Shinawatra Thai Silk Factory Best Silk In Thailand, Chiangmai

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4-5 hours tour around Bosang-Umbrella Village, Celadon Kiln Factory, Cotton Factory, Gems and Jelwery, Cotton Factory, Thai Silk Factory, Silverware Factory - 900 Baht car/driver/gasoline.

Recommend: Elephant show + elephant riding through jungle and stream to 7 hilltribe village (including Long neck karen) + monkey show + Orchid/butterfly farm and lunch buffet at Tiger Kingdom, a day program about 6-7 hours

Fees: 2,450 Baht per person for 2-3 person (if one person = 4,900 Baht) including air-con car/English speaking driver/gasoline/ticket for Elephant show/Elephant ride/hilltribe/monkey show/orchid n butterfly and Lunch buffet

 

Shinawatra Thai Silk Factory Best Silk In Thailand

by Mikebb Written Feb 28, 2006 1694 reviews

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We were a group of 34 travelling together and often hired a bus for the day and went to various sights, this day we spent a few hours at the Shinawatra Thai Silk Factory just outside Chiang Mai.It is a large complex and on arrival we were greeted in an opened sided building and presented with a refreshing fruit punch. The guide then took us into the old factory to see a demonstration of the old methods of harvesting the silk from silkworm cacoons, we then moved onto how they manually worked weaving machines which produced the silk cloth. Today modern machinery has taken over, increased production resulting in silk to be sold worldwide.There are many photos recording the history of modern silk, and the Shinawatra family boast having a former Prime Minister of Thailand.

There is a massive 2 floor retail building where you can buy everything that can be made in silk. My wife said the prices were very reasonable.