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Private halfday – soak yourself in Thai traditional handicraft world!
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4 Hours 30 Minutes
Mobile ticket
Pickup offered
Offered in: English
Overview
Spend your this precious halfday soaking yourself in the rich world of Thai arts and crafts.
You will find out how artisans create incredible works of art such as Woodcarvings, Gems, Silverware, Thai Silks, Lacquer-ware and Paper Umbrellas, even life sized carvings of elephant.
Let’s learn about the methods and history of different traditional handicrafts while visiting factories and workshops for artists to create wonderful works of art.
You can pick up skillfully created work of arts that come directly from these artists as a gift for someone special or as a wonderful memento for your visit.
Explore the distinctive home industries of Sankhampaeng.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup service (at Oldtown, Night bazzar, Nimman, Santitam area)
- Licensed English speaking guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Travel accident insurance
Meeting And Pickup
Pickup points
Imm Hotel Thaphae Chiang Mai
50100, 17/1 Kotchasarn Road, Changkhlan, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Pickup details
Pick-up is available at accommodation in Oldtown, Nighbazzar, Nimman, Santitam area.
What To Expect
Umbrella Village - Bor Sang
You will be picked up from your hotel or guest house lobby at 8.00am. / or 12.00 pm About 30minut driving will take you to the Bo Sang Handicraft Centre, where you meet the local artisans making the world famous Paper umbrellas whose brilliant designs are mysteriously, magically impervious to rain. Watch the whole process from making the bamboo struts, covering them with paper, putting them out to dry and then hand painting them. You can ask them to paint a variety of beautiful designs on items that you bring to them (for example a Purse, mobile phone covers, handbag, hat, jacket, t-shirt, even the leg of your jeans). Even very complicated scenic designs can be painted on your object right in front of you in minutes. That would be a treasured gift for either yourself or someone special back at home.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Baan Jang Nak - A Museum of Elephant Wood Carvings
Baan Jang Nak, which means “A Museum of Elephant Wood Carvings”, has shown many of master piece elephant wood carvings, even on life sized carvings of elephant. Visitors from around the world came here to visit and tell the stories of the elephants in Thailand to their families and friends. As well as a willing of everyone in Baan Jang Nak who love and want to protect the real elephants and want to tell the stories of them through their works. This is not the typical tourist stop. The place besides being a museum of the works and life of the artist, is a working center where the tradition of wood carving is maintained Witnessing the making of structures, from a wooden block to end of Elephant.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
San kamphang Saturday walking street market
Discover many workshops and factories in the San kamphang handicraft village. Watch locals demonstrate the intricate art of weaving silk by hand—a generations-old method—and learn about the comprehensive and detail-oriented process of silk production. Skilled craftsmen transform teakwood with the help of simple tools into elegant furniture with delicate carvings. Also fascinating to watch is the production of lacquer ware, even eggshells are used to achieve unusual designs. Silverware is on offer in such a great variety that even the most modest visitor will be tempted to buy some as there is always something available for any taste. Generations long, families have mastered and transferred the finer art of the well-known Celadon Ceramics. .. Buy unique silverware items direct from the makers, and discover other thriving handicraft industries of cotton, as well as antiques from Myanmar and beyond.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operated by joinusthai
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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