Baan Suan Akira was established as a learning center. This project is due to the royal Initiative of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great with the philosophy of sufficiency economy. Local people can apply the concepts and practices in their living.
The learning resources are as follows;
1. Learning Center due to the royal Initiative project, Pai District, Mae Hong Son
2. New Theory Agriculture Learning Center, Pai District, Mae Hong Son
3. Sufficiency Economy Learning Center, Pai District, Mae Hong Son
4. Learning Center for Enhancement of Agricultural Product Production in
farming, mixed farming, livestock, and fishery
5. Prototype plot for organic plant production of Mae Hong Son
6. Agro-tourism according to The OTOP Nawat Withi Tourism Community Project
7. Land Development Technology Transfer Center of Mae Hi Sub-district
8. Khok Nong Na Learning Center Model, Baan Suan Akira
1 agricultural learning ground of Ban Na Nam Sam, 10 grounds as follow:
1) Learning ground for the production of bio-based substances (Trichoderma, Beauveria, BT, wild microorganisms, nematodes)
2) Charcoal/Wood Vinegar Distillation Learning Ground
3) Local egg raising ground
4) Mushroom cultivation ground
5) Organic Asparagus Planting ground
6) Freshwater fish farming ground
7) The composting ground
8) Herbal Refinery Ground
2 Study natural attractions
1) Pha Nam Thip Cave Sacred water from nature
2) Bat Cave, discover the natural wonders of millions of bats.
3) Chompoo Cave
4) Wat Khao Sam Yot
5) Tad Fa Waterfall
6) Tad Tao water
7) Phu Ta Lor Cave
8) Dong Sakran Viewpoint
9) Dong Lan Forest Development Project
3 agricultural learning resources
1) Growing Asparagus
2) Planting and propagating guava
3) Longan orchard generates income
4) Mushroom cultivation for additional income
tourism program
2 days 1 night program
Learn about agriculture at 1-2 ground center > have lunch > visit Pha Nam Thip Cave > watch bats > have dinner > relax at homestay / Phu Pha Man Camp > Asparagus plot > Golden banana plantation > Khao Temple Sam Yot > have lunch > go back
Note – Tour programs and service fees may change as appropriate.
- 3 snacks
1 day program
Learn about agriculture at center 1-2 bases > have lunch > visit Pha Nam Thip Cave > watch bats > go back
Note – Tour programs and service fees may change as appropriate.
- 2 snacks
Route links with other attractions (with distance/km)
1) Pha Nam Thip Cave Sacred water source from nature, a distance of 3 km.
2) Bat Cave, a distance of 6 km.
3) Chompoo Cave, a distance of 4 km.
4) Wat Khao Sam Yot, a distance of 6 km.
5) Tad Fa Waterfall, a distance of 18 km.
6) Nam Phut Tat Tao, a distance of 12 km.
7) Phu Ta Lor Cave, a distance of 16 km.
8) Dong Sakran Viewpoint, a distance of 18 km.
9) Dong Lan Forest Development Project, a distance of 22 km.
Community enterprise products in the community
1 Ban Son Tai Community Shop, Village No. 3, Ban Son Tai, Non Kom Subdistrict, selling Phu Pha Man folk clothes
2 Ban Non Kom Community Shops, Village No. 1, Ban Non Kom, Non Kom Subdistrict, selling local products and souvenirs.
Thai Mangosteen Garden (Suan Khun Panya) has more than 300 mangosteen trees and various kinds of fruits, such as rambutan, durian and dragon fruit. It is an agro-tourism attraction where the visitors can come and enjoy the fruit buffet for 150 baht per person. This garden also has the homestay accommodation available.
There is various fruit trees plant on this farm such as Mangosteen, Longkong, durian, Rambutan, Santol, and Mayongchid. It is like a normal orchard but the difference is that "Suan Prasomsap" uses natural extracts. and use bio-fertilizer in pest control to grow fruit trees ensuring that quality products will be safe from toxins and chemicals. That's fruits from this orchard have a sweeter and tastier flavor.
Baan Bua Thoeng Community, the learning center for sufficient living, mixed farming, organic agriculture, bio-composting resources, the benefits and use of bio-compost to agriculture, and the use of local wisdom in agricultural development to suit hot and dry climate of Northeast.
