Top 8 Chiang Rai Cooking Classes

1.Jungle Adventure-Group Trekking & Bamboo Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 166 reviews · 1 day · from $80Our pick

Set out from Chiang Rai with an English-speaking guide such as Wat, James, or Mo for a 10 to 12 km jungle trek. Walk through bamboo forest, rice fields, farmland, and hill villages, swim at a waterfall, help prepare lunch with handmade bamboo tools, then soak in hot springs. Expect a moderate to strenuous day, especially after rain.

“This is an amazing trip! I booked this trip as a surprise for my girlfriend and it exceeded our expectations. The hike was not too heavy and we walked around 10km in total, including multiple breaks. The guides told a lot of interesting facts about the nature and villages we passed. They really did their best to make it a perfect day. If you are adventurous, book this trip, because you will not regret it!! :)”

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2.Half-Day Thai Cooking Class with organic ingredients

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 96 reviews · from $56Best value

Meet Suwannee near Chiang Rai’s Old Clock Tower for a 4.5-hour Thai cooking class capped at eight people. Shop for organic ingredients at a local market, then prepare papaya salad, tom yum, chicken green curry, and banana dessert at your own station. Spice levels can be adjusted, and you eat the meal together afterward.

“Wonderful experience. The food was delicious. Suwannee took us to the organic market to purchase fresh ingredients for all of our meals.”

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3.Lanna Home Cooking Class at Give Green Farm House

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 61 reviews · 4 hours · from $56

Join Lanna for a four-hour Chiang Rai cooking class that begins at a local market and continues at her family-run organic farm and restaurant. Choose a Thai food theme, prepare several dishes with personal guidance, taste garden ingredients, and take home recipes. Pickup and drop-off in Mueang Chiang Rai are included.

“I loved everything about this experience. The visit to the wet market was educational and tasty, with Lanna stopping to get us to taste local treats along the way. The cooking school is excellent and Lanna is a perfect teacher. Her patience and sense of fun brought out our creative selves - we each cooked 5 fishes and they were delicious. A perfect experience in a perfect setting!”

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4.1 Day Trekking Group Tour With Bamboo Cooking / Chiang Rai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 51 reviews · from $58

Spend about eight hours trekking up to 15 km through Chiang Rai’s jungle, hill villages, tea country, and stream beds. Guides including James, Wat, Sam, and Tee lead the way, with a bamboo-cooked lunch over an open fire, plus time at Huay Kaew Waterfall and a hot spring. Expect real exertion, mud, heat, and uneven ground.

“Best trekking experience we have done . A great adventure , food was very tasty and very authentic. James , Watt and Sam were very hospitable and fun. The only thing I would say to be aware of if you are nervous of dogs that there are a lot on the trek. However, they were not interested in the you just the other dogs .”

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5.Chiang Rai Private Cooking Class – Cooking With Ann

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · from $59

Chef Ann takes you from your Chiang Rai hotel to a local organic market, where you help choose ingredients for a custom Thai meal. Back in her home kitchen, you’ll prepare three or four Lanna-style dishes with private instruction, then sit down to eat. Morning and afternoon sessions are available.

“This is one of the best Thai cooking classes we have tried. We have been to many where it is light on the cooking and standard Thai dishes taught. Chef Ann takes you to the local markets to see the culture and the raw foods (meats, veggies, fruits) and decide with you Read more”

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6.Chiang Rai Jungle Trek & Bamboo Tube Cooking Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $58

Spend eight hours walking through mountain and bamboo forest near Chiang Rai, visiting Lisu, Chinese, Akha, and Lahu villages, a tea plantation, and a waterfall. Your English-speaking guide leads a bamboo cooking class and provides lunch before you swim and finish at Pasoet Hot Spring. Expect 10 to 12 kilometers of walking.

“fantastic experience, the guide is kind, funny and full of attentions. he knows the local flora like his poket and always has funny stuff to tell about everything you can see. the food was great and the time worth every single bath we spent! would do again 100%”

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7.Chiangrai: Group Trekking with Bamboo Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 5 reviews · 1 day · from $59

Spend a full day walking 10 to 12 kilometers through Chiang Rai’s hills and jungle. Visit Lisu, Chinese, Akha, and Lahu villages, walk through tea plantations, cook Thai food inside bamboo, swim at a waterfall, and rest at a hot spring. An English or Spanish-speaking guide leads the small group, limited to 10 people.

“Très bonne activité, les guides étaient super bienveillants et gentils. On marche pas mal durant la journée, quelques endroits peuvent être un peu « physiques ». Pensez vraiment à apporter de l’anti moustique! En revanche on a trouver le trek sympathique mais pas « wahou », ne vous attendez pas à voir des choses impressionnantes ! La cuisine au bambou était DÉLICIEUSE et on a adorer cette activité ! Je vous recommande. Prévoyez de l’anti moustique par contre”

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8.The Adventure of Trekking & Bamboo Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 8 hours · from $57

Spend eight hours in Chiang Rai’s hills with an English- or Thai-speaking guide and a group of up to nine. Trek 10 to 12 kilometers through bamboo forest, visit Lisu, Chinese, Akha, and Lahu villages, cook lunch in bamboo, swim at Huai Kaeo Waterfall, and finish with a hot-spring soak.

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