Hoi An – Farming & Fishing Villages Tour – Half day

Tour Highlights

Embark on a cycling adventure through the scenic countryside of Hoi An, immersing yourself in the daily life of local farmers and experiencing traditional farming activities.
Relax on an Eco-tour boat as you cruise along the river and learn local fishing techniques using round and cast nets.
Try your hand at paddling bamboo basket boats and enjoy the tranquil waterways flanked by coconut palms.

Category: Hoi An Tours

Our Farming & Fishing Villages Tour provides you with a close-up and intimate exposure to both the local farming and fishing communities. Accompanied by your tour guide, you commence the day leisurely cycling along country roads witnessing local Vietnamese rural life first hand, discovering all manner of photo opportunities – coming and visiting a beautiful organic vegetable village, watering and planting vegetable, hoeing a soil with local farmer, riding a water buffalo in a rice paddy field; seeing ducks swimming along the rice farm or farmers tending their crops. The photo opportunities are endless. Later you will board our Hoi An Eco-tour boat for a river cruise to meet and engage with local fishermen and enjoy a hands-on experience of traditional net fishing. You will also experience paddling the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat while the waterways of coconut palm paradise. This tour provides you with a cultural window into the ways of life of both our farming and fishing communities.

General Information

Duration : Half Day
Starts / Ends : Hoi An / Hoi An
Tour Route: Hoi An

Full Itinerary

In the morning, you will be met by our Tour guide at the lobby of your hotel, then we start our tour to explore the countryside path of Hoi An. We cycle to a local farming village traveling along picturesque country roads (We have two options: Bus or bike). Reached in farm village, we have chance to join daily work life of local farmers – hoeing and a soil, watering veggie at an organic herb garden, riding water buffalo in the field and enjoy the freshest air of the countryside beauty. After that, board the Hoi An Eco-tour boat and cruise to the mouth of the river where it meets the Cua Dai Sea.

We also have chance to learn and and try our hand at local traditional fishing techniques using round and cast nets, learn to paddle the strange and unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boats. Explore the now tranquil coconut-palm flanked waterways of a past war and hear of the extreme conditions endured by soldiers on both sides. Have a relaxed fun with catching beautiful purple crabs on bamboo basket boat. After visit a local water coconut palm village, we take a walk around the village and have some tea and snack with local talks… Back on-board our Hoi An Eco-tour boat, enjoy our lunch and cold beer or soft drink on boat. After lunch we will return to our hotel by coach. Tour ends.

about price	– It depends on whether you would like to take a private tour or sit in coach tour, the price per person also varies and depends on many aspects, such as your group size, cabin types and your departure date. Please send us your requirements. Our online travel consultants will be at your service and help you make the most of your travel time and dollars!
inclusions	– Tour guide – Hotel pick-up and return (Only Hoi An old town and the beach areas) – Bicycle tour & Hoi An Eco-tour boat cruise plus Vietnamese bamboo basket boats – Cold drinks – Lunch on boat – Many, many photo opportunities