1. It is a learning center for the Garden of Eden, organic agriculture, sufficiency economy.
2. Making biogas for household use
3. Making organic fertilizer and making bio-fermented water
4. Using water buffalo to plow into a traditional way of life
5. Damping and restoring forests for water sources (forest planting)
6. Making pork pits, buffalo pits, chickens, etc.
7. Growing organic vegetables and organic fruits (mixture)
8. Fisheries
- Watch the fish and mussels raising in cages,
- Cultivation of seagrass
- Study mangrove ecosystem
- Processing of salted fish with nets/sea food
- Toei Panan Weaving
tourism program
- Arrive at the group office. Listen to a briefing on the history of Ban Pru Jude Cage Fish Farming Community Enterprise
- Learn how to raise aquatic animals in cages
- Take a boat trip to see the mangrove ecosystem. Study mangrove forests, hot springs, visit Boonkong Bay, plant seagrass to conserve food for dugongs in the Trang sea, visit various islands, beaches, return to the accommodation, have dinner, see the community's way of life in the morning. Seafood Processing Group, Kang Mung Salted Fish, Toei Panan Basketry Group, buy souvenirs, Travelling back
Route links with other attractions (with distance/km)
- Pak Meng Beach 8 km.
- Hua Hin Beach 3 km.
- Rajamangala Beach 6 km.
Note: The distance measurement is taken from the point of the group office as a starting point
Community enterprise products in the community
Agricultural products, seafood, salted fish with nets Toei Panan wicker products
Dong Muang Toei is the old city of the Khmer period. No one knows when it has been an abandoned city for how long. The condition seen from many generations of great-grandparents; Dong Muang Toei has high forests with transparent in the bottom ground. There were some small trees and the big trees are rubber trees, tabaek trees, and Yang Hiang trees. It is a very dense forest. The parents and grandparents did not dare to cut down the trees in this grove because Dong Muang Toei has a fierce ghost called the Ghost of Grandfather. The forest is the habitat of monkeys and many birds. The marsh around Dong Muang Toei is a deep swamp with water all year round. It is a habitat and a natural breeding ground for fish. In addition to birds and this swamp is known to have the most turtles. The reason there are so many turtles, the villagers worship the spirits of their grandfathers. Grandfather forbids anyone to eat and destroy his animals, monkeys and turtles, and if they cause harm, they shall be punished accordingly.
Later, about 90 years ago, Song Puei villagers had a shaman who studied sorcery to perform a ceremony to defeat the ghosts of Muang Toei. This sorcerer's name is Elder Suwo. This incident coincides with the reign of Father Yai Agrahad. It was the eyes of the light when villagers near and far heard the news that Father Yai Suwo had defeated the Phi Dong Muang Toei. They flocked to catch fish turtles from Muang Toei for food until they almost cleared the swamp. So turtles are almost extinct until now. Father Yai Suwo has shared the swamp as a land for brothers and sisters to cultivate until today. As for Dong Muang Toei, the area has been divided into farming, gardening, and growing crops as much as today. This is true Elderly people who have reached 90 years of age, such as Father Yai, light scent, Father Big Bu Kokpuei, are still alive as witnesses.
1. Methods of organizing activities - Guided tours, cooking and eating Vietnamese food, Wearing Ao Yai (Vietnamese costume), and homestay
2. Community’s way of life - safe vegetable growing local cooking sip local tea
3. Tourist participation – visit vegetable plots Vietnamese food, cycling
Tour Program
Taste local tea, collect vegetables, Vietnamese cooking, Wearing Ao Yai, cycling to see the cultural lifestyle of Thai people of Vietnamese descent, and stay in a homestay
Route links to other attractions (with distance/km)
- Freshwater Fish Museum, a distance of 2 km.
- Chaloem Phrakiat Chakri Dynasty Hall, a distance of 2.5 km.
- Landmark, Phaya Si Sattanakharat, a distance of 5 km.
- The 3rd Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, a distance of 15 km.
Community enterprise products in the community
Vegetables are safe from toxins, fruit, dried/fresh tea leaves, hammocks, hemp leaf snacks.