HOI AN
The pick of Hoi An.
The 15 most popular farms tours in Hoi An, with prices, run times and who you book with. The ones worth clearing space in the itinerary for, and what each one actually gets you.
Hoi An at Cocolocal Farm: market tour, Bay Mau basket boat ride, and hands-on cooking of Banh Xeo, Pho, spring rolls.
Most Popular“Great afternoon, very friendly host, good experience and delicious food. Recommend to everyone with friends or family.”
Hoi An countryside cycling tour with Tra Que organic village, buffalo ride, coconut basket boats, and a tasty Vietnamese lunch for $37.
“very well planned, cute activities, knowledgable and funny tour guide :)”
Cycle through Hoi An’s rice fields, visit Ba Le Market, then cook with fresh herbs on an organic farm with a coconut basket boat ride.
“Tom was an amazing tour guide! Very informative of the culture and history of Hoi An and very friendly! We had such a fun day seeing another side of this city!”
Shop Hoi An market, farm at Tra Que, then cook papaya salad and banh xeo in a small group with lunch in about 5 hours.
“Had a fantastic morning with Min going to the market and helping in the garden. What an interesting, brilliant and funny experience. The food we cooked was yummy and can’t wait to try at home. I would definitely recommend this as a must in Hoi An”
Hoi An cooking class at Caman organic garden: pick herbs, make herbal drinks and rice paper, then cook 3–4 Vietnamese dishes.
“I've done a lot of cooking classes around SE Asia, this one stood out because of the rice paper making and the location. The garden and facilities are very cute. I've never made rice paper in a cooking class, that was particularly interesting. I also liked the herbal drink making a lot, and enjoyed learning…”
Cycle rural Hoi An, meet farmers, ride a water buffalo, paddle bamboo basket boats, and end with local banh xeo and spring rolls.
“We had a lovely day with lanh. He picked us up from our hotel with bicycles we cycled on mostly flat tracks and some roads . Met a farmer and learnt how he looks after his allotment. Had a ride on a water buffalo Went fishing in a coconut boat Had a lovely lunch at…”
A 3-hour organic farm cooking class in Tra Que, where you tour beds of herbs and cook four classic Vietnamese dishes together.
“Minh is the best and funniest chef, food was amazing!!! Highly recommend, you will laugh a lot and learn a lot”
Cycle through Cam Thanh rice paddies, meet farmers, ride buffalo and bamboo basket boats, then learn to cook banh xeo with local families.
“I spend a wonderful day with Mr Happy aka Mr Cu. Apart from Discovering the villages and eating amazing homemade food, the real attraction was Mr Cu”
Small-group Tra Que Herb Village farm visit in Hoi An with welcome drinks, seaweed gardening, buffalo ride, bamboo boat, massage, and lunch.
“Excellent experience! My wife and I loved the activities. Not something that we know and we get a better appreciation of and respect for farming from our guide, Spring.”
Private Hoi An countryside tour with bamboo basket boat rowing, buffalo ride, Tra Que farming, and Thanh Ha pottery in a 4–5 hour day.
“Mr Tuan was our tour guide and let me tell you, such a great and patient person, the trip around the town and riding the bulk was awesome 100% recommend it”
Cycle to Tra Que organic gardens, ride bamboo basket boats, fish with local fishermen, and enjoy lunch with a private English guide from Hoi An.
“Hoang is a knowledgable, nice, and helpful guide. He made the trip memorable and his wife is an excellent cook. Thank you for a wonderful lunch.”
Cycle from Hoi An into Tra Que’s organic farms, learn rice paper and gardening, and end with a light pho lunch on a small-group ride.
“Kim was an absolutely fantastic tour guide! Her excellent English and bubbly personality made the entire experience so much more enjoyable and engaging.”
Bike rice fields, float a nipa coconut forest, and cook 4 classic Vietnamese dishes at Tra Que Organic Village, with pickup and lunch.
“Wow what a great tour! The bike ride from the hotel to local market was fun and educational. The bike ride to the Cooking Class was thru the rice field and vegetable garden. The Cooking class was was fun, our guide the whole tour diRead more”
Hoi An wet-rice farming and buffalo plowing, basket-boat fishing in coconut forest, Cao Lau lunch, and a Vietnamese coffee class.
“I recently booked this tour expecting a 4-hour experience, but unfortunately, it fell quite short. The entire tour lasted only 2 hours, and several key experiences that were advertised were either extremely brief or missing altogether. The buffalo Read more”
Hands-on wet rice farming, buffalo rides, and coracle basket fishing in Cam Thanh, finished with noodles and Vietnamese iced coffee.
“2 hours were promised and the whole activity lasted 40 minutes. Poor value”
From the lantern-lit lanes of the Ancient Town to the coconut palms, the cooking pots and the day trips out to My Son and Da Nang.
