Basket Boat and Cooking Class Experience: A Traditional Vietnamese Adventure

Embark on a traditional Vietnamese adventure with a Basket Boat and Cooking Class Experience. Discover the valuable Thung Chai bamboo boats used by fishermen in Central Vietnam and learn how to navigate them. Immerse yourself in the peaceful fishing village of Cam Thanh and enjoy a delicious meal prepared by warm-hearted locals.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hoi An - Visit a local market to learn how local people purchase their products and buy some ingredients that will be used for a cooking lesson later.
  • Bay Mau Coconut Forest - Transfer to our fishing village by car, passing beautiful rice paddy fields, going up to the Cua Dai river, and heading for the Bay Mau nipa (water coconut palm forest)…
What's Included
  • Pick up & drop off at hotel.
  • Cold water, wet tissue.
  • Entrance fee ticket.
  • English speaking tour guide
  • Hoi An traditional lunch or dinner
Additional Information

The Thung Chai, or Basket Boat, is a valuable asset to its owners in Vietnam. Built with bamboo, this boat is essential for fishers in Central Vietnam due to its practicality. Though the uniqueness of the boat is little known to tourists, The Hoi An Village Experience aims to rectify that. This exceptional tour aims to take you to the serene and scenic…

Location
Hoi An
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Rita
Mar 16, 2025
Culture immersion - We loved this tour/experience and highly recommend it to everyone! Mr. Cu is a lovely host and we learned so much about the Hoi An area, the locals and also history on Vietnam. We rode bicycles, learned about local farming practices, got up-close and personal with a water buffalo, plowed mud, planted rice, went on the river in the basket boats and had a small cooking demonstration with a delicious lunch. A fantastic day!
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168meghanc
Feb 2, 2025
Cooking class and coconut boat - Incredibly fun day, our tour guide was amazing! Coconut boat were very funny and the cooking class was excellent! So much food!!!
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Izzy2328
Feb 2, 2025
100% recommend - Loved this so much!! Nhung made the class fun and the food made together was so good. The coconut boats were cool and our guide manage to catch a crab. Music was funny too. Would 100% recommend this to anyone visiting Hoi An. Thank you :))
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Missspano
Jan 19, 2025
Amazing, authentic Vietnamese experience! - Mr. Chu provided an amazing experience and insight into the traditional way of living in Vietnam. It was insightful, interesting and we learnt so much! We have young children and Mr. Chu was so accommodating. Providing two smaller bikes and ensuring our safety whilst riding. We visited local farmers, fisherman, rode a buffalo and went in a coconut boat before a cooking experience and dining on traditional Vietnamese food prepared in Mr. Chu’s village. He is a proud family man who has created this company and provided opportunities and employment for many of his fellow villagers. Support his company and his vision and you will not be disappointed with this value for money, authentic experience.
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Macygizi
Jan 6, 2025
Fabulous fun learning how to cook Hoi An specialities. - We had a fantastic day on this tour. After a quick tour around the local produce market learning about all of the different fruit and fishing techniques, we visited the drop off point for the basket boats. These delivered us to the highlight of the day… the cooking class. In small groups we learnt how to make 5 local dishes and the ate our wares. Each group had a local leader that described each part of the preparation and over saw the cooking. They made each part really fun. After we had eaten everything, we were delivered back to our hotels. The facilities were excellent and clean. Would recommend.
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415jacobc
Dec 31, 2024
So fun! Must do in Hoi An - Had so much fun on the cooking class tour. We got picked up from our hostel and taken to a coconut boat. The boat took us down the river to the cooking class. The class itself was soo fun. Making the rice milk, flipping the pancakes and everything else was a blast! The owners even got me a cake because it was my birthday! Lovely place and highly recommend
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Paul
Dec 18, 2024
A great experience - It was a great experience, all the staff and everyone involved were brilliant. So friendly and a great laugh. Would highly recommend it
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L6667gxjosephw
Dec 8, 2024
Best cooking class there is - The tour guides were so nice, especially Nhung our cooking teacher/ chef! The experince and food is a must try! Absolutely loved it.
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Bogdang943
Nov 28, 2024
Very good cooking class - Very good cooking class. Detailed explanation, hands on experience. Recipes handed in. The tour started at a local market.
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Laniet2018
Dec 8, 2024
basket boat and cooking class - A minibus came to pick guests from various hotels to the market to pick out some fresh ingredients, good look around the market. Headed to the basket boat tour - it is so touristy and commercialised and noisy. The boatmen will spin the basket boat as an experience if you are willing to try - i did not like the Gangnam Style music that was blasted during the spinning - how is that Vietnamese? but 5 stars for effort. Anyway, off to the cooking class. a very hands-on experience, as you get to chop and prepare ingredients and cook your lunch. There was a good variety of local food which you prepare on your own - traditional local food like bahn xheo (pancake), chicken, salad, spring rolls, vegetables. A good experience overall, with Han as our guide. Tour pick up was around 830am and we got dropped off after 1.30pm back at our hotel.
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