Private Cycling Tour in Rural Hue: An Authentic Experience of Vietnamese Farming Life
4.9
11 Ratings
Hue
Immerse yourself in the authentic farming life of Thanh Toàn village near Hue on a private cycling tour. Experience farming, fishing, crafting, and cooking a homegrown lunch.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Hue - Depart from the city center around 8:00. After half an hour of cycling (3km), you leave the city behind to follow countryside roads that wind along canals, ducks, and rice fields.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
  • Bicycle use
  • Hands-on activities
Additional Information

Devote a day to relish in the simple pleasures of rural life at the Thanh Toàn village, not too far from Hue. Discover local endeavors such as farming, angling, handcrafting, and preparing meals right at home. This relaxed bicycle tour reveals the deeply-entrenched rice-based culture of the place, offering ample moments of warmth and camaraderie.

Primarily focused on offering cultural experiences and immersion in rustic life, you also get to join in the preparation of a wholesome lunch at a village home. Kindly advise us on any specific dietary requirements. Your guided tour features interesting anecdotes and opportunities to engage with local hosts, ensuring an enjoyable and safe exploration (Check full description in Itinerary). The order of the tour can be adjusted as per your comfort and to optimize your experience.

Highlights
• Gain in-depth knowledge about the local rice culture, its customs and festivities.
• Experience the life of a farmer by farming, boating, angling and engaging in crafting activities.
• Prepare a rice-centric homemade lunch with ingredients grown locally.
• Explore the local marketplace, village temples, and the Thanh Toan tile-roofed bridge.
• Take a relaxing bicycle ride along picturesque lanes, soaking in the rural views.

Location
Hue
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(11 Ratings)
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Wenche
Mar 29, 2024
Unforgettable experiences - Fantastic day. Cycled around the countryside, fishing with nets from a boat, tried different techniques in rice cultivation, planted banana trees and had a lovely lunch with a local family. After a short break at home, we ended the day by rickshaw through the city with a visit to several eateries. The food experiences were absolutely superb, so we will never forget this. Mr. T has been a super guide, giving us an unforgettable day of magical experiences
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557daniellez
Mar 21, 2024
Uniquely experience off the beaten track - Excellent experience 👏 with a perfect guide and careful drivers. A unique opportunity to experience rural life off the beaten track.
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Excursion38741585183
Mar 8, 2024
Amazing company 5* Staff are so caring and want to make sure you have an amazing time whilst visiting Vietnam - The best travel company in the whole of Vietnam, our guide “T” or “the handsome one” was 1st class - his English was amazing and he was the most caring person we have ever had the pleasure of meeting
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Getaway629259
Mar 6, 2024
A great trip with gentle cycling in rural area outside Hue - This is a great trip to do . Our guide , Mr Vu was excellent, considerate and knowledgeable. We traveled around on bikes at a gentle pace and flat ground . We saw about rice growing and threshing, fishing and had a cooking lesson with an excellent lunch , all with charming local hosts in villages just outside Hue . Would recommend to get out of town and learn about rural Vietnamese life . Our guide Vu, could not have been better .
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Relax28554041974
Dec 2, 2023
Outstanding! - This cycling trip was outstanding. Our guide Ahn, spoke very good English He was entertaining and friendly A warm and open personality, knowing so much about Vietnam and the population. We had a great workshop and lunch. Very tasty The family was so kind and happy. We had a very relaxed and nice day! I would recommend this tour with Ahn to everybody visiting Hue
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Varung69
Sep 13, 2023
Amazing everyday life tour of people in Hue - The tour is perfect. You visit several families, try out different skills from fishing to planting banana trees to making sticky rice cakes. The guide is really experienced and the people you meet are super friendly. The tour also supports those local families, making it even better.
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Xosebugarin
Aug 22, 2023
FANTASTIC FOODIE BIKE TOUR - Fantastic fooddie night tour of the city of Hue by bicycle, stopping at different places exploring the modern and traditional lifestyle of Hue through gastronomic tastes and ecological bicycle rides; a Welcome drink and light snacks in a lovely local bar. YOU, our guide gave us an introduction basics about Hue cuisine, before moving on to a vegetarian restaurant, where we could see Buddhist traditions printed in the art of Hue food. Further and further away from the tourist district, on a relaxed walk, they showed us the inner soul of Hue. Suddenly, street food stalls appear on sight and worth trying a Hue-style crispy pancake or lemongrass skewers with hands and tongue. We finished the tour in a fantastic coffee shop. Highly recommended and our guide TU, super professional
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23tanveers
Aug 8, 2023
Excellent Cycle Tour of Hue Private Homes - We had an excellent time cycling around some private houses with considerable history & beautiful gardens / architecture. The company was thoughtful and provided a cyclo (rickshaw) for my son while my wife and I cycled - a great way to get to know the local area and way of life. Good food and some unusual experiences (e. g. foot bath) were included.
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Trish
Apr 11, 2024
Slow Travel is really worth looking into! - Nie was an amazing guide who has fabulous knowledge of Hue. She has great English. And it is very good what they specialise in. Slow travel! You travel by Cyclo or bicycle, around Hue. Firstly, we had two Cyclo riders pick us up from our hotel. Then we travelled to a vegetarian restaurant where we had an amazing meal. Then we travelled to another restaurant for pancakes. OmG, they were fabulous. Coconut Coffee was enjoyed at another really cool hip restaurant. It's was such a fun night. Next morning we were met again by Nie and the same Cyclo drivers to visit the countryside. Rice fields, paper making items for locals to burn. A local artist was observed. I really do recommend Slow travel.
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