Chiang Mai Elephant Jungle Sanctuary and Mama Noi Cooking Class by Local Operator

This is a 10-hour experience in Chiang Mai. It is run by Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Chiang Mai, an operator we book with directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can hold your place with them before we treat your booking as final.

Japanese cooking classes usually build a meal around dashi, the kombu and bonito stock that sits under miso soup, simmered dishes and noodle broths, and then one or two headline dishes: rolled sushi or nigiri, gyoza, tempura, okonomiyaki, or a bento box. Wagashi classes make the seasonal sweets served with tea from sweet bean paste. Most classes run two to three hours in a home kitchen or a small studio, and vegetarian versions replace the bonito with a kombu-shiitake dashi. You eat what you make, and Japanese teachers are precise about technique.

The price covers Elephant Jungle Sanctuary, Food and drinks, tour guide by Elephant Jungle Sanctuary, Hotel pickup and drop-off from Chiang Mai city area and Cooking class. It does not cover Personal expenses and Tips, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price.

Hotel pickup in Chiang Mai. Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Chiang Mai confirms your pickup time and the exact spot once the booking is in. We need at least one day's notice, and we confirm the date with Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Chiang Mai before treating your booking as final. If they cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.