Originally Posted by
jgold
Thanks very much for the feedback. I think I had assumed that the cooking class was included (as I had assumed most things were), so I'm a little surprised that you were required to "spring" for it.
No, not free. There is a specific list of activities you get free depending on how many days you are there (spa treatment, airport tranfers, elephant, village excusion) but other stuff - cooking classes, extra spa treatments, etc are additional although priced reasonably I though.