6 Hiking & Trekking Cooking Classes to Book First

1.Chiang Rai: Jungle Adventure-Group Trekking & Bamboo Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 166 reviews · 1 day · from $80Our pick

Join an English-speaking guide such as Wat, James, or Mo for a 10 to 12 km Chiang Rai trek through bamboo forest, farms, rice fields, and hill villages. You’ll make a bamboo lunch, swim at a waterfall, and finish with a hot spring soak. Pickup is included within 3 km of downtown.

“Had a great day in beautiful scenery with friendly, knowledgable guides who even made cooking utensils whilst walking !”

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2.1 Day Trekking Group Tour With Bamboo Cooking / Chiang Rai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 51 reviews · from $58Top rated

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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3.Santorini: Cooking Class and Easy Hike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 4 hours · from $182

Start near Akrotiri with a gentle one-hour walk past vineyards and old chapels, then swim at Mesa Pigadia before cooking with a local chef. Guides such as Sofia, Stratos, and Kosta bring island history, transport, and warm local context to a four-hour outing.

“A great experience for all, the hike wasn’t hard at all but very enjoyable, even tho the sea was a bit rough the swim was lovely and the cooking (which I was a bit apprehensive about) was great fun, very basic yet delicious recopies. A big thank you to our two guides for being so welcoming and for sharing their knowledge. Highly recommend it.”

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4.Chiang Rai Jungle Trek & Bamboo Tube Cooking Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $58

Spend eight hours hiking near Chiang Rai with an English-speaking guide and a group of up to eight. Visit Lisu, Chinese, Akha and Lahu villages, walk through bamboo forest, cook lunch in bamboo, swim at a waterfall, and finish at Pasoet Hot Spring.

“The guide did a great job and created a great experience. Highly recommended.”

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5.Chiangrai: Group Trekking with Bamboo Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 5 reviews · 1 day · from $59

You’ll walk 10 to 12 kilometers through Chiang Rai’s hills with a local English or Spanish-speaking guide, visiting Lisu, Chinese, Akha, and Lahu communities. The day includes tea plantations, bamboo-cooked Thai food, a waterfall, and a hot spring, though the route can be slippery and demanding.

“NO ES EN ESPAÑOL Pros: la actividad está bien, los guías son estupendos y la cocina con bambú ha sido exótica, curiosa y rica. Durante el trekking hay paisajes muy bonitos. Contras: no es un trekking para principiantes, se vende mas sencillo de lo que es, hay tramos muy resbaladizos y peligrosos. Y en la actividad pone baño en cascada y termas pero nosotros no hemos hecho nada de eso… y hemos cargado con bañador y toalla todo el camino para nada. Como opinión personal, creo que no es adecuado para niños, tampoco personas con dolencias físicas ni que no estén acostumbradas a la montaña.”

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6.Chiang Rai: The Adventure of Trekking & Bamboo Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 8 hours · from $57Best value

Spend eight hours in Chiang Rai’s hills with a small group of up to nine. Trek 10 to 12 kilometers through bamboo forest, visit Lisu, Chinese, Akha, and Lahu villages, cook lunch in bamboo, swim at Huai Kaeo Waterfall, and finish at Pasoet Hot Spring.

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