HOI AN
The best of Hoi An, day and night.
The 15 most popular farms in Hoi An, with prices, run times and who you book with. The ones worth planning a day around, and what each is actually like once you turn up.
A 5-hour Hoi An farm cooking class with a market tour, Bay Mau basket boat ride, and hands-on Vietnamese dishes in a calm countryside setting.
Most Popular“Was such an amazing experience. Must do in Hoi An!!! Food was delicious and was such a good way to learn about the culture. Would do again!”
Cycle Hoi An countryside with Tra Que veggie farming, buffalo feeding, coconut basket boats, and a hearty local lunch for $37.
“Fantastic trip with our tour guide Man! Great time cycling through the countryside and riding buffalo, ending it off with a coconut boat ride which was exciting. Highly recommend Man!”
Rural Hoi An cycling and organic farm cooking class: ride rice fields, snack at Ba Le market, row a coconut basket boat, eat what you cook.
“Tom was an amazing tour guide! Very informative of the culture and history of Hoi An and very friendly! We had such a fun day seeing another side of this city!”
Hands-on Hoi An market + Tra Que organic farm farming, then a small-group cooking class making papaya salad, banh xeo, and clay-pot fish.
“Had a fantastic morning with Min going to the market and helping in the garden. What an interesting, brilliant and funny experience. The food we cooked was yummy and can’t wait to try at home. I would definitely recommend this as a must in Hoi An”
Hoi An organic garden cooking class at Caman Village: harvest herbs, make rice paper and herbal drinks, then cook 3–4 Vietnamese dishes.
“Für uns wurde sich richtig viel Zeit genommen. Im Endeffekt ging der Kurs dadurch länger als ursprünglich bezahlt. Super nett und persönlich.”
Cycle Hoi An countryside, ride a water buffalo, paddle a bamboo basket boat, and enjoy Banh Xeo for $44 on this 5-hour tour.
“We had a lovely day with lanh. He picked us up from our hotel with bicycles we cycled on mostly flat tracks and some roads . Met a farmer and learnt how he looks after his allotment. Had a ride on a water buffalo Went fishing in a coconut boat Had a lovely lunch at…”
Hoi An Lemon Basil organic cooking class: English chefs teach 4 Vietnamese dishes in a 3-hour small group for $27.
“This is the best cooking class I have ever done. The host was so kind, attentive and funny. 10/10 recommend this, despite not so many reviews!”
Cycle to Cam Thanh for rice farming, bamboo basket-boat fishing, water buffalos, and a home-style lunch with banh xeo in Hoi An.
“Really a great tour! Great fun, relaxing, and informative way to experience and learn about the area! Cue was a great guide, sharing about his personal experience and those of the locals, while teaching us all about the area (very interesting getting a close up look at the rice and agriculture processes going on all…”
A hands-on half-day in Hoi An’s Tra Que Herb Village: seaweed-to-fertilizer farming, buffalo and bamboo boats, massage, and lunch included.
“Had a fantastic day with Xuan. It was just me, so we first drove to the local Market. After that we warked through the huge vegetable Garden, which sorrounds the place, where we cooked.”
Experience Hoi An countryside farm life: Tra Que planting and seaweed fertilizing, buffalo ride at Cam Thanh, bamboo basket boat in coconut forest, pottery.
“Our favourite tour in Vietnam. Perfect for a family - the kids loved the farming experience, buffalo ride and coconut boat.”
Cycle country lanes, get your hands dirty at an organic village, then ride bamboo basket boats with fishermen near Hoi An.
“Our guide Mr. Hoang was absolutely fantastic!!! He was so knowledgeable and it was incredibly enjoyable speaking with him about Vietnamese life. This was hands down one of the best tours my husband and I have ever been on. It was very Read more”
Private bike, basket boat, farming and cooking in Hoi An’s Tra Que. Learn 4 Vietnamese dishes with chef Min in 6 hours.
“Wow what a great tour! The bike ride from the hotel to local market was fun and educational. The bike ride to the Cooking Class was thru the rice field and vegetable garden. The Cooking class was was fun, our guide the whole tour diRead more”
Cycle 15 minutes from Hoi An to Tra Que’s organic farms, learn rice paper, and enjoy pho lunch with a small local guide group.
“It was a great experience with a lovely guide. We stopped to see a temple, spent time at the farm and enjoyed a refreshing drink. Guide Kim also brought us to try a specialty pho and street dessert. It was an informative tour and Kim was attentive to our safety and wellbeing throughout. Thank you!”
A private Hoi An countryside tour with wet-rice planting, buffalo riding, coracle basket fishing, crabbing, and Cao Lau lunch plus coffee-making.
“I recently booked this tour expecting a 4-hour experience, but unfortunately, it fell quite short. The entire tour lasted only 2 hours, and several key experiences that were advertised were either extremely brief or missing altogether. The buffalo Read more”
Wet rice farming, buffalo riding, and basket-boat fishing in Cam Thanh, with lunch and Vietnamese iced coffee.
From the lantern-lit old town to the basket boats, the cooking classes and the day trips up the coast, every way to spend your time in Hoi An.
