Hoi An Trip Overview
Hop on your bike to spend the day at the home of a local lantern maker. Learn the ancient art of lantern making while getting a glimpse into everyday life. Make your own lantern – you can even pick up some cooking tips while lunch is being prepared.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Hoi An, Vietnam
Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Bike & Mountain Bike Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
Hop on your bike to spend the day at the home of a local lantern maker. Learn the ancient art of lantern making while getting a glimpse into everyday life. Make your own lantern – you can even pick up some cooking tips while lunch is being prepared.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Tra Que Vegetable Village, Cam Ha Commune, Hoi An 560000 Vietnam
08.00: Tour guide meets you at your hotel, brief the tour itinerary before heading to the Tra Que herb garden through the beautiful rice paddy fields.
8.45: Upon arrival, we will take some minutes to relax and enjoy the healthy drink of basil seed – a passionate drink of locals. Then, you will be escorted around the garden to see many different types of herbs and listen to the guide explaining about their role as well as their flavor in cooking and medicinal purposes.
9.30: Time to be a farmer. Under the instruction and assistance of local farmers, you will practice preparing and fertilizing the land, raking the ground, sowing, watering, picking vegetables, and many other gardening activities.
10.30: Having a short break and enjoying a foot bath before participating in cooking class. We will prepare a lunch of many delicious dishes including Tam Huu (Three friends) spring roll and Banh xeo (crispy roll pancake) with the help of the chef.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hoi An, Hoi An, Quang Nam Province
12.00: When every dish is ready to eat, we will enjoy lunch with our prepared foods in such an airy lovely space. During the meal, you can learn a lot about Vietnamese table manners and cuisine features.
13.00: Leaving the lovely family, we will return back to the ancient town and come to a house making lantern. At this house, you will stroll around first to watch many steps of making a complete lantern from preparing bamboo patterns, designing covering materials to decorating the lanterns. Then you will be instructed to make for your own a lantern. You can keep it as a souvenir.
14.30: We cycle back to your hotel and end the tour.
Duration: 2 hours
