Hoi An Ancient Town And Countryside Tour Full Day
Description
Get the unique experience of real local life in rural of Hoi An. Join the daily life activities of local people in Hoi An. Learn how to cook specialties and enjoy what you just cooked.Compete with each other in your group to get the title "LOCAL MASTER CHEF". Explore Hoi An ancient town, learn how to make lanterns, watch a beautiful local performance at the theater. Learn how to use super simple fishing tools to catch crabs and fish with the locals.
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Itinerary
Picking up at your hotels, Our tour guide and driver will take you to Bay Mau water coconut forest (7 hectares wide) to take the basket boats to go fishing crabs with local fishermen. You will have chance to learn how to use simple fishing tools to catch crabs, fish…if you are lucky, you will catch some. Then, going to a local family to do " Cooking class". You will learn how to cook some local specialities such as Banh Khoai (Vietnamese rice pancakes), Nem ran (Fried spring rolls). That is a real competition between you guys. The local MASTER CHEF will tell you who would be the best cook and you will get a prize. After the cooking course, we will have lunch with what you have just cooked, drink some fresh coconut water from the family. After a beautiful lunch, you will enjoy life by getting a foot massage with the local medicines from local herbs.
After a lovely lunch, we will go to visit Hoi An ancient town as known as the biggest international trading port of Vietnam from the 16th century with beautiful lanterns, ancient houses and club houses of Chinese and Japanese. We will visit some highlights: Japanese covered bridge, Tân Ký ancient house, Phuc Kien ancient clubhouse. After that, we will go to Hoi An theater to enjoy some wonderful performance such as plays, dramas, Champa dance and play Bingo games. Finishing the tour by making some lanterns and visiting Hoi An maket. Tour ends.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up at your hotels in Da Nang city or Hoi An. Other picks up for example at InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Tien Sa or Chan May port you have to pay extra fees.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(41)
Our tour guide was Quy, who was great with information about the areas we visited, happy to answer any questions, patient with our energetic boys and helped us with recommendations for shopping places. We strolled around Hoi An at a leisurely pace. It was recommended that Hoi A be done first due to the traffic and heat and although we were ok with this, it did mean that we didn’t get to experience the night markets and the theatre that was mentioned in the itinerary. The Basket boats were very touristy and I don’t believe how they were explained in the itinerary is what we did. My boys were disappointed about the fishing component as they got small fishing implements in the last 5 minutes of the basket boat ride, again not how it was described. The cooking class was great and we all thoroughly enjoyed this component of the tour. Lunch between what we had cooked and extra that was provided was tasty and very filling. Lastly the lantern making was a fun activity. It was slightly disappointing that the itinerary was not as described but the day was still enjoyable as a whole and our guide was great.
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Hao and his tour company are just exceptional. He came early to our hotel to pick us up in a brand new air conditioned SUV with driver. We went to the Marble Mountains and Hao seems to know every nook and cranny of this attraction! He took great photos with of us here. Then we went to a water coconut farm where we got a very nice foot massage, cooked Viatnamese dishes which we enjoyed for lunch with other dishes. Finally we had a 3/4 hr boat ride in the infamous round wooden boats. Our boatwoman was a hoot. We went to a silk factory to briefly see how silk is made and then made our own lanterns. Finally we went to Hoi A where we walked around this historic town, entered temples and a Chinese trader’s house, and enjoyed bahn mi at a restaurant popularized by Anthony Bourdain. Hao was a terrific and highly experienced guide. His English communication skills are outstanding. He was also very intuituve in knowing when we needed a break or sending we wanted to move along etc. He bought us rice paper rolls in the market to bring home and really attended to us. We would definitely tour with Hao again!
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We were very pleased with the tour. Specifically our guide, Mr. Duy Linh was very intentional. We did everything we asked . We recommend a tour Recommendation. Make sure it’s in the evening.
Our family took a day trip to Hoi A with Mr Truong and Mr Tai, which was fantastic. From the bamboo boat and cooking experience to the tour through Ancient city, we had a wonderful time and learned a lot. Visiting Hai Van pass on the way was a highlight.
I kicked off 2026 with a day trip to My Son and Hoi An from Danang. This is a private and personalised day trip. Mr Vinh, my friendly and knowledgeable tour buddy, guided me through the history, key highlights and lesser-known facts for both places. He is also extremely pleasant and accommodating, ensuring the tour is tailored to my travel style. We started at 11 am, and Mr Hung (responsible for driving us) turned up on time with Mr Vinh. We visited My Son and proceeded to Hoi An, just in time for lunch. We spent the afternoon enjoying the city from noon until evening, just in time to see Hoi An come to life with the spectacular lanterns on full display. The trip felt easy, safe and very enjoyable. Mr Hung drove us back to Da Nang safely at 7:30 pm. A special thank you to Ms Gia Linh, the travel expert who made it all happen.
The tour we had with Mr. Tran was wonderful - we learnt so much from him about the history and culture around Hoi An, and was so welcoming of questions. We had a bike tour and cooking class with this company, which was an amazing experience, and let me see Hoi An in a whole new light. A truly wonderful experience, helped by the wonderful guide.
We had a half day tour through the old city of Hoi An. Our guide Mr Thinh was funny, charming and very knowledgable to put us quickly into the picture of the history
We had a Jeep Tour today and absolutely loved it!! We've tried some local activities like rice paper making and wood engraving 😁
We had a wonderful time on our Da Nang tour yesterday. Our driver, Mr. Hao, and our tour guide, Mr. Quy, both made sure that we were comfortable and relaxed throughout the day. Mr. Quy was very informative in describing the sites and explaining how they pertain to the culture and history of Vietnam. Lunch was great, and we were made to feel like we were hanging out with family. Marble Mountain, Lady Budda, and Hoi An Ancient City are all amazing to visit and great photo opportunities. We strongly recommend this tour.
Ms Linh was superorganized our tour from Chan May Cruise Port. On one day we did Hoi An and Ba Na Hills. The driver, Hau was fantastic. Thank you.
