Highlights
Once a busy trading port on the Silk Road, the UNESCO recognised ancient town of Hoi An is now very popular with visitors keen to see the beautifully kept trading houses and temples from another era, and delve into the vibrant food culture. The surrounding area boasts beautiful beaches, rivers, waterways, mountains, and a stunning rural countryside of lush rice paddies, fertile farmland and colourful villages, with a history dating back over a thousand years to the Cham Kingdom’s holy land at My Son. Our Hoi An tours will give you local insight and show you how people really live in this charming town and its surrounding countryside. Want to travel here, but don’t know how? Check out our quick & easy guide on how to get to Hoi An here.
DAY 1: Rural Villages Experience – Hoi An, Central Vietnam
Tour Runs Daily 1:30pm – 5:00pm
Rural Villages Experience – Hoi an: Experience local life in the slow lane.
Setting off from Café Zoom in Hoi An, we head out west along the banks of the Thu Bon River, first stopping at a bustling local fish market before heading into the rice paddy rich countryside and local villages, stopping to meet a local family producing local rice crackers. Crossing a bridge over the Thu Bon River takes us through more quiet villages and then into beautiful farmlands, where we take a break for a local speciality dish while surrounded by seasonal vegetables in the picturesque fields of corn, eggplants, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, and herbs (location is seasonal).
As the sun starts to go down, we set off through the rice paddies, passing duck farms, visit a local mat weaving family and then ride along by the prawn farms and over the river to visit a charming family home where they produce the local & potent favourite brew – rice wine. It’s then a short ride over the Cam Kim Bridge into Hoi An as the sun begins to set on this beautiful heritage town.
Highlights – local fish market, zooming through the countryside, rice cracker family, local food on tour, mat weaving family, home rice wine distillery.