Spend a rewarding day in the countryside surrounding Hoi An, visiting villages and trying your handiness in some activities with locals in rural area, including; making rice wine, rice noodles, and learning traditional fishing techniques.
Highlights:
- Take a boat trip to Kim Bong Carpentry Village, watch the skilled handcrafting of traditional wooden furniture and artifacts
- Cycle through verdant countryside filled with bamboo and tea plantations
- Learn about local plants, herbs and vegetables, then have a go at planting some
- Meet a local family who will show you how to make rice wine, rice noodles, rice paper, and colorful sleeping mats
- Try your hand at fishing from a bamboo basket boat and have a go at rowing too
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Travel insurance
✔ Bottled drinking water
✔ Boat
✔ Bicycle
✔ Hotel pickup and drop-off in Hoi An City Center
✔ Light meal
✔ English speaking guides (other languages available upon request with surcharge)
✖ Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.
✖ Tips and gratuities
Pickup Locations
1. La An Central Boutique Villa & Spa
2. Hoi An Canal House
3. Hoi An Sea Village Homestay
4. Golden Rice Villa Hoian
5. Ancient Terracotta Villa
6. Summer Holiday Villa
7. OYO 469 Ly's Villa Hoi An
8. The Sunshine Hoi An Villa
9. Hoi An Riverside Resort & Spa
10. The Palm Tree Top Eco Retreat Hoi An
11. My Anh Boutique Villa Hoi An
12. Thanh Binh Riverside Hotel
13. Tra Que Mansion
14. MaiChi Villa Hoi An
15. Hoi An TNT Villa
16. Thanh Van Hotel
17. Bonsai Villa Hoi An
18. Orchids Homestay
19. Horizon Homestay Hoi An
20. Senvila Boutique Hoi An Resort & Spa
Additional Info: Hotel pickup and drop-off in Hoi An City Center (Except South Hoi An area)
Itinerary
1
Kim Bong Carpentry Village
We will start the journey with a discovery of the countryside, we will travel by bicycle down the green, quiet roads. Take notice of the green bamboo, areca and tea plants surrounding the paths as you ride along. The tour guide will give you some interesting information about the local plants, herbs and vegetables when visiting an organic vegetable garden where farmers use the seaweed as natural fertiliser instead of chemicals and spray their vegetables with natural products such as ginger, chili and garlic instead of chemical pesticides. Then, we will stop to meet a local family who will show you how to make colorful sleeping mats, rice noodles.
Duration: 1.5 hours
2
Kim Bong Carpentry Village
We then visit Kim Bong Carpentry Village, founded in the XVII century, a traditional handicraft village famous not only in Hoi An, Quang Nam but also in the whole Central of Vietnam
Duration: 30 minutes
3
Tra Nhieu Fishing Village
We then head to an organic farm then fishing village. During your time there, you can also try to row a traditional bamboo boat. Bamboo boat is a popular means of transport on water in Vietnam. These boats are made of bamboo and very easy to move on water. We will have Quang noodles in Cam Kim then take a boat trip back to Hoi An.
Duration: 50 minutes
Additional info
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• 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
