Adventure Tours in Chiang Rai, Thailand

The Outdoor Work placement is for volunteers who are happy to get their hands dirty, who like physical labour, and the sense of achievement felt when a job is completed. Because there are three distinct seasons (hot, rainy, and cold), sometimes outdoor work is not possible. This is overcome by researching into methods of agricultural production which could be applied in this area, project presentations to villagers, promotional work, and other work that can be carried out protected from the elements. Some examples of work previously completed by volunteers on the outdoor work project are building water tanks, extending water pipe systems, building check dams, building school classrooms, painting school classrooms, developing the local agricultural project, helping in local vegetable gardens, working on developing plantations, road repairs, repair and maintenance of homes of elderly Thai villagers, building new houses and toilets for elderly Thai villagers, building the new staff office, making bricks for building projects and cleaning. Some work will be scheduled, and as such, will be expected to be done on a regular basis - daily watering of vegetables, for instance. Other jobs will appear as and when they arrive. Often, work is carried out at short notice, so it is difficult to give volunteers an accurate itinerary of their stay.

Volunteer in Chiang Rai at the Elephant Forest Refuge to improve the lives of the freely roaming elephants living there. This refuge has 40 acres of bamboo forests, grassland, and swamp. Volunteers on this project take part in ethical tasks that are solely for the benefit of the elephants. Volunteers will be planting and cutting elephant grass and fruit trees, may participate in weekly vet checks, feed the elephants. partake in observation tasks and engage in light construction work of the refuge itself.