Hoi An Trip Overview
Traversing the narrow bridge that spans Thu Bon River from the old town, Cam Kim Island is a bucolic region not far from Hoi An centre. Expansive rice paddies and corn fields separate the island’s scattered hamlets. Small houses with vegetable gardens, lines of areca or coconut trees, gentle but magnificent water buffaloes ambling in the rice fields and children riding bicycles for noon break, paints an enriching portrait of this peaceful island. The villages also have some traditional handicrafts such as carving, boat building, mat making that have endured over hundreds of years of production. There are two options to discover, full day cycling or half day cycling with a boat trip
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Hoi An, Vietnam
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Full-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
Traversing the narrow bridge that spans Thu Bon River from the old town, Cam Kim Island is a bucolic region not far from Hoi An centre. Expansive rice paddies and corn fields separate the island’s scattered hamlets. Small houses with vegetable gardens, lines of areca or coconut trees, gentle but magnificent water buffaloes ambling in the rice fields and children riding bicycles for noon break, paints an enriching portrait of this peaceful island. The villages also have some traditional handicrafts such as carving, boat building, mat making that have endured over hundreds of years of production. There are two options to discover, full day cycling or half day cycling with a boat trip
Trip lengh: approximately 09 hours
Start 8:00 am: The Local tour guide will meet you at your hotel, check your bike and start to cycle to
Cam Kim Island. You will cycle for about 13km mainly on small paved paths in the middle of the island, through rice and corn fields, passing by beautiful hamlets. Firstly, a visit will be paid to
Dong Binh Island where half of villagers have retained the traditional handicraft of making mats.
Lunch with a family in
Tra Nhieu village, will enable you to talk with the family about lifestyle and tradition. In the afternoon, you can have fun with a fisherman by trying to
cast a fishing-net for fish, shrimp, and crab.
Then keep cycling for another 3km on the northern side of the Island, where upon you will arrive at
Kim Bong carpentry village, here, traditional skill sets have been utilized for a long history of building boats, beautiful wooden houses and furniture in the old town dating from the 18th century. Take a quick
visit to a family making noodles, and rice paper in the village, then return to the hotel at the end of afternoon.
BRIEF ITINERARY
8.00-10.00: Cycle cross river, through corn & corn field, villages to Dong Binh mat making village (8km)
10.00-10.30: Visit a family that making sleeping mat
10.30-11.30: Cycle on small road to peaceful Tra Nhieu fishing village (5km)
11.30-13.30: Break & lunch at a local family
13.30-14.30: Have fun with a fisherman by trying to cast a fishing-net for fish, shrimp, and crab.
14.30-15.00: Cycle along Thu Bon river to Cam Kim carpentry village (3.5km)
15.00-16.00: Visit carving workshop, boat building site, noodle making workshop
16.00-16.30: Cycle cross Thu Bon river back to the hotel. End of the trip (3km)
