Hill Tribe Adventure Thailand

  Thailand

• Bangkok: 
Bangkok
• All Other Areas in Thailand: 
Chiang Rai

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: All over the year

Description: This community volunteer programme in Thailand lets you take in the sights and culture this wonderful has to offer, before jumping into a true adventure by volunteering in a remote village in the north of the Thailand.
As a volunteer in Thailand you will have the chance to join other enthusiastic people and learn how to make your skills beneficial, to help the hill-tribe villages develop in the right direction for the benefit of all the inhabitants.

Highlights: * Day 1: Bangkok - arrival transfer
Arrival and joint-transfer to your accommodation. An experienced guide will meet you at the airport and will provide you with some useful tips for exploring the city and give you some ideas of what you could do on your tour.

* Day 2: Bangkok - a walking tour - night train to Chiang Mai
Today is a tour on foot. The aim is to ensure that you see as much as possible of the everyday life of Bangkok and its people; and what better way to do that than to combine your walk with as many different modes of public transport as possible. Stops on the tour will normally include some interesting temples, a flower market and Little India or Chinatown. Depart Bangkok in the evening to Chiang Mai by second-class overnight train with air-conditioned sleeping berths.

* Day 3: Chiang Mai - an orientation tour
After settling yourself into your hotel take a walking tour around the old city. There is always something of interest for everybody to see; spectacular temples, the gastronomic delights offered by the local food vendors, fantastic markets and shopping, etc.

* Day 4: Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai
Take a public air-conditioned bus to Chiang Rai. After checking into your hotel, have a day free to explore the small town by yourself.

* Days 5-25: Community services with local NGOs
Now it is time for you get off the tourist track and join the enthusiastic people who devotedly give their hearts to making the hill-tribe villages develop in the right direction for the benefit of all the inhabitants. The list of activities that you can take part in include teaching English (in average 3 times a week), editing English texts, reports for the foundation, writing articles, IT, VDO presentations, websites, helping to develop the Virtual Hill-tribe Museum program and joining various work projects undertaken by the foundation and villagers. Any creative ideas to improve the projects and the villages are always warmly welcomed.

The program also includes sightseeing to visit Chiang Rai town, its night bazaar, the White Temple, waterfalls and 3-day trekking with home stay experience in hill-tribe villages such as Akha and Lahu tribes.
The program includes meals on full board basis, however you will need to do your own cooking, together with your team. Accommodation is basic in volunteer houses, dormitory style and separate for men and women.

* Day 26: Chiang Rai - night bus to Bangkok
After saying farewell to your team, you will return to Bangkok by public overnight bus. If you wish to return to Chiang Mai or spend more time in the north or go direct to any beach destination please let us know. We can alter these final arrangements to meet your wishes.

* Day 27: Bangkok
You will arrive in Bangkok early in the morning but as the exact arrival time is uncertain you will need to take taxi by yourself to your accommodation in Bangkok. A room is reserved for early check in. The rest of the day is at leisure.

* Day 28: Bangkok - departure transfer
Spend this last free day for shopping or exploring more of Bangkok on your own. Then transfer to the airport for flight home.

The programme can be extended by a week where you will continue assisting at the project in Chiang Rai.

Qualifications:
* Minimum age: 18 years old
* Basic command of spoken English is essential
* You do not need any formal training or experience to participate but whatever experience you do have will be taken into account when arranging your day-to-day activities
* Volunteers need to be independent, enthusiastic and adaptable, hard working, with an open-minded attitude and specially with a great sense of humor
* International volunteers are welcome

Cost in US$: From 750 GBP

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Thailand Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Phone Interview

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

WAVA's Mission Statement: "WAVA" means Work & Volunteer Abroad. Our origins lie in a department created in 2006 at Twin Group, a prestigious provider of educational, training and employment opportunities for individuals from around the world. Established in January 2010, we are a fresh, independent company, using the trading name WAVA and a brand new logo, inspired by the values of travel: opportunity, adventure, emotion, sharing, learning and seeing. But we're not just about seeing. We're also about doing. We specialise in offering life-changing opportunities to travellers for whom seeing is not enough. We offer three broad types of travelling experiences: Volunteering on projects in developing countries Internships in professional environments around the world Seasonal paid working holidays in developed economies We make these experiences possible through solid partnerships with highly reputable local providers.

Year Founded: 2010