Tambon Nong Rong Community

Tambon Nong Rong Community

Kanchanaburi

Take a joyful bicycle ride through the community forest that only exists thanks to the villagers’ collective efforts. Search the forest for mushrooms, the wet season delicacy, before riding a farm tractor cart to many integrated farms and taste some of Kanchanaburi’s secret recipes.

Learn about Huai Saphan Samakkhi – the forest under the community’s care
Discover Kanchanaburi’s greatest source for the famous wild termite mushrooms
Explore the integrated agricultural garden
Get up close to the sugar palm trees and learn all about the products derived from them
Cook and taste the intense local cuisine

Tour

2 Days 1 Night Trip

Day 1
09:00	Arrive at the Tambon Nong Rong Tourism Information Center (Pracharat shop). Welcome visitors, then take the farm tractor cart to Ban Huai Saphan Samakkhi Community Forest Learning Center.
09:30	Help plant some saplings in the community / travel to the community forest to take a walk / help make some souvenirs including rings and wristbands made from wild vines.
10:00	Take the cart to a temple which dates back to the late Ayuthaya period – Wat Khao Cham Seen, climb up a steep path with of over 400 steps to visit the Chao Mae Soi Raya shrine.
11:00	The visitors can choose to watch a demonstration of coconut leaf hat weaving / banana stem or jute flower making / pandan & kiffir leaf wreath.
12:00	Have lunch at the Learning Center.
13:00	Visit agrotourism sites and shop for different products from local groups. Get to about know sugar palm products, help prepare sweetened palm seeds (August to December) or palm seeds in shaved ice (March to April). Also, take some ingredients back for dinner.
14:30	Watch how to prepare the herbal rice chips.
15:30	Visit the loincloth weaving facility or learn how to prepare deep fried pork skin.
17:00	Experience the joy of cooking your own dinner with unique local recipes.
19:00	Join a discussion and watch some traditional games, songs and dances.
Day 2
06:00	Almsgiving in front of your village home.
08:30	Ride the tractor cart to ‘Pluc Ka Du Park’ – Mr. Suwannawit’s farm to watch a Thai desserts demonstration. Learn how to make some wickerwork, especially the kinetic toy snake.
12:00	Have lunch and return to the information center to shop for souvenirs.
14:00	Travel to the Royal Monument of King Naresuan the Great, Tambon Don Chedi, Amphoe Phanom Thuan, Kanchanaburi, then return home.