Hoi An Excursions & Daily Tours (#1400)

 

 

Known as Faifo to early Western traders, it was one of South-East Asia’s major international port during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In its heyday, Hoi An, a contemporary of Macau and Melaka, was an important port of call for Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and other trading vessels. Vietnamese ships and sailors based in Hoi An sailed to all sections of Vietnam, as well as Thailand and Indonesia. Perhaps, more than any other place in Vietnam, Hoi An retains a sense of history that grows on you the more you explore it.

 

Hoian By Night – ½ day (Trip code 1401)

18.00: Pick up at your hotel, explore Hoian charming town on foot. Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site
19.30: Return to your hotel.

Note, you can choose other starting hour in the day if you wish to do so.

 

Inclusive

• Transportation
• Mineral water and wet wipe
• Private English speaking guide
• Entrance fees

 

 

One Day Bana Hills – Golden Bridge – Joint Group  (#1401.1)

Joint small group: 4-12 people
Pick up at hotel in Danang center: 7.30-8.00 am
Drop off at hotel in Danang center: 17.30 (5.30 pm)
Itinerary: Danang – Bana Hills – Golden Bridge (with local lunch)

 

The guide and driver pick you up at the hotel in Danang city center, we start the trip to Bana Hills, a kind of Disneyland on top of the mountains to explore the extremely beauty landscape, the gorgeous Golden Bridge
Upon arrival at Ba Na Hills, you will get on a Cable Car which gains 4 world scores including the longest single-wire cable car system. Arrive at Station 2 at the height of 1.138 m, our guide will take you to Debay Wine Cellar built in 1923, Le Jardin D’Amour Flower Garden (a huge flower garden
Highlight in this tour is Golden Bridge (Hands of God).
You continue to visit Linh Ung pagoda, the second pagoda named Linh Ung that located on top of Bana; it is not only famous for its scenic but also you everywhere are known for the world’s longest cable car, a dreamy French village.
Have Lunch at a restaurant and take a short rest.
Conquer the peak of Chua Mountain at the height of 1487 m, the highest peak in Ba Na. Then, you will visit Linh Chua Linh Tu Temple to bask in the purity and peacefulness, find your mind relaxed and leave your worries behind.
Continue to discover the French Square, visit and play some games in Fantasy Park Back to the cabin down the mountain. The car takes you back to your hotel in Hoi An. Finish tour at about 17:30

Note: Drop-off time is subject to traffic, weather…so the finished time could be later than expected.

Inclusion:

A/C bus pick up (centrally located hotel), transfer & sightseeing as per program.
Cable car round trip to the mountain, English-speaking guide, all entrance fees, Local lunch

Exclusion: Drink/beverages, travel insurance, vat tax, tips for tour guide, Wax Museum display ticket, and personal expenses, others that are not mentioned in the inclusions

 

Price in USD per person valid for 2023 – 2024

(except for public holidays or festivals)

Tour route in Hoi An, Danang	2 people	3-4 people	5-6 people
Hoian By Night – Half day (# 1401) – Private Tour	47	32	23
One Day Bana Hills – Golden Bridge – Joint Group  (#1401.1)	80
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Vegetation of Hoian – Fullday (Trip code 1402)

Tra Que is a charming little village on the edge of Hoi An, the village is named after the sweet-scented vegetables that spice up the everyday meals of the Pho Hoi people. Here a new spirit for traditional Hoi An dishes like Cao Lau, Quang noodles, the local ‘Tam Huu’ spring roll (made from Tra Que vegetables), and cake with meat (Banh Xeo) has been enlivened. Enjoy a cookery class with your host. Experience a day of living and working with the local people in Tra Que vegetable village, in which you will have a chance to discover the daily life of farmers.

 

One-day tour
09.00: Reception at 6 Tran Hung Dao Street. Ride a bicycle to a local farm in Tra Que village. Introduction to the history of the village, the cultivation of the vegetables as well as discovering the use of vegetables in traditional Vietnamese medicine.
You will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. Continue doing activities such as: raking, sowing, watering greens, picking greens, and many more gardening activities. Then spend the rest of the morning working the land in the time-honored way, before breaking to prepare lunch with a local family. Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including ‘Tam Huu’ spring roll, Banh Xeo or the local pancake of the people from the middle region.
After your lunch and the exertions of the morning, take an even more traditional Vietnamese post-prandial nap before learning how to harvest and wrap the vegetables.
Around 15.00, farewell to your host family before riding back to Hoi An, on the way back stop at Nhat tomb and Ba Le well. The tour finishes at 16.00.

