Experiences June 27, 2020
Thailand has many travel programs to offer, ranging from educational sessions, hands-on workshops to gain new skills and volunteer opportunities to help the people and animals in need. Travellers will learn the local wisdom, ways of life and cultures through activities like learning how to give Thai massages, exploring community forests and performing traditional dances. For truly memorable experiences, travelers are urged to take on volunteer opportunities like teaching children in remote communities and helping out stray animals at rescue centers.
Inspired Thailand will inspire everyone to travel and make it more memorable than ever with our selected tourist attractions. Motivate yourself to do things you have never been done, sharing time and culture with local people, and creating wonderful memories with each other.
Imagine how it would feel to incorporate meaningful experiences into your travels 😀
Bang Rong Community, Phuket
School of Gibbons. Bank of Flower Crabs. A Classroom of Goats.
Bang Rong is a Musilim community with more than 200 years of history. It is located by the sea with abundant natural resources from mangrove forest to the mountain, named Phra Taew. Its great geography makes it possible to offer a wide range of activities to visitors.
Eco-friendly minded visitors can Bang Rong’s the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project where you can see and learn gibbon’s habitats. Spend your time at the nursery to see the rehabilitation process that helps assist gibbons before returning to the wild.
If you are interested in the local way of life, visit the fruit orchards such as the pineapple farm or the goat farms to learn how to make goat-milk soaps or the rubber plantation to harvest latex with locals.
If you are into crafts, join a workshop on Batik bags.
The mangrove forest is also very interesting. This is the flower crabs’ home. Join the locals to learn more about the flower crabs and their life cycle and how the community is protecting the flower crabs and food resources for the next generations. Visitors can also spend overnights at the homestays to gain deeper experiences with the community.
Address: Ban Bang Rong. Moo 3, Pa Khlok, Thalang, Phuket.
Phone: 08 6953 9948, 09 4714 8707 (Chairperson of Bang Rong Community)
Facebook: ท่องเที่ยวโดยชุมชนบ้านบางโรงภูเก็ต
Opening hours: 9am to 5pm
Lanta Animal Welfare, Krabi
Volunteers For Pets
Lanta Animal Welfare Foundation’s agenda are to take care of and find new homes for stray dogs and cats at Ko Lanta. The foundation also welcomes volunteers to care for the animals at the headquarter.
Key activities focus on living with rescue dogs and cats e.g. taking them out for exercise, bathing them and clean cages and shelters.
Lanta Animal Welfare accepts 4 types of volunteers. General volunteers take care of the animals, feed and give them baths, clean cages and tend the garden at the foundation. Information volunteers assist in providing information to walk-in tourists and on guided tours with occasional office tasks. Media volunteers assist in maintaining social media, producing media to disseminate information to the public. And, finally, experienced veterinary volunteers help by giving clinical services from maintaining good animal health to sterile operations.
Address: Lanta Animal Welfare, Sala Dan, Ko Lanta, Krabi
Phone: 08 4304 4331
Operating hours: 9am to 4pm
Best time to visit: All-year. If you want to take the dogs out for walks, avoid the hottest time or the rainy season.
E-mail: [email protected] (for volunteer inquiry)
[email protected] (for animal adoption inquiry)
[email protected] (for media queries, or sharing photos of the animals)
[email protected] (for all other inquiries)
Website: https://lantaanimalwelfare.com
Facebook: Lanta Animal Welfare
Elephant Rescue National Park, Chiang Mai
Providing Great Quality Life To Elephants.
An elephant is Thailand’s national animal and the Thais place great importance on the elephants. The Elephant Rescue National Park is set up to serve this purpose and for tourists who care about ecotourism and sustainable tourism.
The important goal is to keep elephants healthy and happy while also allowing the public to visit and get involved through making donations.
Besides the fun and interesting elephant shows, this elephant rescue center is also located on the mountains within the Doi Inthanon National Park.
The Elephant Rescue National Park is taken care of by Karen ethnic staff who always kindly share great experiences between humans and elephants to the visitors.
Address: Head office 48 Ratchamanka Road, Phra Singh, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200
Phone: 06 4852 8684
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.elephantrescuenationalpark.com
Office hours: 9am – 6pm
WVS Care For Dogs, Chiang Mai
Learn How To Rescue Stray Animals.
