities at Laem Sak Community, including:
– CSR: Planting paphiopedilum exul, the local specie of orchid at Khao Chang Mob.
– Visit a local orchid farm and learn about how shrimp paste is made.
– Cooking class: learn how to cook shrimp paste-fried rice. |
| NOON |
Lunch: tuck into your freshly made shrimp paste-fried rice. |
| AFTERNOON |
After your fill, the afternoon’s activities include:
– Workshop: pound up some fresh planktonic shrimps into shrimp paste.
– CSR: Plant nipa palm trees for the community.
– Search for cockles and help by propelling a wooden plank on mud bank (while the locals look for cockles). |
| EVENING |
Dinner and leisure time.
Rest at Bulan Anda Baba Resort or accommodation of a similar quality. |
| DAY FIVE |
Laem Sak Community – Had Sai Rorn – Hot Mud Spa – Ban Tham Suea Community |
| MORNING |
Wake up early and travel to Had Sai Rorn (which translates to ‘hot sand beach’), a seldom-seen tourist destination and the only place in Thailand that contains hot black mud. The geothermal heat from the crust below provides the perfect warm temperature. Studies have found that hot black mud contains different kinds of minerals that are good for your health.
Arrive at Tha Makham Pier and head to Had Sai Rorn, where expert spa therapists will apply the hot black mud all over your body, leaving your skin feeling fresh.
Return to the shore for breakfast (and a shower to wash off all the mud!)
Take a kayak trip to Phee Hua To Cave, an ancient cave with evidence of cave dwellers dating back 4,000 years |
| NOON |
Lunch. |
| AFTERNOON |
Take a bike trip to explore Ban Tham Suea Community.
Join learning activities at Ban Tham Suea Community, including:
– Making Khanom Ki Mod (powdered sweet rice).
– Learning about Mud-yom fabrics.
– Testing your wicker-work skills.
Take a long boat ride to Khlong Marui (canal) where you’ll find the largest natural oyster farm in Thailand. |
| EVENING |
Dinner.
Return to accommodation.
Rest at Bulan Anda Baba Resort or accommodation of a similar quality. |
| DAY SIX |
Laem Sak Community – Wat Maha That Laem Sak – Than Bok Khorani National Park |
| MORNING |
Breakfast.
Head up to Ao Leuk at Wat Maha That Laem Sak (temple) a witness the stunning 360-degree scenery. Here, you can also pay your respects at Sok Po See Aye Shrine and/or Ban Hua Laem Mosque. |
| NOON |
Lunch. |
| AFTERNOON |
Travel to Than Bok Khorani National Park, a watershed forest and an interesting ecotourism attraction with limestone mountains, an evergreen forest, mangroves, a peat swamp forest and beach forest – it really has it all! Than Bok Khorani National Park also includes some remote islands dotted around the Andaman Sea, with some interesting underwater plants in those areas. Learn more about this national park while trekking the one-kilometer-long forest path. |
| EVENING |
Dinner and leisure time.
Rest at Bulan Anda Baba Resort or accommodation of a similar quality. |
| DAY SEVEN |
Laem Sak Community – Tha Pom Klong Song Nam – Krabi International Airport |
| MORNING |
Enjoy breakfast before checking out and say goodbye to Laem Sak.
Head to Tha Pom Klong Song Nam, a swampy area famous for its clear blue water and green forest linked to the Andaman Sea by a canal. |
| NOON |
Lunch before your flight home. |
| AFTERNOON |
Say goodbye at Krabi International Airport. |
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