Tradition

Experiences

In the high valleys around our Lodge, people still believe in the spirit world of phantoms, ghosts and fairies and the modern traveller can share these beliefs during a widely practiced, social event – a Baci Ceremony. In olden times, travellers would recuperate from their long journey in the waters of the hot spring in the Nam Pak River. Nowadays our days are less active but Muang La Lodge still offers the tradition of bathing in the hot spring at the foot of our Lodge or in one of our raised hot tubs, for a more peaceful way to relax.

If we have lost any of the 32 spirits that keep us healthy, the Baci Ceremony invites them back to our bodies with ancient incantations performed by a village elders.

The hot water spring at the foot of our Lodge brings naturally heated water from deep below the ground. Tradition has it that, in the evening, we use the waters to soak away the stresses of the day.

Made from straw, bamboo and wood, our massage sala is a secluded terrace overlooking the river. A place of relaxing indulgence with a sensitive massage.