Forest, kitchen, and a long view. Walks, a half-day Thai cooking class, the garden and orchard, and programs on the property.
On the property
Activities and Workshops - Chestnut Hill
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Chestnut Hill Eco Resort has spacious facilities, cottage and guest house accommodation, Thai, vegetarian cooking and a beautiful natural forest setting making it an ideal place for a wide range of activities.
Our activity programs are organized mainly for groups and can be tailor made to suit the specific needs of your team.
Groups coming from all over the world can combine their stay at Chestnut Hill Eco Resort with a holiday on the tropical beach islands nearby. Please consult the relevant websites & guidebooks concerning the good islands to visit and their prices.
Chestnut Hill - Learn to cook Local Thai Dishes
950 baht per person, minimum 2 people. 9:30–12:00 or 14:30–17:00.
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Thai Cuisine Cooking Classes
Our Cliff Terrace Kitchen are known to have serve good Thai and vegetarians and vegans. Our Thai cooking class is offered as a half day program beginning at 9.30 am in the morning and 2.30pm in the afternoon. Class schedules are as per confirmation.
This is a half-day workshop where we teach guests and visitors how to cook the delicious Thai dishes served at Chestnut Hill Eco Resort. The workshop will instruct around set menus programmed in advance; there will be 3 different dishes taught including desert. Include this cooking program in your stay at Chestnut Hill Eco Resort, or come for the day and take a break in these refreshing, natural surroundings.
Even if you are not used to cooking, we encourage you to try our culinary experience and you will be surprised how much information and knowledge you can gain from participating in this Cooking classed.
Program A (Choose 3 Menus from below) 1. Masaman Curry (Homemade Paste) 2. Lab Kai (Chicken Mint Salad) 3. Pad Thai (Fried Noodle Thai Style) 4. Stir Fried Chicken with Cashew Nut 5. Spicy Prawn Soup (Tom Yam Goong)
Program B (Choose 3 Menus from below) 1. Vegetable Spring Roll 2. Sweet Sticky Rice with Mango (Or Banana in Coconut Milk) 3. Green Curry Chicken with Eggplant (Homemade Paste) 4. Tom Kha Gai (Chicken in Coconut Milk) 5. Papaya Salad ( Som Tam )
Program C (Choose 3 Menus from below) 1. Fried Noodle Thai Style 2. Stir Fried chicken with Holy Basil 3. Stir Fried chicken with chili and Ginger 4. Papaya Salad 5. Chicken in coconut milk
Please note that the same programs can be adjusted for vegetarians.
Program Details
Time: 9.30am - 12.00pm or 2.30pm - 5pm Price: 950 THB/Person (2 Person Required)
Translations are available in English for foreign groups. Private workshop can be made available to your group exclusively 10 person minimum.Learn to cook Delicious Thai Food
Chestnut Hill - Hike in the forest trail in Hat Yai
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We organize guided hikes through the forest for our guests and visitors.
You may like to bring your group just for the day or for the weekend. Families with children are most welcome.
If you wish to join us for breakfast and lunch, please make arrangements with our office.
Activity Details
Hikes 3 hours along the forest paths and down by the stream
Leave after breakfast 9am (breakfast at 8am)
Back for lunch (lunch 12pm)
10 people minimum per hike
Bring good shoes and swimming wear
If you come for breakfast and lunch please let our office know in advance
Price for the long Hike to the Rock Pool is 200 Baht per person
Hikes in the Tropical Forrest
Chestnut Hill - Our organic garden and orchard
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At Chestnut Hill most of the produce used in our restaurants homegrown in our own organic garden. We have 4 plots of land where we have different vegetation; the coconut orchard, the local fruit orchard, the vegetable garden, and the herbs and jungle and wild vegetables. For any food that we do not produce, we will try to mostly buy from local market.
Food from our restaurants will use the fresh ingredients; for example, we would never use coconut milk from the carton. In the long term, we hope to be able to produce most of fruits, eggs, and vegetable from our gardens to sustainably feed our staff and guests.
Choose your season to come for the fruit. We have many local fruits depending on the season, especially durian, rambutan, longans, jackfruits, papaya, bananas, santol, coconut, mango and mangosteen. The main season is from May to October. Many In addition we have all year round are banana, papaya, pineapple, watermelon, dragon fruit, among others.
We also grown many vegetables and herbs in our garden. These are some of the items we home grown; Kaffir Lime, lemon, Pea Aubergines, Morning Glory, Sweet Potatoes, Twisted cluster Bean, Winged Bean, Wax Gourd, Yard Long Bean, Apple Aubergine, Bamboo Shoot, Banana Blossom, Bitter Mellon, and Thai Cucumber.
Chestnut Hill - Our organic garden and orchard
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At Chestnut Hill most of the produce used in our restaurants homegrown in our own organic garden. We have 4 plots of land where we have different vegetation; the coconut orchard, the local fruit orchard, the vegetable garden, and the herbs and jungle and wild vegetables. For any food that we do not produce, we will try to mostly buy from local market.
Food from our restaurants will use the fresh ingredients; for example, we would never use coconut milk from the carton. In the long term, we hope to be able to produce most of fruits, eggs, and vegetable from our gardens to sustainably feed our staff and guests.
Choose your season to come for the fruit. We have many local fruits depending on the season, especially durian, rambutan, longans, jackfruits, papaya, bananas, santol, coconut, mango and mangosteen. The main season is from May to October. Many In addition we have all year round are banana, papaya, pineapple, watermelon, dragon fruit, among others.
We also grown many vegetables and herbs in our garden. These are some of the items we home grown; Kaffir Lime, lemon, Pea Aubergines, Morning Glory, Sweet Potatoes, Twisted cluster Bean, Winged Bean, Wax Gourd, Yard Long Bean, Apple Aubergine, Bamboo Shoot, Banana Blossom, Bitter Mellon, and Thai Cucumber.
Chestnut Hill - Visit the Southern Islands of Lipe, Koh Mook, Koh Hai and Koh Kradan from Hat Yai
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From the quiet healthy life and the symphonie of natural sounds of the Chestnut Hill Eco Resort forest, to the sunny open skies and beaches of the nearby islands.
There are many islands within easy access of the Resort. Please consult guidebooks and online information. You may like to book in advance during the busy tourist season (December to March)
