8 Day The Food Forest Project and Karma Yoga Holiday in Paksong, Thailand
Voluntourism and Yoga Holiday in Thailand
This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Thailand.
The ultimate working holiday experience! If you like to be actively involved with helping in the gardens for a maximum of three hours per day, stay in the accommodation of your choice, and enjoy three great meals per day in Eco-Logic's restaurant, made with produce from their farm, you can book this arrangement. In addition, there are some great activities for the afternoons: a tour of the premises, a traditional Thai massage, and a foot massage. The resort also offers a multitude of indoor and outdoor activities for you to do and book upon arrival. With your stay, you also support a good cause directly; Eco-Logic is the main sponsor of the projects of the Thai Child Development Foundation.
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Highlights
- 6 yoga lessons
- Thai language session and tour on the premises
- Traditional Thai massage and Thai foot reflexology massage
- Bracelet ceremony
- 7 nights accommodation of your choice
- Daily meals
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Ranong Airport (US$ 21 per person)
Accommodation
Facilities
- Shopping
- Spa
- Steam room
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Yoga shala
- Baby sitting
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Library
- Tour assistance
The rooms have an outdoor garden bathroom and sitting area outside. The rooms are suited for three people (double and single beds).
Riverside rooms
Eco-Logic has four riverside rooms (a maximum of three people). Each room has a double bed and a single bed, a garden bathroom, and a porch with a sitting area.
Riverside bungalows
Eco-Logic has three private riverside bungalows (maximum of two people). Each bungalow has a double bed, private bathroom, coffee corner, fridge, and a garden with a fireplace and sitting area.
Dormitory
A dormitory with six bunk beds and a shared bathroom (maximum of 12 people). Sitting area outside with a fireplace.
Program
This retreat is a weeklong program with 7 nights of accommodation. You can stay in the dormitory, a riverside room, or a riverside bungalow. Participants get an introduction and welcome session upon arrival. Participants can help out six mornings on the premises and the gardens in the mornings. The Thai staff (gardener) will show you around and you will be working with her. Included in your arrangement are a traditional Thai massage and a foot massage. In the afternoons, you can choose to participate in several optional indoor and outdoor activities.
Itinerary
Sunday: Welcome yoga
- Welcome to Eco-Logic. Check in. The host will go to the program of your arrangement.
- 13:00 buffet lunch
- 16.30 Sunset yoga
- 19:00 buffet dinner
Monday: Yoga, join Eco-Logic in the garden
- You can join Eco-Logic staff in the food forest garden.
- Yoga can be done in the morning or afternoon; what suits you best.
- You can choose to do your Thai massage or foot massage on any day of the week; just discuss it with your host.
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 10.00 Assist on the farm
- 13:00 Buffet lunch
- After lunch, you have free time to discover the area, do an activity, or relax.
- 19:00 Buffet dinner
Tuesday: Yoga, tour on the premises
- 08:00 Breakfast
- Yoga can be done in the morning or afternoon; what suits you best.
- 10:00 A tour on the premises (2 hours)
- 13:00 Buffet lunch
- You can choose to do your Thai massage or foot massage on any day of the week; just discuss it with the host.
- 19:00 Buffet dinner
Wednesday: Join Eco-Logic in the garden + the Edible Forest (no yoga today)
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 Edible Forest. You can join Eco-Logic staff in the food forest garden in the morning. They will take you foraging. Eating from the wild is not something that a lot of people do. Eco-Logic shows you what you can eat from the wild!
- 13:00 Buffet lunch
- You can choose to do your Thai massage or foot massage on any day of the week; just discuss it with the host.
- 14.30 - 15.00 Thai language session
- 19:00 Buffet dinner
Thursday: Yoga, join Eco-Logic in the garden
- 08:00 Breakfast
- Join Eco-Logic staff in the garden; the host will organize it for you
- Yoga can be done in the morning or afternoon; what suits you best.
- 13:00 Buffet lunch
- You can choose to do your Thai massage or foot massage on any day of the week; just discuss it with the host.
- 19:00 Buffet dinner
Friday: Yoga, free time, and visit TCDF’s Special School
- Yoga can be done in the morning or afternoon; what suits you best.
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 13:00 Buffet lunch
- 16:00 meeting with staff at TCDF Special School about the Saturday program with students of the Special School and local kids.
Saturday: Yoga and activities with local kids + free time
- 08:00 Breakfast
- Eco-Logic is set up to support the Thai Child Development Foundation. On Saturdays, local kids come to visit the foundation, and students of the special school get their occupational training. If you like, you can join these kids in the morning and have an English conversation with them. Or play sports with them. On Friday there is a meeting in the school about this.
- 13:00 buffet lunch
- You have free time today to discover the area, do an activity or just relax.
