Homestay Khonkaen
At home with a Thai host family
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During this homestay you will be immersed in Thai village life for a few days, in a quiet country village in Thailands northeastern region Esan. Traveling through Isan is like traveling back in time. The people of the Isan pursue agrarian lifestyles dictated by the annual cycle of the farming seasons and unchanged by the passage of time. The region‘s ancient cultural traditions and customs in music, folk dances, legends and festivals are better preserved here than anywhere else in Thailand and the population is friendly and charming, even though it is among the poorest of Thailand.
This program is particularly fun for children, because the Thai village children love to play with foreign children.
Day 1. At home with a Thai family
Today you will travel to your host family in the country village Khampom. Upon arrival in the afternoon you can take a
leisurely stroll through the village, accompanied by your guide who has a lot of inside information and can tell anecdotes
about village life. Observe village life and local activities such as cotton or silk weaving or production of straw mats or
rice noodles. You can try everything for yourself if you want. Have informal conversations with the charming villagers, with
your guide translating. Which activities will be done depends on the season and the day of your visit. Click for more info
about homestays.
During dinner you will be warmly welcomed by the local Thai village people. Overnight stay with your Thai host family.
Photo-gallery “Among the People”
Day 2: Village life & farming
On schooldays you will visit the village school. See the
ceremonial beginning of a school day with the children singing the Thai national anthem followed by Buddhist prayers. Then
you will enter the classroom to talk with the children. Your guide will translate everything again. This schoolvisit will be
one of your more memorable experiences. Continue your walk through the village, stopping from time to time to see how the
villagers leisurely spend their day or earn their living. After lunch you will go into the rice fields. See how rice is
grown or harvested, depending on the season. Visit the village market and buy the ingredients for your evening meal. Walking
back to your host's home you can see the village farmers guiding their cows or buffalos back home. As this will be your last
dinner with the host family, about half the village will want to say goodbye to you. Following Isan tradition you will
receive a lot of good wishes and a wrist full of strings tied with the villagers‘ wishes for you… Overnight
stay again with the host family (B, D).
Day 3: End of this module
After breakfast you will transfer to Khonkaen city where this module ends. From here you can move on to your next
destination; for instance
Khonkaen to Chiang Mai
or
Indochina route
or
Phu Kradung challenge
or
Angkor heritage
or
Khao Yai safari.
You can also go back to Bangkok by train, bus or flight (we can book this for you) or extend your stay for as many nights
as you want.
This tour can start any day but we recommend that you plan your
tour such that day 2 will be a weekday when the school visit is possible (except for some bank holidays and not always
predictable local holidays). The village school is closed for holidays from March till May and in October and activities in
the village during these times will be very low. The best period for the Homestay Khonkaen tour is May - Sep and Nov - Mar.
If you want to be sure of certain activities, for instance the visits to the school or the rice fields, then please contact
us prior to your booking.
Very nice: two of our spanish visitors were so kind to translate this tour program into spanish language (link opens in new window). With many thanks to Mari en Litos!
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