Hoi An Tour: Experience Local Life and Explore Traditional Villages
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Immerse yourself in local life and explore traditional villages on this Hoi An tour. Experience farming, ride a water buffalo, row a bamboo basket boat, and try pottery making.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Tra Que Vegetable Village - Tra Que Vegetable Village. There locals grow a wide range of vegetables for sale and for their own consumption, including Basil, Mint, Lemon Grass, Coriander, Cabbage, Spring Onion, Morning Glory, Lettuce. At this stop you will get a feeling for small farm life, where locals tend their vegetable gardens, and you will meet the local family. Now the fun part, where you help them with some farming activities, like cultivating soil, watering the growing vegetables, and fertilising using seaweed.
  • Bay Mau Coconut Forest - Cam Thanh village. During Vietnam
  • America War, the village acted as a shelter for locals and a hiding place for soldiers. On our way there, you will also see rice fields, corn fields, a forest of water palm, and shrimp and crab farms.

We take a break here having tea with a local family, before starting our next adventure, rowing the round bamboo basket boats. With the help of an experienced boat person, you will learn how to row these little boats, while visiting the Water Coconut Jungle. While you are in the channels between the palms you can try and catch crabs and give fishing Vietnamese style a try.

  • Thanh Ha Pottery Village - Thanh Ha Pottery Village where you will see the local artisans making pots out of clay and you get a chance to try and make a tea cup or vase using clay.
  • Hoi An Ancient Town - visit the Japanese Bridge, Phung Hung Ancient House and some time for shopping in Hoi An.
  • Japanese Covered Bridge - Symbol of Hoi An city
What's Included
  • Exclusive transportation in a private car or minivan
  • All excursion fees included: basket boat rowing, buffalo ride, and farming experience
  • Refreshments provided with bottled water
  • Guidance from a local English-speaking tour guide
  • Authentic local cuisine with lunch at a local restaurant
  • Entrance tickets to Hoi An city and village included
What's Not Included
  • Drinks , Personal Expenses
Additional Information

Tour Program :

8:00a.m : Pick you up at Hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang city , Then Transfer to

Visit Tra Que Herb Village to join with local family activities like cultivating soil, carrying seaweed to do fertilise the fields before planting, tilling the soil and watering the vegetables.

Experience riding on water buffalo amongst the rice paddies

Take lots of photos of rice fields and shrimp and fish farms and of the local people doing their everyday tasks

Visit Cam Thanh Village where you get a chance to row a bamboo basket boat and explore the Water Coconut Jungle, catching crabs and giving fishing Vietnamese style a try

Visit Thanh Ha pottery village
watch artisans make pottery and then give it a try yourself.

Lunch at Local family restaurant with organic authentic food

After lunch, you will have one hour to visit the Japanese Bridge, Phung Hung Ancient House , Chinese Assembly hall , Museum and some time for shopping in Hoi An.

Finish & drive back to hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang city

Location
Tra Que Vegetable Village
Cam Ha Commune
Cancellation Policy

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

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Lutgardb2022
Feb 19, 2023
bike ride, bamboo basket boat enz; book this trip with HAI Huynh(+84905329972) Top guide!!! - When you are in Hoi An be sure to take a bike ride with Hai HUYNH . Bike between the local country, between the rice fields, visit a local garden and make a boot trip in a bamboo basket. Its amazing!!!
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