12 Garden Tours in Chiang Mai Worth the Trip

1.Cooking Class, Market & Thai Herbs Garden Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 4,824 reviews · 3h 30m · from $31Our pick

Cook Thai dishes in Chiang Mai with a local market visit, herb garden, curry paste workshop, hotel transfers, and a digital recipe book.

“Thoroughly enjoyed our cookery class from start to finish . Pick up was efficient & well communicated . Quick trip around the local market before main event at the cookery school . Tu was amazing , she was very knowledgeable , organised & good fun .. really enjoyed learning about & making 3 different dishes .. 5* - highly recommended 😊”

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2.We Cook Thai Home Garden Cooking School

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 378 reviews · 270 minutes - 5 hours · from $32

Cook six Thai dishes with Mam, shop a Chiang Mai market, and eat the results at her welcoming home garden school for $32.

“Amazing morning spent cooking sooooo much food. First we went to the market and bought the ingredients while learning about the different origins and tastes each ingredient provides. Then we made 5 different dishes all absolutely delicious. There are lots of options to choose from. Personally I chose pad Thai, papaya salad, khao soy, Tom yum and mango sticky rice. Mam was an excellent teacher and super friendly giving me advice on how to replicate this back home. Unfortunately I couldn’t quite finish it all, but no worries I could take some of it home with me!! The garden kitchen was pretty with lots of fish in the pond that…”

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3.Cooking Morning Class Chiang Mai Visit Organic Garden and Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 211 reviews · from $13Best value

Cook six Thai dishes, visit a local market and organic garden, and enjoy hotel pickup in this practical Chiang Mai cooking class.

“There were so many options for cooking classes in Chiang Mai, but this one still had availability when we decided to book just a couple days before. Siam Garden was easy to communicate with and quick to respond, organized, and efficient. They really have a great system going! Despite the very large group, their instructions were clear and easy to follow. I loved that we were able to cook so many different courses and that we were able to choose between a number of options for each course. This ended up being a highlight of our family trip, we'd highly recommend!”

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4.Cooking Evening Class Chiang Mai Visit Organic Garden and Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 187 reviews · from $13

Cook six Thai dishes, visit a local market and organic garden, and enjoy a practical Chiang Mai evening class for $13.04.

“This cooking class was surprisingly fun! Gift was extremely patient, friendly, and knowledgeable about the different herbs used in each thai dish we cooked. Fonnie was hilarious and a little sassy, which made the class even more fun. I would definitely recommend attending this family-run class to anyone!”

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5.Cooking class in organic garden and local market tour ThaiCottage

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 105 reviews · from $35

Review of Chiang Mai’s Thai Cottage cooking class, with a local market, organic garden, curry paste, flexible dishes, pickup, and practical booking advice.

“Thank you Wave and the wonderful team. My wife and I had a fabulous experience learning how to prepare the tasty and scrumptious traditional Thai dishes. The entire journey from online reservation to being picked up by the cheerful team, viRead more”

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6.Half Day Cooking Class at Organic Farm

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 96 reviews · 5 hours · from $31

Cook Thai dishes, visit a Chiang Mai market, and tour an organic garden in this affordable five-hour class with small groups and hotel pickup.

“We did the cooking course with Thai. Not only did he do a great job of explaining all the cooking steps, he was also funny and super understanding of all the vegetarians in the group and our non-spicy-loving European stomachs. Many thanks for the great experience!”

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7.Temples, Sticky Waterfall, and Orchid Farm

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 52 reviews · 7 - 8 hours · from $80

Review of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep, Wat Pha Lat, orchid farm, and Sticky Waterfall tour, with practical tips on cost, clothing, lunch, and effort.

“The best tour we've had in Thailand, an absolute must! Austin was super knowledgeable, kind, accommodating, interesting, punctual and friendly. Since we booked a private tour, he worked around our schedule and made sure we can enjoy all of the activities without feeling rushed. The van was super comfortable, Austin provided us with water, the drives weren't too long, and the activities were really great! We learned a lot from Austin about the temples and about Lanna history and culture, got some amazing pictures in the orchids and butterflies farms, and had the best time climbing the sticky waterfall. Not to be missed!”

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8.Doi Suthep Temple, Pha Lat Temple, Sticky Waterfall, Orchid farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $78

Review of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep, Pha Lat Temple, Sticky Waterfall, and orchid farm tour, with pricing, itinerary tips, and practical advice.

“What a fantastic experience! Our tour guide & driver were safe, knowledgeable and so friendly / fun. Totally recommend this adventure :)”

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9.One Day Tour Doi Suthep Temple, Palad Temple, Orchid Farm, Longneck hill tribe village (Private tour)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $129

Review of Chiang Mai’s private Doi Suthep tour, with temple views, Wat Pha Lat, orchids, Karen village, lunch, and practical tips.

“Our guide Lee was very friendly and thoughtful and made sure we finished our itinerary. He is a good photograher. Our driver Mr. Bu is a good driver and provided water for us. Thry make a good team and I will highly recommend this tour in Chiang Mai”

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10.Morning Cooking Class in Traditional Pavilion with Beautiful Garden – Chiang Mai

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · from $50

Cook Thai food on an organic farm near Chiang Mai, visit a local market, harvest ingredients, and enjoy a small-group morning class.

“The transfer pick up never happened. I was waiting for one hour…Luckily the cooking school ordered me a taxi and even paid for the transfer”

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11.Doi Suthep, Orchid Farm and Waterfall with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 4 reviews · 1 day

Review of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep, Wat Pha Lat, orchid farm, lunch, and Sticky Waterfall tour, with practical tips, costs, and who it suits.

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12.Evening Cooking Class in Traditional Pavilion with Beautiful Garden – Chiang Mai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $51

Cook four Thai dishes in a garden pavilion, visit an organic farm, make curry paste, and enjoy a small-group evening class near Chiang Mai.

“Highly recommend. We learned SO much that I started taking notes to buy the correct ingredients at home. And our food turned out amazzzzing. I learned how to make Panang Curry from scratch. (That is my favorite! But so much more!!!”

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