Study and Service Tour | Community Based Tourism in Thailand

Andaman Discoveries study tour programs provide students with a personalized service trip set in the traditional culture and ecology of the rural, tsunami-impacted Andaman Coast of southern Thailand. We work closely with educators to provide comprehensive study tours that meet specific pedagogical objectives and include cultural highlights of the country at the most competitive price possible.

Study tour program offers educational and community service trips to schools, universities, and educational institutes for students of all ages and abilities. Experience is the best teacher, and we organize hands on, student-centered learning activities led by a team of trained International and Thai staff. we provided the package 3-7 days programs and one day program.

Study tour and Service learning tour lead your students on an exploration adventure of a life time! Take your study topics out side of the classroom and allow interactive learning to take place in the cultural and natural diversity of the North Andaman Coast. Stay at the home of a Thai family in a small village to immerse your group into different aspects of Thai life. Participate in authentic cultural exchange with the help of your translator and enjoy delicious homemade meals made with care. Engage in local conservation efforts and enjoy the beauty of the pristine nature in the region.

Learning Objectives include:

Study the key cultural, economic, and sustainability issues of these coastal communities.
Direct service – understand how service learning and reciprocal learning works to benefit students as well as communities.
Study the biodiversity and inter relatedness of the eco-systems in the region including mangroves, beaches, tropical rain forests, coral reefs, and estuaries.
Explore first-hand the interrelation of community development, coastal ecology, natural resource use, and conservation (e.g. traditional livelihoods and culture, tourism, community organizing, and environmental action)
Experiential learning of analytical concepts such as sustainability, gender equity, and community vulnerability/resilience.
Access a community’s knowledge base on disaster management, natural resources, and traditional livelihoods.
Conduct effective scientific and/or sociological field research, surveys, and exchanges in local communities;

Study tour programs provide students with a personalized service trip set in the traditional culture and ecology of the rural, tsunami-impacted Andaman Coast of southern Thailand. We work closely with educators to provide comprehensive study tours that meet specific pedagogical objectives and include cultural highlights of the country at the most competitive price possible.

ENVIRONMENT

Southern Thailand boasts two of the world’s oldest ecosystems: jungle and coral reefs. The area also has extensive mangrove forests, soaring waterfalls, and lush jungles perfect for exploring and understanding the relationship between natural resources and human activity.

CULTURE

We engage students with educational and fun activities that allow them to understand the interrelationships between culture, nature, and human activity. Understanding and respecting the world helps students to realize their place and responsibility to reduce their impact on the environment.

SERVICE

Study tour programs provide students with a personalized service trip set in the traditional culture and ecology of the rural, tsunami-impacted Andaman Coast of southern Thailand. We work closely with educators to provide comprehensive study tours that meet specific pedagogical objectives and include cultural highlights of the country at the most competitive price possible.

Custom programs available for families, groups and educational institutions for people of all ages. Our groups & families tour information is being updated. Please contact us for more details.

Program Overview

Package 3 days, 5 days, 7 days, 10 days

Day 1: Conservation and Ecological Restoration Service Project

Program start in Kuraburi at the Andaman Discoveries office for a pre-trip briefing and cultural orientation. Transfer to the accommodation leave your luggage and then go directly to the community project.

Southern Thailand boasts two of the world’s oldest ecosystems: jungle and coral reefs. The area also has extensive mangroves forests, soaring waterfalls, and lush jungles perfect for exploring and understanding the relationship between nature resources and human activity.

Play a role in helping to protect these amazing and beneficial ecosystem by participating in an environmental conservation and restoration service activity. Try your hand at planting mangrove seedings restoring riverbeds or replanting the endangered water lily species unique to this area!

Work alongside the local community and learn about the ecological systems in the local area and how they are meaningful and important to the local communities.

Enjoy eating delicious meals with your local community partners and even learn about the local ingredients that they use to cook with!

Overnights: Local Accommodation or Tent Accommodation at National Park (most are located on a beautiful stretch of undeveloped beach)

Day 2: Conservation and Ecological Restoration Service Project

Breakfast at National park or accommodation, transfer to the project continue you community project

Lunch at the community project

Dinner at national park or Accommodation

Overnights: Local Accommodation or Tent Accommodation at National Park (most are located on a beautiful stretch of undeveloped beach)

Day 3: Service Project and Homestay village

Morning Continue to finishing community project

After lunch, finish up your service project and say goodbye to your local partners. Transfer to the charming village by the sea of Ban Talae Nok meet your host family, and be welcomed into their way of life. Take a walking tour of the community with your local guide to learn about the history and lives of these villagers. See an area of the village that was destroyed by the 2004 tsunami and learn how this event affected the community

Take part in a handicraft workshop and learn the art of Batik, a technique of hand-dyeing fabrics by using designs drawn in wax. You can create your own design or have your hosts draw one for you, then color in the beautiful designs, and keep your creation as a souvenir.

Take a short walk to the beach where you can relax and bask in the spectacular colors of an Andaman Sea sunset

Dinner – enjoy a barbecue dinner on the beach with your hosts and feast on freshly-caught seafood, garden-fresh vegetables, and Thai curries. Overnight at Homestay, comfortable bedding and mosquito net provided

Day 4: Local Life

Breakfast at Homestay and then Handicraft workshop – the women’s group, established after the tsunami, makes beautifully hand-crafted soap, using only the finest natural ingredients. Watch an informative demonstration and then make soap for yourself with the expert guidance of the soap ladies, and keep your creation as a souvenir

Learn to weave leaves of the nypa palm with the villagers and help make traditional roofing from a local mangrove plant

Lunch – enjoy authentic southern Thai food with your homestay family

Fishing with local – Learn to fishing with your host family, depending on tides and expertise, fish in the canals or the beach with nets or poles, spearing shrimp, collecting cram or catch crabs with traps .

Spend your time before dinner relaxing on the beach

Dinner at homestay after dinner, enjoy more cultural exchange by trying on traditional Muslim clothing to learn more about your hosts’ religion and how it is connected to their culture and daily lives

Overnight at Homestay, comfortable bedding and mosquito net provided

Day 5: Local life

Breakfast at homestay

Making Thai Dessert – Try your hand at grating the coconut and filling the palm leaf with the batter, then grill and enjoy the delicious snack hot of the fire.

Lunch at homestay and then pack and say good bye to your friendly hosts, transfer to Kuraburi, End of program.