Cam Thanh Village Journey: Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class Tour in Hoi An
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Hoi An
Embark on a journey through Cam Thanh Village in Hoi An, Vietnam. Ride a basket boat, explore the river channels, learn traditional crafts, and indulge in a cooking class. Immerse yourself in the local culture and savor delicious Vietnamese cuisine.
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Hoi An - Your guide will pick you up at your hotel.
Going to experience a local colorful market, learn how to deal with the local sellers, and know all ingredients for the meals. - Phu Lanh travel - Take you to Phu Lanh Travel. You will enjoy a welcome drink. And then go to Cam Thanh coconut palm village.
Upon arrival, our guide will take a brief about the village as well as the daily life of Vietnamese fishermen, their families, and their community before you board on coracle boat.
- Bay Mau Coconut Forest - It’s time for you to jump aboard a basket boat for a funny 45mins-ride around the forest to explore the river channels of the Cam Thanh community and enjoy coracle boat performances by locals which are really exciting. After that, under instruction from the local fisherman, you will learn how to make souvenirs from palm leaves, boat shaking, and crab-catching…
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Phu Lanh travel - After exploring the village, return to Phu Lanh Travel, take a short time to refresh, and get ready for making lantern class. The guide will take a brief introduction about the history, shape, and color of the lanterns as well as the many stages of making them. Then, you can make your own lantern and keep it as a souvenir.
You will be joined in a cooking class course by the local host. They will show you some of the local specialties. Try your hand at preparing your own lunch (or dinner). And enjoy Vietnamese foods made by yourself
Hoi An deef fried spring rolls
VietNamese rice pancakes
Papaya salad with chicken
Special food of HoiAn : Cau Lau noodle
End services. Go back to the hotel.
What's Included
- Create your own lantern in a hands-on lantern making experience.
- Enjoy hassle-free visits with all entrance fees included.
- Stay hydrated with complimentary mineral water throughout the tour.
- Immerse yourself in the local cuisine with a cooking class course.
- Convenient hotel pick-up & drop-off service within Hoi An city.
- Benefit from the knowledge of an English-speaking guide.
- Explore the waterways in a traditional coracle boat ride.
What's Not Included
- Travel Insurance
- Personal expense
Additional Information
Cam Thanh Village, known as the kingdom of coconut palms, attracts a lot of tourists not only for its beauty but also for its historical value. Join our tour, it is the perfect way to explore and get closer to the local life of the fisherman people here.
You will experience a local colorful market, learn how to deal with the local sellers, and learn all ingredients for the meals. Ride a basket boat for 45mins around the forest to explore the river channels of the Cam Thanh community, and enjoy coracle boat performances by locals which are really exciting. You will be provided instruction from the local fisherman, and learn how to make souvenirs from palm leaves, enjoy boat shaking and crab-catching, and attend a lantern-making class. There will also be a cooking class course by the local host and lastly, enjoy Vietnamese foods made by yourself.
Location
Hoi An
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Djnz6021
Apr 21, 2024
Well-organised tour with lots of fun activities - Excellent tour. Started with a trip to the market to get some supplies and then the lantern making, coconut boat trip, and then the cooking class. I enjoyed all the activities - all in the same location (except for the market visit). Well organised and we got to eat our yummy lunch we had cooked.
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Cliodhna_r
Apr 9, 2024
A brilliant tour.... - A brilliant tour. Included a cooking class, lantern making and a trip on the coconut boats. So much fun, would definitely recommend.
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Tom
Mar 21, 2024
A must do while in Hoi An!! - Everything about this tour was excellent!! The activities are really well thought out. They were fun, interesting and unique. There was also adequate time allocated to each task, enough to immerse yourself and to complete each but not to much they become tedius. The staff are so welcoming and friendly, they deserve a lot of credit for making the tour so great. This is a family run business and you can tell. When you arrive at the location for activities you feel like a guest being welcomed into a home, it's a really nice experience. The cooking class was our favourite part, it felt authentic and the food you make as a group is so tasty and plentiful we didn't need anything else to eat for the day.
We opted for the 14:30 start time and I would highly recommend it. This means your basket boat ride will be in the evening when it's much cooler and the sunset on the water is so picturesque, it makes for great photos. We have had a few boat rides in Vietnam but this was our favourite, the guides are so much fun and will happily take photos of you and let you try rowing the boat if you wish. My advice though is to make sure you have money on you, if you would like to be spun around. This is not the guides that do this but rather other locals. You climb into their boat and for 100 VDN they will spin you around, it's great fun!
Overall I highly recommend this trip. It's very reasonably priced for a highly quality afternoon, where you will learn something new whilst having lots of fun at the same time.
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Natalie_m
Mar 5, 2024
Must- Do - My favorite part of the tour was seeing how it’s family-operated. It felt good to support a family owned business instead of a tour company. We learned some delicious dishes, lantern making, and had a very fun ride on the coconut boats! Overall, a wonderful way to spend a day.
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Clarabf439tt
Mar 2, 2024
Amazing day - The day as a whole was amazing. Can’t recommend this place enough. From staff to activities, we were thoroughly looked after and were able to experience a massive range of activities for a very reasonable price. Thank you!!
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Allistaird2024
Mar 2, 2024
Amazing food staff and lanterns - Super friendly staff, the recipes were authentic, delicious and detailed. We were guided through each step of the lantern-making and so mine turned out very nicely.
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Oliver
Mar 2, 2024
Must visit in hoi an - Staff were super friendly, very welcoming and a one of a kind authentic cooking experience and they let me keep a chef hat would recommend thoroughly.
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Katie_w
Feb 24, 2024
Great value, delicious food - Every park of this tour was beyond expectations. We were in town for the lantern festival and loved making lanterns of our own for the evening. The food we made was delicious and educational. Out basket boat captain was full of life and energy. Highly recommend.
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Kenny
Feb 15, 2024
I rarerly put reviews, but they deserves it - It was an amazing tour, everything was perfect.
Both of the tour guides was super friendly, cheerful and helpful.
I highly recommend this tour, you get what you paid for.
I even got a free glass of wine!
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Phil_s
Mar 20, 2024
Great cooking, dreadful coracle boats - The trip to the market was very good, just a little bit too short, could have gone with more time to look around.
The lantern making was very interesting and fun.
The ride on the coracle boat was touristy and trashy, way too many boats for the space, no fun, in fact cringeworthy.
The cooking class was great fun and engaging, you really did prepare your own lunch. I genuinely felt like I could go home and have a good go at making this.
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