Discover Thai flavours, cook with local people, and enjoy lunch aboard a traditional teak rice barge.
Make food part of your Ayutthaya adventure. This cooking and cruising experience brings together the pleasure of preparing Thai dishes and the chance to slow down over lunch on the river.
Spend the morning discovering ingredients and cooking techniques with an experienced instructor. Then step aboard a converted rice barge for a leisurely afternoon surrounded by riverside scenery.
Your programme begins at 9:00 AM. Meet your instructor and explore the ingredients behind four to five Thai dishes. Follow the preparation step by step, learning how flavours come together as you cook.
Ship A-H-O-Y, Chef A-R-O-Y is the one of our CBT (Community-Based Tourism) projects. It is one of the ways in which we can share the benefits of responsible and sustainable tourism with the local people, taking into account their natural resources, cultural heritage and local economies.
Menu:
The menu is subject to change as appropriate. Please inform us in advance if you have any dietary restrictions or special dietary requirements.
After the cooking session, take an approximately 15-minute transfer to the riverside restaurant and pier.
Board a traditional teak rice barge for a 1.5-hour cruise. Enjoy lunch as you pass riverside communities and historic surroundings, taking time to watch daily life along the water.
The experience finishes at approximately 2:30 PM.
Ayutthaya Boat and Travel Office (Google Map)
09:00 am
Adults (8+) : 6,195 THB
Children (3-7) : 4,956 THB
Infants (-3) : Free
Not including 7% VAT
This tour will be operated on a private basis.
We accept credit card and PayPal payments on the ABT’s website. Both payment methods use PayPal’s payment gateway to ensure a safe and secure transaction process. Travellers wishing to pay with credit card can do so via the PayPal payment gateway WITHOUT the need to set up a PayPal account.
For direction on how to get to our offices in Downtown Ayutthaya, and information on transfers from/to Bangkok please visit our “How to get here?” page.
Solo travellers should enquire directly with ABT Journey’s was to whether the tour will be available to you on your desired day of travel. If your desired tour is already scheduled for you preferred day of departure, then it may be possible for you to join the tour as a solo traveller.
If you cancel your reservation 15 days or more prior to arrival date, a full refund will be given. Cancellation between 14-7 business days before your departure date, a 60% refund will be given (not including Sat, Sun & Public Holidays). However, if you cancel your reservation within less than 7 business days before your departure date, no refund will be given.
