Eco-Agricultural Hill Tribes Village with Lunch by Local Transport

Eco-Agricultural Hill Tribes Village

“Chiang Mai Hill tribe community“, Learn the lifestyle of hill tribe people such as Lahu, Padong , Palong (the Long Neck Karen), Yao, Akha, Kayaw, Mhong and White Karen. You will be amazed with their native talents including daily farm work such as making scarecrows, ridding weeds in the paddy fields, and demonstrating rice pouring from the watermill. one of several in the region where the various hill tribes have been gathered to live in permanent settlements and practice their life styles. part of the deal is that tourists come to take photos and purchase their crafts and the government gets them in one place.

Regarding to the old traditional way of preserving in agriculture combination of hill tribes, There are the supports in agriculture occupations and living incomes, to be longer existence, in order to preserve the wonderful life style which not easy to see the present day

Baan Tong Luang is a fabricated village containing 8 groups of Hill Tribes. The Hill Tribes at Baan Tong Luang are the Lahu, Mhong, White Karen, the Long necked Karen, also known as Padong or Paduang, Yao, Akha, Kayaw and Palong. Baan Tong Luang is conveniently located just off the Maerim – Samoeng Road, an area containing many and varied Chiang Mai attractions.

Baan Tong Luang has been laid out quite well, with a separate area for each of the different Hill Tribes. The village is divided by picturesque rice paddies and fields containing water buffalo, with several thatched roof huts in the distance. The road through the village is lined on both sides with thatched roof wooden huts, almost every one displaying for sale a wide variety of Hill Tribe embroidery, cloth, jewelry and many other items of uncertain ethnic origin which you can find at Chiang Mai’s Night Bazaar or walking streets at considerably lower prices. Each shop is staffed by girls wearing the appropriate, extremely beautiful Hill Tribe costumes, all of whom are trying, and mostly succeeding, to avoid looking bored as the constant stream of camera wielding visitors passes by. Dotted about throughout Baan Tong Luang are the occasional women demonstrating the traditional methods of weaving and spinning and one elderly man who is delighted to show off his considerable prowess with a hand made wooden crossbow.

Highlights

• This tour is private tour.
• Visit Ban Tong Loung; Eco-agricultural Hill Tribe Village.
• Lunch Included