Thailand · SHOPPING TOURS IN CHIANG MAI
Every trip has one free day too few. These 11 shopping tours in Chiang Mai justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part of planning.
Shop Chiang Mai herbs, learn Thai curry paste by hand, cook a full meal in an organic garden, then take home recipes as a PDF.
“Everything was well organised, the market tour was great and Balloon, our guide and cook is great and fun”
Chiang Mai market and organic farm cooking class: learn Thai ingredients, cook Pad Thai and Khao Soi, and eat your creations. From $34.
“Would highly recommend this for anyone in Chiang Mai. One of the highlights of our honeymoon trip and the Khao Soi was the best!”
Chiang Mai Daddy's Kitchen cooking class with hotel pickup, a fresh market visit, hands-on Thai dishes, and PDF recipes for $25.
“It was really nice to be able to choose what I wanted to cook and not have it be the same as my partners.”
Shop Chiang Mai market ingredients, stroll an organic garden, then cook four Thai dishes with an English instructor. Pickup included.
“Being picked up at our hotel was brilliant! We only booked on the day and it worked perfectly. Visiting the Thai market for the ingredients was great. The food we cooked was absolutely delicious but be warned....there are 4 dishes so come hungry!”
Chiang Mai evening street food tour for up to 10, with hotel pickup, Thai phrase help, and two night markets of Northern Thai bites.
“We have never had so much delicious food on a food tour as we did in Chiang Mai. Mr Goal, our guide was excellent, his knowledge, kindness and hospitality would be hard to beat. This has been the best value for money of our holiday so far.”
Watch Muay Thai at Chiang Mai’s Kalare Night Bazaar Boxing Stadium, including Wai khru ram muay, with a packed 6-bout night show.
“Sensational! Only complaint was difficult to find amongst the markets”
Chiang Mai evening Thai cooking with Somphet Market, organic farm ingredient picking, curry paste, 6 dishes, meal and hotel pickup for $29.
“Come hungry and ready to eat! We had a great time cooking in Chiang Mai. They picked us up on time from our hotel and shuttled us to the local market, where they taught us about what we would eat and let us have some free time to wander. The cooking class was a lot Read more”
Full-day Chiang Mai adventure with a local market, Bua Thong sticky waterfalls climb, Wat Ban Den temple, and an elephant sanctuary visit.
“amazing day our tour guide Tu,a was very friendly, helpfull, and went above and beyond to make our day special would highly recommend”
Chiang Mai cooking class with a morning market visit and organic herb garden, then cook 6 Thai dishes plus dessert with an English guide.
“We had an amazing time with New making some delicious, out of this world thai dishes. The local market was really local, almost no foreigners there, and we were able to learn how to make 6 thai dishes, including dessert. Amazing experience!”
Songthaew ride to Sticky Waterfall plus a local market stop. Climb mineral tiers, swim, and explore Bua Thong in 4 hours.
“Le transport en lui même en songthaews fait déjà parti de l’expérience. Le lieu est magnifique mais cela ne prend pas deux heures de temps. Très touristique en revanche.”
Shop Kad Kom Market, make curry paste from scratch, and cook five Thai dishes in a small open-air class with hotel pickup near Chiang Mai.
“This activity met my expectations and beyond. Our chef was really sweet and explaining every little detail as we went along. She took us to the market and explained the ingredients that she bought for the dishes. also she gave us the best tips and tricks while cooking. we tasted all the food that we cooked ourselves. The place was super clean and the area was cleaned after each dish was prepared. This is an activity not to be missed. It was really fun”
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