 

Inclusive

• Transportation
• Mineral water and wet wipe
• Private English speaking guide
• Lunch at local restaurant

 

One Day Hoian ancient town & Coconut Forest – Basket boat (Private Tour #1402.1)

Start time: 9.00 am; Finish time: 17.00
Itinerary: Coconut Forest – Cam Thanh village – Hoi An ancient town (with local lunch)

 

The guide and driver pick you up at the hotel in Danang city center/or from your hotel in Hoi An; we transfer to visit Cam Thanh Coconut village; described as a miniature Mekong Delta of Hoi An, famous to explore this ecotourism village. Experience a basket boat ride around the coconut forest, and learn about the daily life of Vietnamese fishermen, their families, and their community.
About 11 am-12 pm: Enjoy a local lunch
Then the car takes you to Hoi an Ancient town – one of the major trading centers in Southeast Asia during the 16th century due to the early western trader occupation period – walking tour in the charming old town.
You will visit the Chinese Communal House – which was built by Chinese settlers to worship their ancestors who had founded the Minh Huong village; next to Tan Ky Merchants’ old House – the place where 7 generations of the Le family have lived. We continue to the Japanese Covered Bridge – the best example of Vietnamese-Japanese cooperation and a mark of the olden days. Finally, we arrive at Hoi An market – this is a massive market with numerous shops/stalls/bars/restaurants/waterfront boat rides, basically attracting every form of tourist visiting Hoi An…and you can learn about the daily life of Hoi an local people.
After visiting the Hoi An local market, we met the driver and car transfer back to your hotel in the city center of Danang or Hoi An town. The trip ends!

Note: Drop-off time is subject to traffic, weather…so the finished time could be later than expected.

 

Inclusion:

A/C bus pick up (centrally located hotel), transfer & sightseeing as per program.
Basket boat – 2 people per boat, English-speaking guide, all entrance fees, local lunch
Exclusion: Drink/beverages, travel insurance, vat tax, tips for tour guide, and personal expenses, others that are not mentioned in the inclusions

 

Price in USD per person, valid for 2023 – 2024

(except public holidays, and festivals)

Private Tour for	2 people	3-4 people	5-6 people
Vegetation of Hoian – One Day (#1402)	65	54	48
One Day Hoian ancient town & Coconut Forest – Basket boat (#1402.1)	70	60	54
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Charming Thu Bon River – ½ day (Trip code 1403)

08.00: Pick up at hotel in Hoian, transfer to boat pier to take boat trip on the scenic Thu Bon river to visit local life and ship building yard and conical hat making village.
Return to pier, and car to drop off at your hotel

 

Inclusive

• Transportation
• Mineral water and wet wipe
• Private English speaking guide
• Boat fees

 

Prices until 31.10.2023 (except Xmas, New Year and Public Holidays)	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 6 pax
	93	47	34	22
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Cham Island Tour – half day with snorkeling – Joint Group (Trip code 1404b)

Cham island is a new destination for divers in Vietnam. Besides enjoying the old town of Hoian, you can have a day tour for diving and discover the untouched island of Cu Lao Cham.

7.30 – 8.30 am: Local guide picks you up at the Hoi An city
9.00 am: We start to transfer to Cham Island, get on a speed boat

Arriving at Cham Island pier, our tour guide will take you around on “ Bãi Làng” to visit Cham Island Biosphere Reserve, Champa Ancient Well, Hai Tang Pagoda, and the local market.

You will have a chance to know about Cham Island’s culture – history, and people‘s daily lives.
After that, you will be transferred to “ Bãi Xếp” or “ Hòn Tai” for snorkeling to admire the natural picture under the colorful sea.
Time break for having a set menu lunch at the local restaurant.

If you are vegetarian or on a diet, please tell us in advance to well prepare

After lunch, it is free time to relax, swim and relax on the beach.

14.00 – 14.30: We return to Hoi An and drop you off at the hotel in the city center
The trip ends.

*You should bring a hat, a sunny coat, sandals, sunlight cream, and an umbrella.

 

 

Inclusions:

Car transfer to pick up/drop off at your hotel, speech boat 2 ways, local tour guide English-speaking
Snorkeling equipment
Lunch at Cham Island
Drinking water

Exclusion: Drink in the lunch, hotel, visa, flight, tips for the guide/driver, spa & massage, personal expense or other things that are not mentioned in the inclusions
Note:

November, December, and January: off-season – weather-dependent tours.

Your flight after diving for 18 hours is recommended

 

Price in USD per person valid for 2023 – 2024

(price except for public holidays, festivals)

Joint Group	Price/pers
Cham Island Tour with snorkeling, haft day (#1404b)	43
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The Cham Sanctuary of My Son & Hoian ancient town – (Trip code 1405)

In the morning, take a private car from Hoi An Town to My Son Holy Land. Back to Hoi An for lunch. After the relax, it is light excursion to go around tiny town of Hoi An for city tour: 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants’ house. Tour end at about 16.30 pm

 

Inclusive

• Transportation
• Mineral water and wet wipe
• Private English speaking guide
• Entrance fees to My Son and Hoian
• Lunch at local restaurant

 

Prices until 31.10.2023 (except Xmas, New Year and Public Holidays)	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 6 pax
	130	84	71	58
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Bamboo Studio – handicraft learning course (Trip code 1406)

Bamboo tree is familiar to each Vietnamese but bamboo handicraft is even more unique art.
A short visiting or learning how-to-do gives you a deep view on the traditional handicraft world of Vietnam!