- Yoga can be done in the morning or afternoon; what suits you best.
- 19:00 Buffet dinner
Sunday: Check out
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 Check out your accommodation in the morning.
Included excursions
- Tour on the premises by one of the owners (Tuesdays)
Instructors
Yoga instructor rotating
All teachers are qualified yoga teachers.
Retreat location
Eco-Logic Yoga Retreat is located in one of the most beautiful areas of Thailand. Mountains, rainforests, rivers, and waterfalls are all around them. You will have plenty of time to explore, relax, and discover the real rural Thailand. Yoga in Paksong, Eco-Logic, is the perfect place for yoga, massage, meditation, and mindfulness training and workshops.
TCDF Eco-Logic is located in the most northern province of the south, Chumpon Province (not to be confused with Chumpon City!), where the land is only 75 kilometers wide between the east and west coastline of the middle of that area, high up in the mountains. The closest city nearby is the city of Ranong.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Three meals per day in Eco-Logic's slow food restaurant. Where possible, they serve food made with fresh produce from their gardens. Breakfast by choice (Western or Thai), group meals for lunch (Thai), and dinner buffet (Thai). Vegan and vegetarian meals are available. If you need special dietary meals, they can organize that, but depending on the ingredients, they might have to charge additionally.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
Optional excursions / daytrips / activities at Eco-Logic Yoga Retreat
- Bamboo rafting
- Daytrips to a secluded beach
- Hike to a waterfall in the area
- Massages and body scrubs
- Private sessions on yoga
- Thai cooking courses
- Wellness program: body scrub, foot reflexology oil, and Thai massage
- 3 island snorkeling trip
- A day trip to the hot spring and visit a temple
- Saturday activities (share a skill) with local children
- Friday: Fun at the farm, work together with the students of the Thai Child Development Foundation in their projects
Spa treatments
These treatments are available at an extra cost:
- Thai massage
- Foot reflexology massage
- Oil body massage
- Body scrub
- Body scrub and oil massage
- Pedicure
- Manicure
What's included
- A Thai language lesson
- A welcome / introduction upon arrival
- Daily meals
- Helping out in the garden three hours a day
- Pick up and return transport from the main road, Paksong
- Thai foot reflexology massage
- Traditional Thai body massage
- Yoga lessons (total of 6 lessons)
- Use of yoga-shala and mats
- 7 nights accommodation
What's not included
- Additional orders in the restaurant
- Additional activities
- Drinks from the bar
- Snacks
- Transport costs toward the resort
- Airfare
- Health and travel insurance
- 7% VAT is not included in the price
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Ranong Airport
13 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 21 per person
Driving directions
Eco-Logic Resort is a family-friendly nature retreat located in the middle of the jungle in Paksong, Thailand. It is located in a beautiful, but rather isolated spot surrounded by mountains and rainforests. Getting there is nevertheless easy. You have to travel to the village of PakSong (Phato municipality). However, the best way to travel towards Eco-Logis is via Ranong. Even though Eco-Logic Resort is in Chumpon province, the city of Ranong on the west coast is nearest.
Please use instructions on Google Maps and contact Eco-Logic Resort by telephone if you need more information.
Arrival by airplane
From Don Muang airport in Bangkok, you can fly with Nok Air to Ranong. There are two flights per day (morning and late afternoon). Eco-Logic Resort can organize a transfer from the airport for you. Let them know beforehand your arrival time. Travel time from Bangkok to Ranong by plane is one hour, and there is an extra cost of 500 THB for the transfer.
Arrival by bus
From Bangkok, you travel to Ranong (West Coast) at least one day ahead. Regular buses leave Bangkok from the Southern Bus Terminal in the morning and evening. From Ranong bus station, you can travel towards Paksong. Ranong is about 50 kilometres from Paksong. Travel time by bus from Bangkok to Ranong is 10 hours. From Ranong airport, you can take a bus direction Hadyai/Surathanee and get out at the intersection Paksong at the N4006.
From Surathanee, you travel in the direction of Ranong, and you get out on the N4006 in Paksong. If you let Eco-Logic Resort know your arrival time, they will pick you up there. Travel time by bus from Surathanee is 4.5 hours to Paksong. If you travel by minivan, the trip is 3.5 hours.
From Phuket / Krabi you travel in the direction of Ranong. From Ranong bus station, you can travel towards Paksong. Ranong is about 50 kilometres from Paksong. Travel time by bus from Phuket or Krabi is 6-5 hours to Ranong. If you like, you can choose to have a pickup organized at the Radchakrud intersection towards the resort. The intersection is 25 kilometres before Ranong. An additional charge will be placed on your bill for the transfer from Radchakrud.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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