Top Chiang Rai Dining Experiences

Join this half-day Thai cooking class for a cultural and delicious experience. Learn the art of cooking like a local using organic ingredients. Enjoy having your own cooking station as you get a hands-on cooking lesson in making authentic Thai dishes. Also, this class includes a market tour, giving you the chance to shop for fresh ingredients before diving into the cooking process.

Join this small group tour and visit both Chiang Rai city and some of its beautiful temples in one tour. Your guide will take you through the main city streets, and to some lesser known ones, too. You’ll visit a few temples, learn about their significance and history, and have plenty of time to ask your guide questions about the culture, too.

Step into a private Thai and Akha cooking class in Chiang Rai and learn to prepare 5 dishes in a real home kitchen. Begin with a Chiang Rai local market visit, where you will explore, taste, and select fresh herbs, spices, and local ingredients before cooking side by side. Learn to make “Sa-pee-tong,” a traditional Akha dish with bold, earthy flavors rarely found outside the hill tribe communities of Northern Thailand. Then choose from Thai favorites such as Pad Thai, Green Curry, Tom Yum Goong, or Mango Sticky Rice. This private class is for your group only, with shared cooking stations designed so everyone can take part. Sit down to enjoy the meal you created and connect with the flavors of Northern Thailand.

See the highlights of Chiang Rai and the surrounding area with a local guide on this small-group tour. You'll visit the famous Wat Rong Khun, sometimes referred as the "white temple" as well as the blue-hued, off-the-beaten-path Wat Rong Seur Ten, Black House Museum and visit a traditional Karen Hill Tribe Village, you'll also spend time at a Tea Plantation, and see the Golden Triangle and House of Opium. Read more about - Sightseeing Join Tour Chiang Rai / PICK UP ONLY IN CHIANG RAI.

Let the aromas of Thai herbs fill the kitchen as you step into a private Thai and Akha cooking class in Chiang Rai. This hands-on experience begins with a guided local market visit to explore fresh herbs, spices, and ingredients. Learn to prepare 5 dishes, including “Sa-pee-tong,” a rare Akha dish passed down through hill tribe communities of Northern Thailand. Then choose from Thai favorites such as Pad Thai, Green Curry, Tom Yum Goong, or Mango Sticky Rice. This private class is for your group only, with shared cooking stations designed so everyone can rotate through each step together. Sit down to enjoy the meal you created, then leave with practical cooking skills and a deeper understanding of Northern Thai and Akha food culture.

Learn a traditional way of cooking in Northern Thailand on this small group trekking tour of Chiang Rai. This full day will take you to hot springs, through villages, to waterfalls, and much more than you could find on your own. Bring your swimsuit in case you want to take a dip along the way. Be ready to taste local food for lunch, made in bamboo over an open fire.