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The ones worth your time.
The 15 thai cooking & muay thai tours travellers book most, with what each one includes, who runs it, and what you pay.
Chiang Mai market and herb garden tour with a hands-on cooking class. Grind curry paste, cook Thai dishes, and eat in an organic garden.
“Amazing cooking class with Mew. Amazing communication, great ingredients & fun cooking. Highly recommend this cooking class if you’re in Chiang Mai.”
See Muay Thai at Rajadamnern Stadium, the sport’s birthplace. Reserved seats, pre-fight rituals, and a 3-hour night of action.
“very exciting night. we went club tickets, easy to redeem at ticket office and great seats.”
Chiang Mai market and organic farm with a hands-on Thai cooking class. Make curry paste and Khao Soi; full day adds coconut milk.
“Amazing! We cooked so many delicious things and i felt it was easy to follow along. Roger was a great guide in our cooking!”
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.
“I love Thai food. It’s what I always get delivered. Making it myself (with a good bit of help) was so rewarding and everything tasted so good!”
Chiang Mai market-to-kitchen cooking class with Thai herbs, curry paste by hand, and a garden meal plus PDF recipes, with easy hotel pickup.
“We had Flook as our chef and guide for the day. He kept things fun and everything ran smoothly. For the amount you get to cook (and eat) it’s an amazing price. The stop over at the local market is quite fun too, you get a chance to roam, grab snacks and buy souvenirs etc.…”
See Muay Thai at Patong Boxing Stadium with the Wai Kru Ram Muay ceremony, nonstop fights, and a free t-shirt. Phuket, $48.
“What an experience me and my partner had at Muay Thai Boxing stadium. I would highly recommend doing this if you're ever in Phuket.”
Hands-on Bangkok cooking with a morning market tour or mango carving. Cook four Thai dishes, learn curry paste, get recipes by email.
“It was so much fun! We made green curry stir fry, the cream for the mango sticky rice, and tom yum and everything tasted SO GOOD. Thank you so much for having us and your patience!”
Chiang Mai Daddy’s Kitchen cooking class: market walk, hands-on Thai dishes in a home kitchen, and a digital recipe ebook for $25.
“This class was so much fun! Cha-em was very nice, informative, funny and engaging. She is an excellent cook and teacher, even for people with zero cooking skills like me. I highly recommend this class.”
Bangkok cooking class with a market walk and a 3-hour session making 4 Thai dishes from scratch, plus recipes to take home.
“Very high energy class with delicious meals. Come with an empty stomach!”
Chiang Mai organic-farm Thai cooking class: market shopping, cook 5 dishes with an English chef, eat your meal, take home a cookbook.
“The best cooking class i have been yet. The class was very organized and we had the opportunity to cook several dishes. Totally recommend this class!”
Shop Bangkok produce by tuk-tuk, then cook 4 Thai dishes in a small-group class with an English-speaking chef for about $40.
“Shopping in the market was very educational and rewarding. I wanted to experience Thailand outside of the tourist spots and this was exactly it! The cooking was educational and fun, but the eating was the best part 😊”
Ethical Khao Lak elephant sanctuary near Sai Rung Waterfall, plus Thai cooking class and lunch, with a long-but-comfy drive from Phuket.
“It was an overall amazing trip. Our guide was extremely helpful and entertaining. Day contained a lot of feeding the elephants, bathing them and learning about them. We got to cut the banana trees to feed them. We went to the local beach which was also beautiful. The cooking class was amazing and we made…”
Phuket half-day Thai cooking class with hotel pickup, a local market ingredient hunt, and hands-on dishes plus leftovers to take home.
“Our “guide” was incredibly funny and interesting. I cook Thai food at home but still learned a lot from her. Also learned a lot about some of the ingredients used in genuine Thai food while at the market. We did about 12 excursions on our 3-week SE Asia trip and this was the best. Just…”
Bangkok hands-on Thai cooking with a chef, Asok market shopping (AM), curry paste from scratch, mango carving (PM/evening), and recipes.
“What a fantastic experience! Jay was absolutely brilliant 👏 from start to end every experience was explained in detail with a bit of a cheeky sense of humour along the way. We learnt so much and now realise how easy it is to make from sRead more”
Shop a Chiang Mai market, stroll an organic garden, then cook 4 Thai dishes in an air-conditioned class with hotel pickup.
“We booked the cooking class last week on the spur of the moment. The driver picked us up in a typical red truck. We went to a local market and our cook (New) was explained to us what the vegetables were that we were going to cook with and then we were able to have…”
