Experience making traditional bird traps using bamboo
Learn how different bird traps work and how they are made
Make a bird trap of your choice and bring it home
Inclusive of:
Entire experience and all tools and materials you need
English Speaking Facilitator
A bamboo bird trap that you can bring home
Not Inclusive of:
Drinks and Food
$US 17.00per guest
Instant confirmation
1 - 5 guests
3 hours
10:00
14:00
Cancellation Policy: Moderate
Full refund available for cancellations made up to 48 hours prior to booking start time.
More About This Experience
Bird traps were invented hundreds of years ago by Hmong people, because at that time people live very high up on the mountain where there are lots of birds. They created these as a tool for hunting and also keep the birds from eating the few crops that could be grown high up in the mountains.
Nowadays many lowland farms still use these tools to keep birds away from their sticky rice fields and once in awhile catch birds for dinner or extra income. Not only are these tools effective, they are cheap and easily handmade and the skill of making it have been passed down from generations to generations. Made almost entirely with bamboo and activated mechanically, these ingenious works of engineering would leave you amazed!
In this course you'll be able to choose 2 out of 3 types of traps to learn and the instructor will guide you through each step on how to make them!
Note: Bring your own drinking water
Additional Information:
Pick up will be via a tuktuk
Journey time from Luang Prabang hotels is around 10-15mins
There might be other people on the same experience
Bring your own water
Cancellation Policy: Moderate
Full refund available for cancellations made up to 48 hours prior to booking start time.
Location
Free pick-up & drop-off is provided for this experience, enter your pickup location during check-out.
Siaye is 65 years old now and used to live very high up on the mountain, about 4 hours walk from the nearest road. Making bird traps is something that he loves to do after working in the farm and he is willing to t...