Tra Que Vegetable Village Tours and Activities

Swap the centre of the city for the greenery of Tra Que Village, an organic vegetable farm on the outskirts of Hoi An, on a bike tour and cooking class from Da Nang. This hands-on cultural experience, which provides a perfect introduction to Vietnamese cuisine for first-time visitors, includes a relaxing foot soak and a lunch featuring traditional dishes such as my quang (noodles with egg and pork) and banh xeo (crispy pancakes with seafood).

Pedal to food stalls, restaurants, and a family home on an evening food tour of Hoi An that explores the city’s distinctive flavors and dishes. With an experienced guide to lead you on a route through local neighborhoods, you’ll taste your way to a cluster of organic farms right outside the city, learning about Hoi An culture as you ride. This evening bike tour of Hoi An includes a bike rental and all tastings, and it’s a great way to combine Vietnamese cuisine and active exploring.

Ride — or drive — an electric scooter into Hoi An's captivating countryside during this 3-hour tour, which begins with a snack and smoothie along the riverside. Your guide is in-the-know about interesting spots, such as Cam Nam Island, where you’ll meet the locals and witness their daily lifestyle firsthand. Learn about shoemaking, rice cracker production and more. Stop at a garden in Tra Que Village and refresh with a beverage in a lounge overlooking An Bang Beach.

Stray from the beaten path and see a side of Hoi An that most first-time visitors miss on a private motorbike tour of Hoi An’s villages and islands. Rather than navigating or driving your own scooter, you’ll ride pillion with a guide and get the inside scoop on local culture and history during regular stops.

Wanna ride a bicycle at a slow pace to see the scenic Hoi An countryside and enjoy exciting activities with local people? This private tour has all that and much more, a scrumptious meal is included! Local guide and driver will be ready at your hotel then drive you to Local Buddy Tours office to get comfortable with driving bicycles. We start the ride on the quiet paths to a local family, you will see how to make healthy bean sprouts. Driving pass duck farms, we go further to the countryside. Chatting alongside with local buddy, you will learn the unique customs of Hoi An people. We then meet the adorable water buffalo, you will understand why they are so important in a farming family. You will get to feed him some grass, he is just gentle so you can pet him and enjoy a fun ride on his back. Soon after that, we visit the picturesque Tra Que organic village to see how the local farmers grow vegetables in their gardens, smell the wonderful aroma from fresh herbs.

-Bike around villages and see stunning rural scenes, rice paddies and coconut palm -Visit the vegetable village and farm with the locals -Have a chance to see and photo opportunities of the water buffalo -Paddle the bamboo basket boats in the coconut palm jungle with the locals -Enjoy some Vietnamese food at a local restaurant -Feel the distinct green aroma of local varieties of veggies

Highlight of the tour: Spend some time with locals and share their daily lives . Learn how to make the pottery Participate in some of their daily activities around the farm Ride a water buffalo Learn how to row in a round basket boat Discover how to cast a fishing net on boat Enjoy a traditional lunch or dinner at local family home:

Sample Vietnam’s culinary delights as you pedal around historic Hoi An on this food-fuelled 4-hour tour. Pedal your way to a rural village outside of Hoi An to sample ‘cao lau’ noodles, visit the famed Ba Le well and learn to make ‘white rose cakes’ (dumplings) at a local family home. Continue to Cam Nam to taste traditional street foods like rice crepes and coconut milk pudding. This small-group tour has a maximum of eight people to ensure an authentic local experience.

Tour guide will pick you up at your hotel by bicycles. Then you will ride through green fields on small lovely hidden paths to see the countryside beauty, stop for few minutes to meet our local friends and challenge yourself by riding a water buffalo. Keep riding your bike for couple of miles to water coconut village and try being local fishmen by going fishing by net, catching crab, learning new skills by paddling a basket boat and enjoying dancing it, understanding local people routine. Back to a local house and fill up your empty stomach with delicious local foods and dessert. Say goodbye to all and I take you back to the hotel. **This tour is totally PRIVATE for you and your family**

