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The ones worth your time.
The 11 farms tours travellers book most, with what each one includes, who runs it, and what you pay.
Chiang Mai market and organic farm with a hands-on Thai cooking class. Make curry paste and Khao Soi; full day adds coconut milk.
Cook Thai classics at Chiang Mai’s organic farm, pick fresh ingredients and eggs, then make curry paste and more in small groups with hotel pickup.
“Lovely experience. Everything was taken care of perfectly!”
Chiang Mai organic-farm Thai cooking class: market shopping, cook 5 dishes with an English chef, eat your meal, take home a cookbook.
2-day Chiang Mai jungle trek with a Karen village overnight, bamboo rafting on Mae Wang River, waterfall swim, and a rescued-elephant sanctuary.
![Floating & Railway Market and Coconut Farm Tour [Optional Luxury] - Pickup, ride time, and the Siam Square to MBK Center flow](https://6.thethailandtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/floating-railway-market-and-coconut-farm-tour-optional-luxury.jpg)
Small-group Railway Market train chaos and Damnoen Saduak boat ride, plus coconut sugar farm and salt fields. Optional luxury VIP.
“Lin was friendly and thoughtful & the driver Kevin was helpful! Lin even made sure there was time to pause for memorable photos. She took her time with the photos to ensure satisfactory results! Lin also offered suggestions for hidden gems. The only downside was she constantly was asking for us to leave a review.…”
Hands-on Thai cooking class at a Chiang Mai farm. You’ll shop a market, cook Tom Yum, Pad Thai, curry and sticky rice, with pickup.
Farm-to-table Thai cooking with Chef Lat on Koh Samui. Hands-on class, micro-farm visit, curry paste, coconut cream, recipes to take home.
“Fantastic cooking class with Chef Lat (Dec 10). Traditional recipes, super fresh ingredients, and the farm visit was a highlight. Chef Lat is hilarious, super knowledgeable, and a great teacher. The Pad Thai recipe was easy, authentic, and honestly the best - I am so excited to make this at home for my family. Loved…”
Chiang Mai organic farm cooking class with Somphet Market tour and hotel pickup. Learn Thai basics, cook several dishes, $29.
“We booked this tour and were picked up from our hotel, taken on a tour of the local market and got to try lots of tit bits and also were given info on what different types of food were.”
Morning Thai cooking in Chiang Mai with a market visit and organic farm tour, then make four dishes at open-air stations plus mango sticky rice.
“Grandma’s Home Cooking School was the highlight of our entire Chiang Mai trip! The transportation to the farm was timely, and it was nice to be outside of the busy city-it felt like a peaceful retreat. We learned so much touring the farm, and being able to use freshly picked organic ingredients made the dis”
7-hour Bangkok-area trip to Damnoen Saduak floating market, the Thailand railway market train ride, plus coconut sugar and salt farm learning.
Cook five Thai dishes at an organic Chiang Mai farm during golden hour. Pick fresh herbs, collect eggs, and eat your feast.
“Pick up was easy to organize and timely. Facility was immaculate; everything was so clean and beautiful! The food was incredible, all the ingredients were so fresh and tasty. Great instructors made the lesson very easy to follow and they tidied our stations between each dish for efficient cooking. Super fun experience, would definitely come…”