There are stray animals all around Thailand. Chiang Mai is one of the provinces with the most numbers of stray animals. This is the reason that brings WVS Care For Dogs to life. The rescue center aims to care for stray dogs and cats in Chiang Mai by providing food, shelter and a healthier life. WVS Care For Dogs’ main mission is to reduce the numbers of stray animals in Chiang Mai.
To gain the best volunteer experiences WVS Care For Dogs provides a 3.5-day program for volunteers to get hands-on experiences in all tasks, from taking the animals out for exercises, bathing, removing lice and cleaning them. Volunteers also get a chance to meet students and staff in the area who have been great supporters for building better welfare for the stray animals. Volunteers will give advice and instructions on sterilization to the animal owners as well.
Address: 12 Moo 11, Wiang Dong, Nam Prae, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai 50230
Phone: 08 6913 8701
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.carefordogs.org
MEKIN FARM, Khon Kaen
Live Fully, Isaan Style.
Isaan-style organic agrotourism under the concept of “Living with ME like my KIN” aims to welcome visitors as if they’re family coming back to the farm. Mekin Farm offers I-SAN home cook workshops made from freshly picked organic raw materials from around the farm. Visitors will also experience local Isaan ways of life and self-sufficient organic farming practices.
Address: 155 Moo 1, Ban Chorake, Chorake, Nong Ruea, Khon Kaen
Phone: 06 1695 9926
Facebook: mekinfarmkhonkaen
Instagram: mekinfarm
Opening hours: 9am to 6pm (close on Wednesdays)
Satom Organic Farm, Surin
Getting to the Heart of Organic Farming
Anyone with an interest in organic farming should not miss this out. Visit Satom Organic Farm and you will learn one of the most comprehensive techniques on organic farming and growing vegetables and rice, following the concept, “Keep nature safe. Keep consumers safe.”
Food at Satom Organic Farm is deliciously prepared by using fresh local produce collected directly from the farm, served side-by-side a colorful mix of three organic jasmine rice–Komen Surin, Mali Nin and Phka Ampuen. These jasmine rice are known to have antioxidants that could reduce depression and anxiety and nourish the skins. Meals are served in banana leaves to give you a sense of true organic farming. Besides, they also serve homemade local rice wine too.
Satom Organic Farm welcomes WWOOFERs from all around the globe to share their experiences in organic farming.
Address: 174 Moo 1 Ban Muang Ling, Buriram
Phone: 06 1165 1848, 08 9474 0199
Facebook: SatomFarm.Surin
Website: www.satomfarm.com
I Camp Thailand, Kanchanaburi
Learn And Grow Smart
An international summer camp for children and teenagers, between the ages of 8 and 16, who love adventures. Join the camp’s many activities including indoor and outdoor sports, performances, music shows, outdoor learning and volunteering. Gain new experiences while meeting new friends from all over the world. I Camp Thailand designs American-style summer camps all year, including summer vacations between June and August and other seasons. Camp size is 40-200 persons.
Address: 9/9 Moo 6, Klon Do, Dan Makham Tia, Kanchanaburi
Phone: 02 399 5400 Ext. 217, 09 2280 9335
Website: www.icampthailand.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Ban Nong Kratoom, Khun Mon Farm, Kanchanaburi
Indulge In the Six Heritages of Wisdom
Ban Nong Kratoom, Khun Mon Farm welcomes everyone to gain practical experiences on the way of life and wisdom of the local farmers.
Khun Mon Farm offers 6 stations of wisdom: 1) a corn farm visit and harvest fresh corn; 2) making corn milk ice-cream; 3) making cold-pressed sesame oil; 4) making wood vinegar and using Iwate charcoal kiln; 5) building mud adobe; and 6) making ground sesame herbal ball for massages.
Each station of wisdom is uniquely prepared to showcase how local wisdom offers valuable practical knowledge worth to be protected and passed on to the next generations.
Address: Nong Kum, Bo Ploy, Kanchanaburi
Phone: 0 3453 1487, 08 1915 6798
Opening hours: 8am to 5pm (No entry fee)
How to get there: Ban Nong Kratoom, Khun Mon Farm is about 35 kilometers away from the Kanchanaburi town. It is located on the Kanchanaburi-Bo Ploy road (approximately one kilometer before the Safari Park), on the opposite of Wat Nong Kratoom.