 

Pick up at your hotel in Hoian and travel to Cam Thanh village where the workshop located.
You will be then warmly welcomed by Mr Tan Vo – “An artist grew up with the sounds of bamboo workshop ringing in keep bamboos in good preservation and products made from bamboo”.
You will of course choose of the products you would like to learn and then lesson starts within two to three hours.
Take them home with you as a souvenir and enjoy this long lasting experience. (All levels of skills are welcome to participate – inexperienced and professionals).
Return to hotel

 

ABOUT TAN TAN VO – THE ARTIST
Born and raised in a family with three generations that have a deep passion for bamboo and that make a living by building houses from this kind of tree for years.
Tan Tan Vo would like to continue to maintain the traditional handicraft of the family and strengthen the importance and the value of bamboo even in modern times so that the old technologies will not be forgotten.

 

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
You will be surprised and excited to see all the different household facilities and things that we have created out of bamboo and that Vietnamese used in their houses. You have the chance to get instructions to make different items from bamboo on your own. They also offer packages to produce your own bamboo bike!

 

Inclusive

• Transportation
• Mineral water and wet wipe
• Private English speaking guide
• Class fee

 

Prices valid for 2023 – 2024 (except Xmas, New Year and Public Holidays)	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 6 pax
	98	61	49	40
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Hoi An Countryside Biking Tour – Private Trip (Trip code #1407)

Start time: 8.00 am; Finish time: 16.00

In the morning: the guide meets you at your hotel, a short briefing on the tour program, then we start biking towards the countryside of Cam Thanh village, the village refers to as Bay Mau coconut forest has been rising for 200 years; the coconut trees which were brought by southwestern immigrants

Take time for photo shoots, enjoy the beautiful landscape

9.00 am: We get on a bamboo basket boat, discover the rural life of the Cam Thanh Village and learn how to make bamboo traditional handicrafts with local people in the beautiful and peaceful ambiance of the countryside, it is about one hour on the boat
After that, we continue riding to Thanh Nam Fishing Village, a chance to meet the local fisherman and talk with the people.

The fishing village is still active nowadays, even with the appearance of modern fishing ships going to far fishing areas in the East Sea.

Next, we arrive at a Traditional Handicrafts house to see and learn how to make a beautiful lantern (Lantern Making)

Or

you can choose the buffalo riding activity instructed to take control of the buffalo with a detailed guide from the local farmers.

Before noon, we arrive at Tra Que Herb Garden Veggie Village, a charming little village located just 2.5 kilometers from Hoi An and famous for many kinds of herbs and vegetables

Welcome drink, walk around the garden village, meet local farmers, and see the activities of local farmers!

Time to farm with the local farmers: Join in planting vegetables together with local farmers, pick up weeds, dig and land board, make beds, transplant vegetables and water them!

13.30: Medical plants foot-bath in 15 minutes

After that, we join in a cooking class in Tra Que village to learn how to make ‘Tam Huu’ spring roll, a Crispy Vietnamese Pancakes ‘Banh xeo’ – a local pancake of people in the middle region of Vietnam.

The cooking lesson in about 1 hour, then it is time for eating what we did.

Enjoying your Vietnamese Traditional Lunch

15.15: Take a rest after the lunch

Then we go to the Bach Dang Dock, take a boat trip on the Thu Bon river in about 45 minutes, and see local fishermen catch fish, crabs, squid, and shrimp!

We will take you in a boat with some local fishermen to learn how to cast a net and hopefully catch some fish. After bidding farewell to the local fishermen, continue the trip to Dai Chiem estuary to visit the peaceful waterways with their many boats and wharf.

16.00 pm: The trip ends, we go back to your hotel in Hoian

 

Note on the menu for lunch:

Banh Xeo
Rice pancake
Banana flowers salad
Fish in clay pot & fresh spring roll
Rice vermicelli (bun)

Prices in USD per person, valid for 2023 – 2024

(except public holidays, festivals)

Private Tour	2 people	3-4 people	5-6 people
Hoi An Countryside & Biking (#1407)	90	78	69
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Inclusions:

Pick up, and drop off at the hotel
Bicycle (Martin bike)
Local guide, you can choose an English or French-speaking guide
Entrance fee ticket to Tra Que village
Drinking water, tea
Cooking class
Lantern Making/Buffalo riding if you choose
Boat trip on the Thu Bon River & Cam Thanh coconut basket boat
Lunch after the cooking lession

Exclusions: flight ticket, visa, hotel, travel insurance, drink in the meals, spa/massage & beauty service, personal expense, tips for boat-man/guide, and others things that not mentioned in the inclusions