Silk Production Discovery: Half-Day Hoi An Tour Exploring Vietnam's Traditional Silk Making
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23 Ratings
Cam Pho
Discover Vietnam's traditional silk making process on this half-day tour in Hoi An. Learn how silk garments are made, from silkworm-cocoon to stunning fabrics.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Hoi An Silk Village - This village is the tourist destination chosen by a number of domestic and foreign visitors. Specially, in this village, more 40 mulberry roots about hundreds of years old and many other species of mulberry from the nationwide are kept. We will visit the traditional house in Quang Nam and listen to the story of craft sericulture there. Next, we will visit the ancient mulberry gardens and the silkworm-breeding houses, where we can see the cocoons, learn how to feed the silkworms and unravel silkworm cocoons using traditional methods. You can feed cocoons by yourself. Food for these cocoons are collected from the mulberry trees in the gardens. Discover the handicrafts of Champa people and learn how to make traditional textiles as we visit the Vietnamese traditional silk weaving house. Finally, we will visit the showroom to see the silk products and tailors then enjoy snack in the mulberry garden.
What's Included
- Travel insurance included
- Entrance fees included
- Complimentary bottled drinking water
- Snack provided
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off in Hoi An City Center
- Professional English-speaking guides (other languages available with surcharge)
What's Not Included
- Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.
- Tips and gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a half-day adventure in Hoi An, where you’ll delve into Vietnam’s extensive silk production history. At a local silk village, observe and understand each stage of the intriguing procedure, from the cocoon of the silkworm to exquisite silk clothing.
Key points:
- Tour an historic textile mill in Quang Nam to discover mulberry cultivation’s tale (silk weaving)
- Tour a mulberry garden and a silkworm nursery
- Master the artistry of nurturing and traditional cocoon eviction methods of silkworms
- Observe artisans converting silk into magnificent textiles
- Visit the silk display room to admire the finished goods
- Maximum 1 child accompanied 1 adult, the 2nd child will pay the adult price.
- Free for children 0-5 years old ; 50% off for children 6-10 years old
Location
Hoi An Silk Village
28 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(23 Ratings)
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Guleif_r
Feb 28, 2024
Lovely and educational morning - We loved this, our tourguide Thu was excellent and educating and we enjoyed the hands on expirience from picking mulberry leaves for feeding to weaving silk and the lunch was fine.
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Carinasr4584vf
Feb 24, 2024
Great experience - We were given a friendly welcome and Thu explained everything to us slowly and precisely and we were allowed to go through all the steps ourselves. Definitely recommended for anyone who wants to find out more about the textile process.
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Burgel
Feb 22, 2024
Unusual but fun trip - My wife and I visited the Silk Village on Hoi An to see and have a go at some of the processes that go into making silk. I wasn't sure that I would enjoy it but I did immensely, though I am not sure I will get a job weaving anytime soon, the guides and ladies demonstrating were very patient and tried not to laugh at my efforts too much. There is also a shop which sells quality items at what seems to me to be fair prices and you can be confident that what you are buying is genuine. I would highly recommend, it is good fun and something slightly different to do on your trip.
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Cynthia_f
Nov 29, 2023
Be part of the experience - This is a participatory tour. You get to learn about the entire silk creation and weaving process, and feed silk worms, spin some silk from the cocoons, run the 2 different looms, and enjoy a lovely small bite at the resort restaurant. The staff are articulate and knowledgeable, and the pace was relaxed. No pressure to buy goods in the silk store, but there are many beautiful pieces and I don’t regret the scarf I bought!
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Leeanne_d
Jan 4, 2023
Interactive educational experience - We were very happy with the guide who gave us special care, and a great deal of information. It was an interactive experience
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424egl_v
Nov 26, 2019
Super interesting - We loved it! You should definately spend those few hours and explore this!
I had absolutely no idea how silk is produced before and on this tour we not only had a possibillity to see each step of it (from baby worms to final fabric), but we were able to try to do everything by ourselves step by step. Wonderful experience, very interesting and informative - thank you!
And a nice english speaking guide as well 👍
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Victoria_m
Sep 15, 2019
Such an interesting tour - We were picked up from the hotel, given a welcome drink of mulberry juice and then we met our tour guide. The tour guide Thu was so friendly and informative. We were able to feed the silk worms, use the looms and see what is entailed in the silk industry. Originally my husband thought the tour would just be a sales tour however we both found it to be one of the best tours we've done in Vietnam. Very insightful and we would highly recommend. There is an option at the end of the tour to look around the shop but there is no obligation to buy if you don't wish to. After the tour, we were given a small meal and transported back to our hotel. Thu, our guide was fantastic at her job and made our day special.
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Patrick
Jun 6, 2019
Sericulture...who knew?! - Please DO go and visit. You’ll be picked up from your hotel...and returned. We got the whole story about silk production and it’s history (even learned a new word: sericulture!) We plucked mulberry leaves and fed them to silkworms and then got to try our hand at unspooling the cocoons and also a bit of weaving (NB: go easy on the loom!)
We enjoyed lunch and purchased some silk items - for ourselves and as gifts.
Well, well worth the visit.
P.S. Our guide was Ha.
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Kathryn
Nov 26, 2018
A must do tour- one of the best we experienced! - Highly recommend this fascinating and enlightening tour. Our guide, Linh was charming and very knowledgeable and able to answer all our questions. The tour is quite hands on, which adds to the fun.It is amazing how easy something is until you actually have to do it. The tour includes a visit to the shop, but there was no pressure to buy and the items are all well priced and of excellent quality. A highlight is seeing a demonstration of the Champa people weaving using traditional looms- it is amazing what effort goes into these beautiful materials. Dinner was also excellent- the food was delicious and the service was very good. Highly recommend this tour. Thank you Linh for a great experience.
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Gillian
Apr 5, 2019
Excellent tour - We thoughly enjoyed this tour. It is well thought out and our guide was very professional and spoke good english. (So sorry cannot remember her name and didnt save contact)
The hands on tours is great fun and you learn so much. We were glad we did the personal tour. Very goid value. Learning the differences of silk and silk snd c otton and synthetics is very useful. The shop is lovely ans wished we had time to go back. An excellent lunch included and pick up and drop off from hotel made for a great half day
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