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Things we do every week

Every experience is run by our team with people from the neighbourhood we know well. Book on LINE or in your booking notes and pay at the hotel. Prices are net.

Chillies, lime and herbs in a basket with a mortar

Lanna cooking class

Start at Somphet market near Tha Phae Gate choosing herbs with Khuang’s chef, then come back to the garden kitchen to pound khao soi paste in a stone mortar, make larb khua muang, nam prik ong and a local sweet, and eat what you cooked for lunch.

Time
Daily 09:00–13:00
Price
฿1,600 per person, recipes included
Group
Up to 8, age 8 and over
Booking
One day ahead
Two monks in orange robes walking down a path

Dawn temple walk

Leave as the sky lightens to reach Wat Chedi Luang before the tour buses, then the all-teak viharn of Wat Phan Tao and Wat Phra Singh, with stories of the old city on the way. Join the morning alms round if you wish, then coffee back at the sala.

Time
Tue, Thu, Sat 06:15–08:30
Price
฿650 per person · alms set ฿150
Dress
Shoulders and knees covered, easy shoes
Distance
About 3 km, flat
A wall of indigo-dyed fabric squares

Indigo dyeing

Hom is the northern indigo plant behind the mor hom work shirt. A dyer from Phrae teaches you to bind patterns and dip cotton in a fermented indigo vat. Take your scarf home; your hands stay blue for a day or two.

Time
Wed and Sat 14:00–16:00
Price
฿1,200 per person, scarf included
Group
Up to 6
Sky lanterns glowing in the night sky

Khom lantern making

Fold and glue a Lanna paper lantern by hand, to hang in your room or take home. Around Yi Peng we only take guests to licensed release sites.

Time
Daily 16:00–17:30
Price
฿450 per person
Hands massaging a back with herbal compress balls

Massage in the garden sala

Traditional Thai massage, or Lanna tok sen, where a wooden mallet taps along the body’s lines, in the teak sala under the mango tree. Our therapists trained at Chiang Mai massage schools.

Thai massage
60 min ฿500 · 90 min ฿750
Tok sen
60 min ฿700
Hours
10:00–21:00

Free for staying guests

  • Bicycles

    All day, with helmets and baskets

  • Old-city walking map

    Hand-drawn by our team, with the places we actually eat

  • Poolside yoga

    Saturday and Sunday 07:00, one hour

  • Library sala

    Books on Lanna, and novels in several languages

Book an experience with your stay

Add it in the special requests box when you book, or message us on LINE before you arrive.

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