Permaculture Nan, Thailand
Activities
Here at Daidib Daidee farm, there is always some activities to do to keep us busy and entertained everyday all day. Trust me, you won’t be bored!
There is actually plenty to do: planting and watering vegetables, trekking, picking the freshest, organic vegetables from the garden for our meals, cooking some food, collecting firewood, bathing the buffaloes, making fertiliser, cutting bamboo, baking herbs, riding bicycles to admire the view, afternoon siesta, playing music, swimming in the river, socialising around the fire, visiting the local market, exploring the village, observing the locals weaving, or on some days going to the forest to gather and forage for fruit, there is so much for you to experience.
A village of 10 townsfolk would share living and experiences. Not only good, but also uneasy. You know mother earth tells us all the time; it would not always be a good and pleasant time. (~Good times, bad times gimme some of that~).
Simple Living
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Simple Living with us
On a long journey away from home, Daidib Daidee would be your perfect ‘second home’ as we introduce you to a new simple way of living. Here, we’re surrounded by a peaceful nature from elegant mountains, gentle rice fields, a lively streamlet, and the endless charming sky with no view blocking from any skyscrapers. Because she has been our home since we’ve remembered, we know well how to ease the way we live according to our mother nature.
We mindfully offer you a stay to try out our way of simple living from awake to sleep includes helping out in the kitchen and assisting my mom with meals, bathing our buffalos with my dad, rice seedling and harvesting during green season etc. For this special price, the stay requires at least 7 days and nights. We believe that throughout the 7-day stay with us, you will truly be embraced by mother nature. Above all, what we gain from living simply close to nature would definitely recharge your soul
Hut
THB 600 / person / night
Dorm
THB 400 / person / night
**Minimum stay is 7 days
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Everyday program in our farm during your stay with us, you can benefit from an introduction to permaculture or natural construction, at no extra cost! These free activities are accessible in the morning and are of course completely optional.
Everyday Routine
06.00 - 07.00 Basic yoga and meditation (Optional)
07.00 - 09.00 Morning Tea and then gardening (Optional)
09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast
10.00 - 11.00 Bathing a buffalo (Optional)
11.00 - 12.00 Preparing lunch cooking together
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 18.30 Free time
18.30-20.00 Dinner
20.00 ‘We’ time /Game/Movie/Talking Circle/Tarot telling (Optional)
** During your free time, we have bicycles for you to ride around and enjoy nature and local surroundings. Or you can join other appointed activities with an extra charge.
** ‘We’ time are night activities for the first few nights to ice-break and friend us together, such as talking circle, local ice breaking game, movie, tarot telling etc.
Other Activities
Natural tie dye
THB 250 / person
Duration : 1.30 hr
Include : one cloth product for dyeing (choices : dress, tote bag, shirt, scarf) Detail : Make a natural dyeing clothes from leaves, flowers, and other natural colour pigment. As well as do the Shibori, Japanese dyeing technique to make some patterns on the textile.
Cooking Class
THB 500 / person
Duration : 2.30 hr
Detail : Learn to cook northern Thai vegetarian food from scraps from starting a fire. You will also get to know some natural ingredients that can substitute some flavourings.
Trekking
THB 500 / person
Duration : 3 hr
Detail : Enjoy a 7 kilometres route in the local forest where you will learn which nature pieces are edible, drinkable, usable, or healable.
Thai Herbal Sauna
THB 250 / person
Duration : 1 hr
Detail : Sauna steamed from grown local herbs for relaxation and refreshment.
Buffalo Cart / Riding
THB 250 / person
Duration : 30 min.
Detail : New experience with traditional transportation. We guarantee that you will fall in love with our buffalo.
Accommodation
The accommodation options on our farm are all designed towards a traditional and permaculture lifestyle. They all are made of wood with a thatched roof made from bamboo. There are four open-air huts; each hut is suitable for 2 – 4 people. There is also a dormitory sized for eight persons. We will provide blankets, pillows, bed sheets, and a traditional minimal mattress. Mosquito netting will also be provided.
There are two shared, communal, cold water showers and toilets that are a short walking distance from the lodgings. A central building for eating and socialising also has solar powered electricity for charging your phone/devices.
Note: There is no wifi available on site, but you are more than welcome to bring your on cellphones with data and power-banks.
Three nutritious and delicious, organic, vegetarian meals will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner. However, if anyone would like to cook a vegetarian meal from their own country to share, you are encouraged to do so! If you are interested in doing so, please contact me in advance to discuss details.
What to bring on your visit to our farm
- Pen and notebook to take notes for learning (optional)
- Water bottle
- Torch (flashlight) or head-mounted flashlight, plus extra batteries
- Environmentally friendly soap, shampoo and other personal toiletries
- Sun hat
- Sunscreen
- Mosquito spray
- Towel for shower
- Toilet paper
- Personal medication
- Passport
- Sandals and shoes for trekking and other various activities
Other useful informations you might want to know
- We are solely offgrid, so we only have electricity from solar cells by the daylight and battery, usually until 10PM.
- There is a 5G internet signal here but no wifi available
- Shared bathrooms are provided with no hot shower; believe me all you need in Thailand is a cold shower.
- We wash our own dishes and clothes here.
- For your pleasant sleep, we provide blankets, pillows, bed sheets, and mattress as well as mosquito net.
- There are two types of bedrooms : private cabins for two persons and a dormitory for eight.
- We are responsible to keep the shared area like kitchen, living space, bathrooms and toilets clean and tidy.
- Three nutritious, delicious, organic, vegetarian meals a day will be arranged. However, if you would like to assist cooking, you are encouraged to do so for breakfasts.
- If you are allergic to any food or insects, please don’t forget to tell us.
- Other than 4 buffalos, we also have 2 cats as our family members. Their names are Luna and Martin.
- In case, if you have less than 7 days but you want to stay with us, we are also welcome with the different rates of THB 800/person/night for the hut and THB 600/person/night for the dorm.
- We love kids to come and learn from nature. We offer a special rate for little folks; the 3 years old or younger are free of charge and 50% off for 4-8 years old.
- Pets are welcome as well. Cats and small dogs rate is THB 150/night and bigger dogs THB 250/night.
**Because we are an organic, permaculture farm, if you bring any single use plastic products, please ensure you take them back when you leave.Because we are an organic, permaculture farm, if you bring any single use plastic products, please ensure you take them back when you leave.