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Half-day Tour: Buffalo Ride & Basket Boat from Hoi An

By GoAsiaDayTrip
9.6 out of 10
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Free cancellation available
Price is €37 per adult
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Features
Overview
  • Guided excursion to discover the charms of pastoral Hoi An
  • Unique view of lush rice fields from atop a docile buffalo
  • Experience the make and try the local cuisines
  • Opportunity to set sailing on a bamboo basket boat
  • A look at everyday life as you visit a local farming village
Activity location
  • Hoi An, Vietnam
    • Hội An, Quảng Nam, Vietnam
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Hoi An, Vietnam
    • Hội An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Buffalo Ride & Basket boat and Cooking Class
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English
  • Food only
Language options: English
Price details
€32.44 x 2 Adults€64.88
Paid at activity€8.62
Total
Price is €73.50
Until Wed, 11 Mar
Countryside bike tour, basket boat and cooking class
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English
  • Food only
Language options: English
Price details
€32.44 x 2 Adults€64.88
Paid at activity€8.62
Total
Price is €73.50
Until Wed, 11 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    English speaking tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bamboo basket boat and life jacket
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Return transport to and from your Hoi An hotel
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Buffalo riding
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Cooking class with ingredients
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A bottle of water
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tips and other personal expense
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    National holiday extra charge (5USD/person paid locally)

Know before you book

  • Children 2 and younger are complimentary when accompanied by a paying adult.
  • At least 2 people are required for this activity to take place.
  • An additional surcharge for transport from hotels in Da Nang is payable on the day of your activity.
  • Return transport is available from most centrally located Hoi An hotels. Please arrange pickup from your hotel or a nearby location when you call to confirm your reservation.
  • Pick up service for hotels in An Bang Beach area, Nam Hai Resort, Vinpearl Resort Golf Nam Hoi An is not available
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

WHAT TO EXPECT

Check out the countryside around Hoi An and take to the water in an unique Vietnamese basket boat on a tour that shows off the charming lands around the city. Coming to Cam Thanh village, you will have a chance to admire the rice paddies along the Thu Bon River, learn some traditional fishing techniques, take a ride on a water buffalo, and get a real sense of what the local life is like.

ITINERARY

OPTION 1: BUFFALO RIDE, BASKET BOAT AND COOKING CLASS HALF-DAY TOUR

8:00/14:00: You will be picked up from your hotel in Hoi An Town and transfer to the local village by bicycle/Van/taxi depending on the group size. If you can’t ride bike, please notify us when you make a booking

9:30/14:30: Experience buffalo riding with the guidance of local farmers, then, you will visit local handicraft makers

You have a chance to paddle bamboo basket boat through water coconut forest, take time for sightseeing and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere. Next, you will watch a basket boat performance, go crab fishing and witness boat racing.

We then come to cooking class location and learn to make and taste 4 dishes: Beef Noodle Soup, Deep-fried spring roll, Hoi An Pancake ( Banh Xeo) with pork and prawns, Fresh spring roll without the rice paper.

13:30/19:00: Back to your hotel by bike/ van/ taxi. Tour ends.

OPTION 2: COUNTRYSIDE BIKE TOUR, BASKET BOAT AND COOKING CLASS

8:00/ 14:00: You will be picked up from your hotel located in central Hoi An with bicycle - If you can't ride bicycle, please let us know in advance (Extra charge 200,000 vnd/person for car). Next, the guide will take you around the Tra Que herb garden and discover the real life of local farmers. You have chance to learn how to rake the ground, sow, water and pick herbs.

On your cycling way you can see paddy fields, water buffalos, and see farmers working hard on their farms. We then move to Hoi An local market. Our tour guide will introduce to you the necessary ingredients for cooking classes.

Once we get all the necessary ingredients, we drive to Bay Mau Coconut Village, where you and have great experience to paddle through the water coconut forest on bamboo basket boats. Further more, you can fish crabs by your own. After all, we come to our class to learn how to cook 4 dishes: Beef Noodle Soup, Deep fried spring roll, Hoi An Pancake (Banh Xeo) with pork and prawns, Fresh spring roll without rice paper

13:00/ 19:00 Back to your hotel. Tour ends.

Location

Activity location
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    Hoi An, Vietnam
    • Hội An, Quảng Nam, Vietnam
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Hoi An, Vietnam
    • Hội An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Hoi An, Vietnam
    • Hội An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam