Originally Posted by
jkirk
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.
When I was there I did not want to do the village excursion and they happily let me take the cooking lesson in exchange (for free). Of course, this was soon after the opening of the place, so things may have changed since then.