Private Tour

Traditional Northern Home Cooking Experience with Raunkaew Yanon Family

Overview

Available languages

German

English

4 hours

Mobile ticket

Join the homely cooking session with the local family. Experience a warm and family-like cooking class, this is just for you. This unique session is not only about food. You will gain knowledge and understanding of local culture, the way of living and even about local herbs.

Spend a part of your day in this local un-touristy neighborhood learning about the local and get to know your host family. Be amazed by their beautiful traditional wooden house and rice barn brimming with history and interesting facts. You will be picking up ingredients for your cooking class right from the backyard garden.

Be prepared to cook and taste the authentic local recipe with the real flavors of Northern Thailand that you can’t find in any commercial cooking class. It is your choice to choose between Lunch and Dinner.

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

After the hotel pick-up, we head south out of Chiangmai city to Bandoo in Hangdong district. Receive a warm welcome with flowers and drinks, and the host will bring you around the house and explain the local culture. The home you will be visiting belongs to the Raunkaew-Yanon family, who arrived in the area possibly by elephant-back almost 150 years ago. A Lanna family who preserves the traditions passed down since the beginning. They build their homes from teak wood and maintain the natural surroundings traditionally, which is now rarely seen in Chiangmai. Experience the Lanna way of life and take a walk in the family-owned orchard with many types of fruit such as banana, mango, coconut, also the garden is filled with herbs for cooking. You will also have the opportunity to join the cooking session with the local family and dine together with them. The family will serve the dinner on the second-floor terrace of the home of Raunkaew- Yanon family from where you will enjoy the panoramic view of this Lanna village. Discover the real experience and understand Lanna’s way of life. Understand how their tradition, culture, nature, religions, and ancestors are interconnected.

4 hours • Admission Included

What‘s Included

Meal as per session (Lunch/Dinner)

Professional guide

Local Insurance

Lunch

Dinner

Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

Gratuities

All private expenses

Services not mentioned in the itinerary

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Options

With Guide

A guide will accompany you and provide extended live-commentary and give you services that you need.
Duration: 4 hours
Pickup included

Without Guide

Without Guide: This option will be for activity and transfer only, no guide will accompany you to the venue.
Pickup included

Reviews

5.00

4 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Cooking with a local family
TERRY M,,Jan 14, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
My family of 6 had an amazing time . This was one of our favorite excursions we did on our Thailand trip. The pick up and drop off was seamless. We got to join the family and learn about their family and history. We loved the cooking with them. The food was very delicious and so much we couldn't finish it all. This is a must do if you are in Chiang Mai. It was the only cooking class that I could find that wasn't commercial and was with a local family.
not a cooking class - 1000% more!
JadedJetset,,Feb 9, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This is the high water mark for authentic experiences I have encountered in Asia over the years. This is NOT a cooking class, this is FAR FAR more. The cooking component is maybe 30% of the experience. This is an immersive experience with a real rural family, inside their lovely home compound and gardens, learning about their history and way of life. You have tea, chew betelnut in their pavilions, wander the gardens nibbling on plants and herbs, and yes finally you all cook together outdoors on a clay pot / charcoal system like in the old school. Then you eat together. If you want a commercial, soulless, cookie-cutter cooking class, there are plenty. But this experience is far more comprehensive, soulful, and unforgettable.
Cultural Experience with Great Food
830diw,,Feb 17, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
One of our favorite experiences while visiting Thailand was the Lanna cultural and cooking class that we participated in at the home of the Raunkaew-Yanon family. Our guide, Joe, discussed the traditional Lanna lifestyle. We saw their traditional home and learned some (not excessive) Lanna history. Making our own dinner and learning to make curry and coconut milk (no canned stuff here) were fun highlights of our trip.
Great experience! Highly recommend. Pom was great!
m b,,Jul 8, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
My friend and I signed up for this pretty last minute, and Idaytrip was able to accommodate us the same day which was so great! It included pickup and drop off to our hotel which was so helpful. Pom came to pick us up and she was very knowledgeable about the area and gave us a lot of Chiang Mai history along the way! Once we reached the Northern Home, it was so welcoming and we felt right at home. We were able to pick fresh ingredients from the backyard farm and the cooking that we did afterwards was delicious.