Important Information Pick up time: 9.00 AM/ 2.00 PM End time: 1.30 PM/ 6.30 PM Duration: 4.5 hours Minimum 2 pax per booking Transportation: bicycle/ Motorbike. If you can't ride bicycle, please let us know soon. Our tour runs every day, rain or shine Cooking menu: Tour detail: 9.00 AM/ 2.00 PM pick up from your hotel located in central Hoi An The guide will take you around the Tra Que herb garden and discover the real life of local farmers. On your way you can see paddy fields, water buffalos, and see farmers working hard on their farms. Move to Hoi An local market (around 20 minute). Our tour guide will introduce to you the necessary ingredient for cooking classes Transfer to Bay Mau Coconut Village Paddle through the water coconut forest on bamboo basket boats Go crab fishing Learn how to cook 4 dishes 1.30 PM/ 6.30 PM: Tour ends

PROGRAM : We pick you up at your hotel lobby in Hoi An ( in the morning at 8:00 a.m or 2:00 p.m in the afternoon). You will be taken to a quiet herb village named after the sweetly scented vegetables grown there. Get a feeling for small farm life meet the local family Then do some farming activities like cultivating, watering, growing and carrying seaweed. After that you ride on a water buffalo Continue to Cam Thanh village. During the Vietnam War, the village acted as a shelter for locals and soliders hiding. Then, Taking a rest at a local family, Then row on a basket boat to visit water coconut Jungle, After that we go to Thanh Ha pottery village to learn and practice how to make tea cup or vase.. by using clay. then you can write down your name on product which you have made to be funny.This tour is good for some customers who want to escape from noise and hassel of city centre. Finish and come back to your hotel and have a deeper understanding about rural life of Hoi an people

To really understand Vietnamese culture, travelers need to escape the city, and experience what life is like in the countryside. On this full day private tour from Da Nang or Hoi An, travelers meet a farming family, try fishing from a traditional basket boat, and see how handicraft are made from coconut leaves. Along the way, visit a pagoda in the Marble Mountains, and refuel with an included noodle lunch.

Cycle to Tra Que vegetable village,transfer to fishing village and cooking tour. 9:00am: Pick up at your hotel by local tour guide. Travel by bicycle through beautiful countryside to the charming Tra Que vegetable with the tour guide, to discover the real life of local farmers. The village is named after the sweet scented herbs such as mint, coriander and basil that are used in daily meals of Hoi An people. On your way you can see paddy fields, drive water buffalos, and see farmers working hard on their farms. 10:00am:Transfer to Cam Thanh(water coconut) village and go rowing in a basket boat with the local people. Enjoy sightseeing in the fishing village, explore the water coconut palm forest, and harvest some water coconut fruit as well as a unique coconut palm souvenir. 11:30am Assist the chef and learn the traditional way of preparing and cooking Hoi An style food. Enjoy the meal that you have prepared and cooked.

Wanna ride a bicycle at a slow pace to see the scenic Hoi An countryside and enjoy exciting activities with local people? This is the best tour for you to enjoy the most beautiful rural villages outside of Hoi An old quarter. Meeting friendly local hosts, experience fun ride on the back of water buffalo and the round basket boat. Taste healthy herbs from Tra Que village and eat local food inside a local family. A must-do in Hoi An.

PROGRAM : We pick you up at your hotel lobby in Hoi An ( in the morning at 8:30 a.m or 2:00 p.m in the afternoon). You will be taken to a quiet herb village named after the sweetly scented vegetables grown there. Get a feeling for small farm life meet the local family Then do some farming activities like cultivating, watering, growing and carrying seaweed. After that you ride on a water buffalo Continue to Cam Thanh village. During the Vietnam War, the village acted as a shelter for locals and soliders hiding. Then, Taking a rest at a local family, Then row on a basket boat to visit water coconut Jungle, After that we go to Thanh Ha pottery village to learn and practice how to make tea cup or vase.. by using clay. then you can write down your name on product which you have made to be funny.This tour is good for some customers who want to escape from noise and hassel of city centre. Finish and come back to your hotel and have a deeper understanding about rural life of Hoi an people

Explore Hoi An and the surrounding countryside aboard an electric scooter, which you can drive yourself or ride with a guide. This 4.5-hour tour introduces you to local painting and lantern-making workshops through partner NGOs. Get a glimpse into the locals’ daily routines, including the production of shoes and rice crackers. Stop for a snack and beverage alongside the Thu Bon River, visit a garden in Tra Que Village and relax with a drink in hand at a lounge with views of An Bang Beach.

