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Overview
Highlights
- Make your trip meaningful by helping care for elephants, or teaching English to children
- Gorgeous beaches and islands to visit
- Spectacular diving and snorkeling
- Thai cooking class with an expert chef
- Guided tours of Bangkok and Chiang Mai, tailored for you
- Luxury train journeys
- Boat river cruise to the ancient capital Ayuthaya
- Rockclimbing
- Water festival fun
- Soft trekking and biking
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Trip includes
- Luxury hotels throughout
- Airport transfers
- Expert local guides
- Domestic flights
- Lunches whilst volunteering
- All breakfasts
Itinerary
plan-icon Arrive Bangkok, met at airport and transfer to the Sukhothai Hotel
Private guided tour of Bangkok, customized for you
plan-icon Morning flight to Chiang Mai, met at airport and transfer to Anantara Resort
Assist with elephant conservation, stay at Sibsan Resort
plan-icon Fly to Bangkok, met at airport, transfer to Soneva Kiri on Koh Kood island
Relaxation and water sports
plan-icon Fly to Bangkok to connect with your flight home
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- Expert designs the itinerary for you, and once approved, takes care of logistics
Dates & Availability
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
Hands Up Holidays Reviews & Ratings
My son and I had a wonderful experience with Hands Up Holidays
My son and I had a wonderful experience with Hands Up Holidays. We volunteered at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, something we've dreamed of doing ...
I am very grateful for these experiences
On New Year’s Eve 2015, my wife and I decided to take a year to travel the world with 5 of our children (Ages 8 to adult.) It was a daunting project trying to figure...
we had a superb, memorable experience and a minimum of stress and time wasting
I travelled to Thailand and Laos with my two sons aged 13 and 11 thanks to Hands Up Holidays, and we spent 3 days working at elephant sanctuaries in Chiang Mai. We c...
fantastic trip for us to Thailand and Bali
Chris Hill runs a wonderful company. He planned a fantastic trip for us to Thailand and Bali, where we were able to enjoy both luxury vacation and philanthropy in th...
enjoying and relaxing at some of the most beautiful and unique hotels in Thailand.
My husband and I traveled with Hands Up for our honeymoon to Thailand in 2007. It was the perfect blend of immersing in local culture through our volunteer work, not...
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I just got home from a wonderful trip hosted by Chris Hill with Hands Up Holidays. He took myself and a few other travel advisors from around the US to Costa Rica to...
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I contacted hands up holidays after searching for a volunteering holiday for myself and my 7 year old daughter. I’ve never taken her abroad on my own before so I wan...
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Chris planned an unforgettable trip to Costa Rica.. Every last detail was taken care of, all of the transfers on time, and most importantly, the trip was truly incre...
Tour Operator
Hands Up Holidays is a luxury travel company with one BIG difference. We are obsessive about you having more than an amazing vacation; our passion is for you to have a remarkable luxury travel experience that you will treasure forever, by combining expertly-led sightseeing with meaningful community development through volunteering or philanthropy. Touch lives, including your own.
The secret ingredient that makes our trips so special is the combination of a fantastic tailor-made luxury holiday with a ‘taste’ of volunteering or philanthropy. Combining the two gives you the chance to get under the skin of a destination and interact meaningfully with the local people and giving them a 'hand up' in life.
Don’t just scratch the surface: help that African girl have a safe place to live, teach hospitality skills to the Colombian coca leaf grower so he isn’t reliant on an illegal trade for a living, or help conserve elephants in Thailand. In so doing you will find yourself immersed in local life, championing a cause and learning new things, all combined with sights that you want to see, led by an expert local guide.
Some of our clients have been so transformed by their journeys, that it has inspired them to change careers and in a few cases they have even moved to the country of the project. Now, this might not happen to you, but rest assured that you will have fun and return with great memories and touching stories.
The dignity of every individual - every person is of equal value We in the West can offer a lot to disadvantaged communities, and we make this happen, whilst being conscious that it is not our right to impose our value system...and we are very aware that frequently it is us who have more to learn from other communities than we can teach them Being good stewards of the Earth and its resources, and conserving them for future generations.
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