From the 16th to 18th centuries, Hoi An was a thriving international commercial port for Chinese, Dutch, French, Japanese, and Portuguese and Arab traders. These people came to trade primarily for the high grade silk, which is still produced in the area, and ceramics. Today, Hoi An is a quaint riverside town popular among tourists for its eclectic architecture, souvenir and tailor shops, and cafes. Some of the buildings in the narrow streets are as they were over one hundred years ago.
We pick up at your hotel in Danang or in Hoian town and you enjoy a half-day walking tour through the narrow winding streets of the Ancient Quarter visiting Chua Ong Pagoda, Assembly Hall, the 200-year-old Tam Ky house, and Japanese Bridge. After lunch we take a short boat trip to a nearby island to visit a handicraft ceramic village and the boat building yards. Hoi An is now one of four world heritage listed sites in Vietnam.
Trip Prices Include :
- Additional meals as indicated within the itineraries
- English speaking guide
- Cyclo in the town
- Admission fees and permits during guided excursions
Trip Prices Do Not Include :
- Meals and drinks not mentioned
- Personal expenses such as Bar, Laundry & Telephone bills
- Admission fees and permits during free time
- Tips and gratuities
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Tra Que Vegatable Village
Tra Que is a charming little village on the edge of Hoi An, the village is named after the sweet scented vegetables that spice up the everyday meals of the Pho Hoi people. Here a new spirit for traditional Hoi An dishes like Cao Lau, Quang noodles, the local ‘Tam huu' spring roll (made from Tra Que vegetables) and cake with meat (Banh xeo) has been enlivened. Enjoy a cookery class with your host. Experience a day of living and working with the local people in Tra Que vegetable village, in which you will have a chance to discover the daily life of farmers.
One-day tour
Pick up at your hotel in Hoi An. Ride a bicycle to a local farm in Tra Que village. Introduction to the history of the village, the cultivation of the vegetables as well as discovering about the use of vegetables in traditional Vietnamese medicine.
You will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. Continue doing activities su ch as: raking, sowing,watering greens, picking greens and many more gardening activities. Then spend the rest of the morning working the land in the time honoured way,before breaking to prepare lunch with a local family.Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including ‘tam huu' spring roll, Banh xeo or the local pancake of the people from the middle region.
After your lunch and the exertions of the morning, take an even more traditional Vietnamese post-prandial nap before learning how to harvest and wrap the vegetables.
Around 15.00, bid farewell to your host family before riding back to Hoi An, on the way back stop at Nhat tomb and Ba Le well. The tour finishes at 16h00.
Lantern Making
Pick up at your hotel in Hoi An. You will ride by bicycle to the home of a craftsman in the old streets. Here you will have a brief introduction to the history, shape, and colour of the lanterns as well as the many stages of making them. You can make your own lantern and keep it as a souvenir.
After that you will learn to cook traditional Hoi An food, have lunch and relax. After lunch you will be shown how to decorate and pack the lantern, before saying goodbye to your host and returning to Hoi An Travel by bicycle.
Kim Bong Village Bycicle Trail
The village Craft Centre and workshops showcases craft items and the painstaking process by which they are produced, using specialist tools and techniques passed down since the 15th century when Hoi An flourished as a major sea port. The workshops today make hand crafted furniture and sculptures as well as a range of tempting souvenirs, some of which are exported a field as Europe and North America. Kim Bong craftsmen made a vital contribution to the recent restoration of historic buildings after Hoi An was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999. Moreover, they have been encouraged and rewarded by UNESCO for their preservation efforts.
Pick up your hotel then leaving for Kim Bong carpentry village by boat (15 min/1 way). Visit Mr. Huynh Ry's home and ship-building yard (20min).
Bicycle tour explores: Tien Hien temple, Kim Buu pagoda, Phan homestead; former French-styled constructed house , paddy-field, Huynh family’s temple, village school, coracle boats, mats weaving, bamboo bridge.
Seeing the local games played by chidden: shoot marbles, skipping, hop, Chinese chess, ong lang, co ganh ...
Have a snack with: corn, cassava, sweet potato and local season fruits such as watermelon, pine-apple.
Go back to the wharf. Optional sailing coracle boat (rowed by local people).
Thanh Nam Fishing Village
Thanh Nam is shaped by the Thu Bon River . Fishermen have come here since time immemorial to cast their nets and catch prawns, crab and fish at the place we now call “ Con Chai " (Fishing Dune).
Go to the enchanting Thanh Nam Fishing Village , stay and work with the accommodating local people and learn how to catch fish in this traditional fishing area.
9 am: Pick up at your hotel. You will ride by bicycle to Thanh Nam fishing village. Here you will receive a brief introduction to the history of the village and a tour of the display room with its traditional fishing tools such as: basket, net, wooden boat and other original Vietnamese utensils.
After that, we will take you in a boat with some local fisherman to learn how to cast a net and hopefully catch some fish. After bidding farewell to the local fisherman, continue to Dai Chiem estuary to visit the peaceful waterways with their many boats and wharf.
You will have lunch at a local restaurant and return to Hoi An where our programme finishes at 3pm.
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