9 Full-Day Cooking Trips Worth Booking

1.Small-group Mekong Floating Market Day Trip from Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 886 reviews · from $92Our pick

Leave Ho Chi Minh City before sunrise for Cai Rang and the Mekong Delta. You’ll cruise by motorboat and rowboat, visit a rice-paper and noodle workshop, cycle near Cai Be, sample fruit, and help prepare a five-course lunch. Guides such as Win, Bevis, Lin, Bao, and Hanh have earned especially warm praise.

“We were so happy with this tour, we have two boys aged 5 and 8 Ms Hanh took great care of them and ensured we had a great time. Her knowledge was amazing. A jam packed day learning heaps about the people of the Mekong Delta! If you only have one day to visit this is the tour!”

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2.Garni & Geghard Small-Group Day Trip with Lavash Baking

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 881 reviews · 390 minutes - 9 hours · from $27

Travel from Yerevan to Charents Arch, Garni Temple, Geghard Monastery, and the Symphony of Stones with an English or Russian-speaking guide. You’ll also watch lavash baked in a traditional tonir, taste it fresh, and ride in a vehicle with Wi-Fi and bottled water.

“Great tour! It was well planned and organised, we saw a variety of churches and natural sites, lunch was tasty and in a very nice location. Excellent price for money, I was very satisfied with how everything went”

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3.Tuscany Day Trip: Chianti & Cooking Class Small Group

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 770 reviews · 11 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $167

Spend 11.5 hours exploring Tuscany from Florence by air-conditioned coach or minivan. Visit Castellina, Monteriggioni, San Gimignano, Certaldo, and two wine estates, with a hands-on cooking class, lunch, dessert wine, and two tastings. Guides such as Marco, Marta, and Emma lead the day in English.

“This was a small group tour. I would recommend to purchase tickets for Siena sites ahead of time so that you save time and not stand in cues. The wine tasting and lunch at Poggio ai Laghi in Monterioggioni was so much fun and the views at San Gimignano were spectacular.”

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4.Mekong Day Trip Explore Village Bicycle CookingClass Group 12 Pax

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 705 reviews · from $29

Spend about nine and a half hours beyond Ho Chi Minh City with a group capped at 12. Cycle through orchards and rice fields, cook spring rolls, eat a barbecue lunch, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, and take a Mekong boat ride. Guides such as Dennis, Harry, Jack, and Son are praised for friendly commentary.

“Everything was smooth. Tour guide ( Dennis ) was excellent. Pick up on time. Booking via Viator was very efficient. Suggest provide 1 - 2 bottle mineral water for everyone. Thanks Viator. Thanks Dennis”

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5.Garni, Geghard & Symphony Small-Group Day Trip with Lavash Baking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 263 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $26Best value

Spend 6 to 7 hours outside Yerevan visiting Charents Arch, Garni Temple, the Symphony of Stones, and Geghard Monastery. Your English-speaking guide, such as Suna, Nareh, or Anastasia, adds history and local context, while lavash baking brings a warm taste of Armenian life.

“This tour is a nice and efficient way to see several historical sights while getting helpful information about each. It’s also priced very reasonably, which makes it a good value. I especially enjoyed the communal-style meal, which was a pleasant touch. That said, the experience could use some improvement when it comes to energy and engagement. At times, it felt a bit stale and lacking in fun, which made parts of the tour feel longer than they were. With a bit more enthusiasm and interaction, it could go from good to great.”

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6.Crete: Sightseeing Day Trip with Cooking Lesson and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 77 reviews · 8 hours · from $108

Spend eight hours exploring rural Crete from Analipsi, Heraklion, Hersonissos, or Sisi. Meet farmers, milk goats, cook with local ingredients, shape pottery, visit the Aposelemis Dam and Krasi, and taste olive oil with guides such as Nico, Marios, Nick, and Vagelis.

“the host was great fun and knowledgeable giving us great information and an understanding for the island. Thoroughly enjoyable day.”

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7.1 Day Trekking Group Tour With Bamboo Cooking / Chiang Rai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 51 reviews · from $58

Spend about eight hours trekking roughly 15 km through Chiang Rai’s jungle and mountain country with guides such as James, Wat, Sam, or Eat. Visit Lahu and Akha villages, a Chinese tea village, Huay Kaew Waterfall, and a hot spring, then share a bamboo-cooked lunch over an open fire.

“Wat was a great tour guide! We had so much fun and was an experience we shall never forget. Cooking in the jungle was incredible! And his dog, 'Long' accompanied us the whole way!”

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8.Atlas Mountains Day Trip: Market, Cooking & Village Walk

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 7 reviews · 1 day · from $62

Travel from Marrakech to Imlil with an English-speaking guide such as Syed or Radouane. Shop for ingredients, cook chicken tagine with a local family, walk through Berber villages to a waterfall and viewpoint, and share lunch with mint tea.

“Syed is a great guide and was a very welcoming host to his home in the beautiful village of Imlil. This family tour company runs a number of small tours around the area, from our cooking class to trail running and hiking. They have a focus on local authenticity and were very flexible, while it would also have been interesting to learn a little more about the village culture. Highly recommend, you will come away incredibly well fed and with an appreciation for the change just over an hour from Marrakech!”

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9.Mekong Delta Day Trip: Explore Cycling & Cook Classes Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $28

From District 1, you ride through village roads and orchards, learn to make spring rolls and pancakes, eat a Vietnamese barbecue lunch, then cruise the Mekong with a small group of up to 12. The day also includes Vinh Trang Pagoda, folk music, honey tea, and coconut candy.

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