11 Chiang Mai Garden Tours Worth Flying For

1.Cooking Class, Market & Thai Herbs Garden Tour

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

Spend 210 minutes cooking with a Thai instructor such as Wave, Flook, Tu, or Balloon. Visit a local market, explore an herb garden, choose your dishes, pound curry paste by hand, then eat what you make. Hotel pickup is included within 3 km of Chiang Mai Old Town, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, and allergy-friendly options available.

“The food was delicious. Wave was very informative and a fun guide.”

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2.We Cook Thai Home Garden Cooking School

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

Spend up to five hours with Mam at We Cook Thai Home Garden Cooking School. Visit a local market, learn about Thai herbs and spices, then cook a choice of dishes in your own wok at her home garden kitchen. Vegetarian options, hotel pickup within 3 km, a cookbook, and a certificate are included.

“Was fascinating being shown around the market - Mam was super friendly and very knowledgeable. The cooking lesson was fantastic and the resulting food was delicious! We ended up with loads of food but Mam even provided boxes to take leftovers away with us.”

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

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

Spend about 4.5 hours with Siam Garden Cooking School, visiting a local market and organic garden before cooking six Thai dishes. Choose your own appetizer, curry paste, curry, stir-fry, soup, and dessert. Gift, Cream, and the team provide step-by-step help, dietary choices, an individual wok, lunch, and a digital recipe book.

“Absolutely loved this experience! Getting to see the different ingredients, plants and market . The girls are all so knowledgeable and funny , it was a really fun day. Thank you!”

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

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

Start with hotel pickup in Chiang Mai Old Town, then visit a local market and Siam Garden’s organic herb garden with instructors such as Gift and Fon. Cook six dishes, including curry paste, soup, stir-fry, and mango sticky rice. Choose your menu and spice level, then eat in an air-conditioned dining room or Thai pavilion.

“Lovely host Gift, fantastic food. Another amazing experience in Chiang mai. Would definitely recommend, only negative is felt like a long drive there. It would be good if you were told how long transfer is then know what you to expect. But would still do again. Fantastic family experience ❤️”

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

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

Thai Cottage Home Cookery School combines a local market visit with a four-hour class in an organic garden. Choose dishes such as soup, stir-fry, curry, and mango sticky rice, then cook at your own station with guidance from instructors including Toey, Kat, Mac, Wave, and Gataii. Hotel pickup, ingredients, recipes, and drinking water are included.

“Very easy, fun group and Toey gave us a great time. 4 dishes made: soup, stir fry , curry and dessert. Food market was interesting”

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6.Temples, Sticky Waterfall, and Orchid Farm

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

This full-day Chiang Mai outing combines Wat Pha Lat, Doi Suthep, an orchid and butterfly farm, lunch, and Bua Tong Sticky Waterfall. An English-speaking guide such as Austin, Katy, Bird, or Ray leads the day, with hotel pickup, water, transport, entrance fees, and accident insurance included.

“It was such a great trip! The van was so nice, and our guide was so knowledgeable. Everything was so beautiful!”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $78

Spend 8 to 9 hours with a private group and an English-speaking guide visiting Wat Pha Lat, Doi Suthep, an orchid and butterfly farm, and Bua Thong Sticky Waterfall. Guides such as Yosita and Bird have made the day personal with clear answers, safe driving, and flexible attention. Hotel pickup, lunch, water, and entry fees are included.

“Wonderful tour! Our guide was super nice and had a lot of knowledge, carefully answering our questions. The temples were very different, but an amazing experience both of them. The hidden temple was the most beautiful temple i ever saRead more”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $129

Spend 7 to 8 hours with a private guide and air-conditioned vehicle visiting Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Wat Pha Lat, an orchid and butterfly farm, and a Karen Long Neck village. Guides such as Lee, Tif, and Vicky’s team add local context, while lunch, water, entrance fees, and city hotel transfers are included.

“This was our second day with the wonderful team of Ms. Tif and our driver. They definitely work extremely well and know so much about all the places we visited. We enjoy our stops and MS Tif offered to add another stop since we had a familRead more”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · from $50

Start at Tha Phae Gate at 9:00 am for a local market visit, then ride to an organic farm with Thai-style pavilions. Learn about herbs, harvest mushrooms, collect eggs, and cook Thai soup, stir-fry, and curry at your own station. Dessert is served, and groups are limited to eight.

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10.Doi Suthep, Orchid Farm and Waterfall with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 4 reviews · 1 day

Spend a full day outside Chiang Mai with an English-speaking guide such as Pan. Visit Wat Doi Suthep and quiet Wat Pha Lat, see orchids and butterflies, eat lunch, then climb and swim at Bua Thong Sticky Waterfalls. Hotel pickup, tickets, insurance, water, and towels are included.

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $51

Join an English-speaking instructor at Grandma’s Home Cooking School for a four-hour evening class near Chiang Mai. Visit an organic farm, collect eggs and herbs, cook four Thai dishes at your own station, then share the meal in a traditional garden pavilion. Pickup is offered, and groups are limited to eight.

“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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