Khok Pia Village Visit Tour


Duration
Full Day
Start/Finish
Khon Kaen to Khon Kaen
Highlights
• Meeting the locals
• Having an uncompromised authentic cultural experience
• Helping to cook your own dinner
Description
This tour is a fully authentic experience with no concessions made for tourists other than having Nina, an English-speaking resident of the village, spend the day with you. Ban Khok Pia is a typical rural Isan village about 20 kilometers (13 miles) outside Khon Kaen city. Most of its 180 residents live in wooden houses, grow rice in the rainy season, and supplement their income the rest of the year by growing vegetables, flowers, and sugar cane or taking seasonal work outside the village. In many ways things haven’t changed much in the past 20-plus years: life generally remains slow, simple, and interconnected and it’s not an exaggeration to say that everyone knows everyone in the village. During your visit you spend your time meeting locals and seeing typical activities throughout the village and finish the day helping to prepare a typical Isan meal to eat. This tour is also available as a homestay.

A Message From Your Host
Hello. I’m Nina. Welcome to Khok Pia village. I am proud to present this wonderful place. My village has good culture, nice people, and great friendship and I want you all to enjoy the wonderful value of life that I have here in my village. I have had foreigner friends at the university and so I know what the interesting things to show people are. Also I want to give the value of life back to my hometown. Making tours here will help me improve my hometown through income and also make people not so shy around foreigners. And this will give them the chance to improve themselves in the future. Making this project is my dream come true! Thank you for your support.
Add-Ons
Make the most of your trip with our special add-on activities before, during, or after your tour.