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Hoi An Foodies Bicycle Tour: Visit Tra Que Vegetable Village & Cook Traditional Dishes
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9 Ratings
Hoi An
Embark on a culinary adventure in Hoi An with the Foodies Bicycle Tour. Explore the countryside, visit a local village, cook traditional dishes, and indulge in Hoi An's famous Cao Lau noodles. Don't miss the chance to make White Rose dumplings and savor Yin and Yang balancing culinary delights.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Tra Que Vegetable Village - Discover Hoi An’s countryside and its local foods by bicycle. Local foods in Hoi An are known and enjoyed by the tourists once setting foot here. In Hoi An, these cuisines are very popular and sold everywhere in all streets. Moreover, these cuisines are considered as unique symbols for the culture and introduced to every tourist. We bike through the countryside to a Tra Que Village. Vegetables from this village are distributed to most of the restaurants in town and specially make the Cao Lau to have a perfect taste
What's Included
- Comprehensive travel insurance included
- Bottled drinking water provided
- All transfers and transportation per the itinerary
- Bicycles available for use
- Meals included
- Guidance by English-speaking guides (additional languages available with surcharge)
What's Not Included
- Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.
- Tips and gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a culinary adventure in Hoi An; cycle through the picturesque countryside to savor some locally revered dishes, including Hoi An’s signature specialty, Cao Lau.
Key points:
- Venture off the well-worn path; cycle amidst lush rice fields to a native village
- Savor Hoi An’s traditional delicacy, Cao Lau; a tantalizing pork noodle soup, featuring sticky rice noodles that must be drenched in water from Hoi An’s oldest well, the Ba Le Well
- Enjoy a rare opportunity to mingle with a local family at their residence, where they will guide you through the process of crafting the popular - White Rose dumplings
- Relish the delicacies you helped create and then proceed to Cam Nam to sample some classic Yin and Yang balancing dishes
- Maximum 1 child accompanied 1 adult, the 2nd child will pay the adult price.
- Free for children 0-5 years old ; 50% off for children 6-10 years old
Location
Tra Que Vegetable Village
Cam Ha Commune
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Oliver_c
Mar 13, 2018
We had a really amazing time... - <p>We had a really amazing time learning all about the different areas of food production in and around Hoi An, as well as enjoying making wantons. There was actually a choice of riding on the back of a motorbike or cycling, but we decided to stick to cycling. If you go on a motorbike, you can relax a bit more in the city as you dont have to worry about the traffic, and in the countryside you can take photos whilst riding. But on a bicycle, we were able to control where we were going a lot more. Highly recommended tour!</p>
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Carol
Jan 13, 2018
This was a great day. Our tour guide... - <p>This was a great day. Our tour guide Key was very knowledgeable and fun. There were only 4 of us on this trip. Be prepared to bike through the city before entering the country side. This was a bit nervewracking with all the traffic. We made several stops along the way. got to see farmers working the fields, and stopped for several food tastings. We got to make our very own dumplings at a local restaurant. It was a fun day and I'd highly recommend it.</p>
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Lorraine_t
May 8, 2016
We thoroughly enjoyed this trip. It... - <p>We thoroughly enjoyed this trip. It gave us an insight into the real people and where the food actually comes from. Easy going ride and great guide - very informative!</p>
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Regina
Apr 29, 2016
I CAN NOT BELIEVE I did not rate... - <p>I CAN NOT BELIEVE I did not rate this tour earlier - I sure have thought about it a lot since my trip - what an opportunity of a lifetime - that I will never forget! Our tour guide was THE BEST. So thoughtful, caring, funny - this guy is going places. He was working so hard on his English and was doing a super job and he could not have made our trip ANY more special! I hope you can look up his name and tell him how much his time and knowledge meant to us. I only hope to be back some day:</p>
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Vbinto
Apr 11, 2020
Fun half day trip - We were guided by River, who was a lovely and funny young lady. She kept us informed and entertained (mainly by her humour) throughout the trip. It was lovely riding out to the vegetable village. It really isn't far out of Hoi An but you did feel you get a regional experience. Riding through the town was fun, a bit of an adrenaline rush for me.
The restaurant where we made the dumplings was OK. The ladies that make the dumplings and do the demonstration didn't seem very happy. The dumplings were pretty tasty though.
The bikes were very old and could use replacing. Make sure to check your brakes work before you leave the meeting point!
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Jelisa13
Jan 31, 2018
Fun experience! - This was a fun experience for "city folks" like us. Riding through the city initially was nerve wrecking (and slightly dangerous if you are not a confident rider) but once you get into the "countryside", it turns into a nice quiet ride along paddy fields with wandering water buffalos. Our guide Ani was knowledgeable and accommodating, and offered to stop at a few places for photos.
We stopped at a restaurant to make white rose. It was fun but I wouldn't categorize it as a "cooking lesson". Also stopped at the Central Market for Cao Lau and another restaurant for some other local delights.
Glad we did it but I would rate this to be slightly expensive for about USD$90 for two. There were only 2 of us so it was relatively easy to navigate (aside from the crazy city traffic). I would imagine it to be a little more chaotic if there were up to 8 people.
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Gerhardus
Oct 15, 2017
Very informative, great half day tour... - <p>Very informative, great half day tour to get a feel of Hoi An</p>
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Danielah
Feb 6, 2018
Bike tour - Went on this bike tour in Jan 2018. My husband and I thought that there would be more cooking in the cooking lesson. It’s more of a bike tour. Our guide Eric was great :) We went to a farm and several restaurants. You learn how to put together some dumplings but the filling is made before. The highlight was getting to eat the special Cau Lau noodle dish of Hoi An which we didn’t know about and fell in love with!
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Sammi1992
Jun 14, 2018
OVERPRICED!! - We booked through a viator without checking reviews, what a mistake!!! $118 AUD later because they added the travel insurance and refused to refund it when we already said we had it. There is basically no cooking, all you do is roll out dumpling pastry and put the filling in, the rest is just riding around the country side, which if you take your free bike from your hotel you will see all of this anyway. The country side fields that you ride through are on the way to An Bang Beach so if you ride there you will see them anyway. I WOULD NOT recommend this tour, massive rip off and waste of time!!
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