|
|
Day 1. Sunday Meal Code: (D) Arrive at the airport (Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai) or the railway station in Chiang Mai, and transfer to the Maekok River Village Resort – Student Field Studies Centre in Ban Thaton. Check into the accommodation of your choice. Take a Thai / Western buffet dinner in the 'Spice Garden' restaurant overlooking the river. Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. Retire to bed. Day 2. Monday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Lecture followed by practical instruction on: 'Jungle Survival & Food Craft'. Take a short break then attend a lecture followed by practical instruction on: 'Fire raft & Cooking'. Thai / Western buffet lunch. Take part in a 'Bamboo Workshop': Making plates, drinking vessels, chopsticks, spoons. (Optional* Plucking & preparing the chickens for the BBQ). BBQ dinner (includes numerous wild vegetables/edible roots). Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. Retire to bed. Day 3. Tuesday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast Lecture followed by practical instruction on: 'Map reading & Orienteering'. 'Magnetic compass & GPS use'. Thai / Western buffet lunch. Depart for the start point of our basic 'Orienteering Competition' (app. 10kms – ends at the resort) Enjoy an early Thai / Western buffet dinner. After dinner, take a 1hour break before commencing our 'Student Eco-Challenge' a team event: There are 4 phases, over 2 days: High & Low ropes/beams course. Mountain bike circuit/rock climbing wall/cargo net descent. After the competition, late snacks and hot drinks are served around the campfire before you retire to bed. Note* Full details of the competition are provided to all school groups prior to their arrival to facilitate the balanced selection of teams. Day 4. Wednesday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Continue with the Student Eco-Challenge. Board transport and set off for the start point of the next stage: 'Look and Learn' trek to the hot springs via a cave, a waterfall and a Red Lahu hill tribe village. Lunch is a picnic box en route. There are 20 'question points' along the route and at each you will be asked a question, or given a task to complete. These are related to what you have learned over the previous 4 days of the programme. Return to the resort for a set Western style dinner. Take a 1hour break before commencing the last phase of the Students Eco-Challenge. Team building exercises, & mental challenges. After the competition, late snacks and hot drinks are served around the campfire before you retire to bed. Day 5. Thursday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Morning at leisure (relax around the resort or go shopping in the nearby town of Fang). Return for a buffet lunch. Lecture followed by practical instruction on: 'CPR, Lifesaving, Basic Canoeing'. Set Thai style dinner. 'Jungle Disco' in the 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club' to celebrate the completion of the Student Eco-Challenge. Retire to bed. Day 6. Friday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. 10:00hrs, check out of the resort and travel by vehicle to the Black Lahu village of Ban Pha Tai. Commence a 'Canoeing* & River Barge Programme' to our river base camp some 30 km down river (* 4 seater Canadian Indian Trading Canoes). Arrive and check into our barrack room style accommodation at the river side camp located on the banks of the river, in a small gorge. Take a hot shower, followed by a BBQ dinner. Relax around the campfire before retiring to bed. Day 7. Saturday Meal Code: (B, L) Breakfast. Board the river barges for the trip down river to the Elephant Camp at Ban Ruam Mit for a 1.5 hour Elephant Safari. Take lunch in a local restaurant. Reboard the barges for the final leg of the journey down river to Chiang Rai. Transfer by vehicle to the airport for your flight out.
|