During this day trip you’ll visit the charming village of Tra Que, located on the edge of Hoi An. Experience the daily life of local farmers as you work alongside them in the garden. Then cook signature dishes such as spring rolls (tam huu) and pancakes (banh xeo) for lunch, prepared with Tra Que vegetables for which the village is famous. Includes round-trip hotel transport from Hoi An.

We offer private countryside tours that there is only your group on the tour, not joining another group. We are local people, so that we know hidden gems of our Hoi An home town.

TOUR PROGRAM : 8:30/14:30: Our guide will pick you up at your hotel ; all of you and the guide ride the bicycles to the TRA QUE Vegetables village -famous village.On the way to the village,you stop to take the photos of the rice-farming, 9.00 am : You will arrive in the farming village to see the vegetable gardens .guide introduces the history of Tra Que village and local daily works of the villagers . local farmers do not use the chemicals to put in the vegetable garden.They only use sea weed to put in their vegetable garden. 9.30 am : The local villagers will teach you how to grow the herbs here.you become a real Vietnamese farmer; it is not difficult for you to learn their works.You also witness the villagers to use the water tank to water -You will do the cooking class at Local Family with Traditional Vietnamese Dishes .Then, You enjoy your lunch with What You have cooked .Next, You enjoy 30 minute of Herbal Foot Massage 12.30/17:30 :you ride your bicycle back to your hotel .

Book this tour and you will have a chance to be a real farmer, practicing farming and learning how to cook tasty specialities from the village’s vegetables. Joining us, you will compete with each other in the group to become a local MASTER CHEF. Whoever wins will get a local special prize. Experience the local farmer's life at the village and have a chance to see many different animals such as water buffalo, storks, cows, and free-range chickens. Experience real rural market life, learn how to bargain at the market. Cycle to the small beautiful farming rural roads with fabulous views.

Participate in some of their daily activities around the farm Ride a water buffalo Enjoy a traditional lunch or dinner at local family home:

Minimun : 2Pax Per Booking 8a.m:We will pick you up from your hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang by car or minivan Our first stop is the Tra Que Vegetable village where we will meet a local family to see how they live. Enjoy drinks made by them whilst they share stories about their lives in the village. they will demonstrate each task involved in the growing of vegetables. Then it is your turn to: work the soil, fertilise with seaweed, including stomping in the seaweed sow the plants, andwater them with two watering cans Next is to ride on a water buffalo Our next stop is Coconut Forest where we will test the seafarer in you as you will take a ride in a bamboo basket boat giving you a chance to fish for crabs. You will learn how locals throw out the big fishing nets and you will get to try this for yourself. Your local guides will demonstrate their amazing skills at making watches, fish, and grasshoppers from coconut leaves which they will then give to you as souvenirs. Return to hotel

PROGRAM: Minimum : 2 Pax Per Booking 8:00am/1:30pm :We will pick you up from your hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang city Our first stop at Tra Que Vegetable village where we will meet a local family to see how they live. they will demonstrate each task involved in the growing of vegetables. Then it is your turn to:work the soil,fertilise with seaweed, sow the plants, and water them with two watering cans in the traditional way. The next experience is to have a fun ride on a water buffalo & Learn How to keep Balance on Buffalo or Taking Pictures with Buffalo. After the water buffalo ride, Our next stop is Coconut Forest where we will test the seafarer in you as you will take a ride in a bamboo basket boat giving you a chance to fish for crab & Visit Coconut Jungle. Then,we will proceed to one of the Lantern Making shops so you can have fun making your own small lantern to take home as a souvenir.This activity is fun for both children and adults Finish The Tour & Send you Back Hotel

Tour duration 4 hours -Pick up from hotel -Visit vegetable garden see how local farmers grow vegatable and experience with them. -Riding pass to shimp's farm , rice fiels , cementry to Thu Bon river . -Use local ferry to Cam Kim Island -Take a rest at locak restaurant for relax and enjoy drinking , fruits. -Visit Carpentry village to learn how they make boat , ship . -Learn how to weave sleeping mat . -Back to hotel . -Morning picking up : 8h:00am -Afternoon : 13h30pm