Baan Nok University Learning Center, Baan Chamrung Homestay, Klaeng District, Rayong Province, is another destination that children will fall in love with – and probably not want to go home after just a couple of days! The community promises plenty of fun fruit gardening activities for children to experience a new kind of learning that is good for the heart; in fact, this small community is full of orchards and abundant in nature. Most of the locals in the community are fruit farmers or work in the rubber tapping industry. Children visiting can ride a tram to collect fresh fruit from the trees in the orchard, which includes rambutan and durian trees. This, together with cultivating the seedlings, helps to increase the green area preserve the natural surroundings here in Rayong.
| Day 1 | |
| Morining | Depart from Bangkok to Rayong |
| Community welcome with a dessert and refreshments. Get to know each other and break up into teams for the activities. | |
| Afternoon | Enjoy a local lunch Activity 1: Wood charcoal and fruit charcoal burning. Activity 2: Plant seedlings to deposit the tree bank. |
| Late Afternoon | Time for a dessert! |
| Activity 3: Healthy Food Route (Keep vegetables free from substances, collect eggs fresh, make creative dishes from community ingredients) | |
| Evening | Have dinner |
| Night time | Night activities, including a children’s show |
| Day 2 | |
| Morning | Gather at Baan Nok University Learning Center, Ban Chamrung Homestay |
| Have breakfast | |
| Activity 4: Take a tram ride to see the organic farm. Activity 5: Fruit picking (rambutan, durian, mangosteen, santol only from April to July) Activity 6: Make durian fried and banana fried. |
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| Dessert And recap what has been learned | |
| Afternoon | Have lunch |
| Shop for some souvenirs from the community | |
| Late Afternoon | Return to Bangkok |
More Details
1. If parents go on an observation trip, there are no additional expenses.
If doing activities, the full price must be paid.
2. Compensate for fruit picking activity (base 5) by visiting mangrove forests and releasing samae crabs instead. If going from August to March
Car
Private car from Bangkok to the community takes approximately 3 hours.
Train
Train from Bangkok station to Rayong station takes approximately 2 hours; from Rayong station, it takes approximately 2 hours to reach the community.
