The Long Way at Choeng Doi
Three days, two nights in Chiang Dao
The Long Way at Choeng Doi is a slow stay shaped around hospitality, place, and time. Over three days in Chiang Dao, you are invited into the rhythm of the distillery and its surroundings, where meals are shared, drinks are poured generously, and days are allowed to unfold without urgency. It is an experience built on presence rather than programme, and on being somewhere properly rather than passing through.
Guests are welcomed as personal guests of the founders, Jeen and Pam, who host the residency alongside the distillery team. With a maximum of four guests, the days remain flexible and personal, shaped as much by conversation and curiosity as by planned moments.
What's Included
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Two nights’ accommodation at a local three-star resort, in a private Choeng Doi garden villa
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All meals after arrival, from dinner on day one through lunch on day three
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All drinks throughout the residency, including tastings, cocktails, and local honey wine.
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A private distillery walk and guided tasting
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A forest foraging walk focused on local herbs and aromatic plants
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One cultural activity of your choice, lasting around three hours
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Cocktail making and an evening tasting session
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Hosting throughout by Jeen, Pam, and the Choeng Doi team
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Access to unreleased editions and exclusive discount at our visitor center
The Itinerary
Day One:
Arrival and welcome
You arrive in Chiang Dao mid-afternoon and check in to your accommodation at the Choeng Doi garden villa. After time to settle in, your stay begins with a private distillery walk and tasting, offering a thoughtful introduction to the distillery, its ingredients, and its approach.
As the light softens, you join Jeen, Pam, and the team for sun downers at the visitor centre. Drinks are served simply and conversation is informal. The evening continues with dinner at a well-loved local restaurant in Chiang Dao, with shared dishes and an easy pace, before returning to the villa for the night.
Day Two:
Distillery, forest, culture, and moo krata
After breakfast, the morning is spent outdoors in the nearby forest, exploring local plants and herbs and learning about their place in everyday life. It is a chance to be in the landscape and to understand how flavour and environment are connected.
Lunch is taken locally, followed by an afternoon spent with Chiang Dao’s artisans. You may take part in a hands-on activity such as indigo dyeing, working with clay, preparing tea, or another locally rooted craft, spending time with people who work closely with materials and place.
In the late afternoon and evening, you return to the distillery. Drinks are mixed together and tastes are revisited. Dinner is home made moo krata at the distillery, cooked and eaten together, with an open table and drinks flowing, bringing the day to a close.
Day Three:
Time to return, revisit, or rest
The final morning is left open. After breakfast, there is time to return to anything you would like to revisit from the stay, whether that is a quiet moment outdoors, another walk, a final taste, a conversation you did not finish, or simply time to rest before departure.
A farewell lunch brings the stay to a close, with departure in the early afternoon.
Starting at 24,000.00 THB per couple
