Spend time in Vietnam's countryside on a morning or afternoon guided tour from Hoi An. Browse a local market before floating through a dense coconut palm forest on a traditional bamboo basket boat. Learn how to prepare Vietnamese food and savor your work during a cooking class. Meet your guide at the Godiva coffee shop before heading to explore a morning or afternoon market in Hoi An. Marvel at the seasonal fruits, noodles, herbs, vegetables, meat, and fish on display. Interact with the vendors and get some tips on how to bargain.  Then, paddle through the water coconut palms aboard a bamboo basket boat for 40 minutes. Learn how to fish with a fishing net, listen to some folk songs and receive some handmade souvenirs made from coconut leaves. Learn how to cook Vietnamese food, such as Bánh cuốn (Vietnamese steamed rice rolls), Bánh Xèo (Hoian rice pancakes), Phở (pho noodles with beef), and Chè (sweet bean soup) as you prepare your own lunch or dinner.

Immerse yourself in Vietnamese culture with a lantern-making class. Select from full and express options. In the full activity, make the lanterns completely from scratch. In the express activity, start with the bamboo structure of the lanterns already made and begin by choosing your lantern fabric. Begin your experience with some herbal tea and traditional music. Hear about the history of Hoi An bamboo silk lanterns from your host and how the local people believe that hanging lanterns in front of their house brings luck, happiness, and wealth. Create lanterns shaped like lotuses, triangles, garlic, UFOs, or diamonds and choose your own silk style and color with guidance from your instructor. This unique activity can be enjoyed by the entire family, even by kids as young as 3 years old. Once completed, these lanterns are easy to fold, carry, or put in your luggage, so you can take home an original, hand-made souvenir from your visit to Hoi An.

Travel back to the Nguyen Dynasty on a multi-stop tour from Hoi An and Da Nang to Hue. See the Imperial City, the Mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh, and the Thien Mu Pagoda. Get a taste of Hue cuisine during lunch at a local restaurant. Following pickup in Hoi An, the journey to Hue begins by crossing one of the best coastal roads in the world, the Hai Van Pass. Take advantage of a 30-minute stop at the peak and 5 minutes to take photos at Lang Co Beach.  After a final round of pickup in Da Nang, visit the Khai Dinh Tomb, a blend of Western and Eastern architecture constructed between 1920-1931. Then, enjoy lunch at a local specialty restaurant serving Hue-style dishes.  With a full stomach of local cuisine, continue to Hue’s main attraction, the Imperial Citadel. Once the home of the Nguyen Emperor, the citadel also contains the Forbidden Purple City. Explore Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue’s largest pagoda. Built in 1601, it is the subject of many local folk rhymes and is considered the unofficial symbol of Hue. Finish the day with drop-off back in Da Nang and Hoi An.

Hoi An silk village is one of many famous craft villages in Hoi An and producing plenty types of good quality silk. On this tour, visitors can gain a deeper knowledge of the history and traditional silk making process. Additionally, visitors will be shown the life cycle of silkworms in action. Guests will then be shown how cocoons are transformed into silk thread and how the silk is treated and refined to become ready for clothing Tour Itinerary: •Visit the Traditional House and discover the history of sericulture, silk unraveling and silk weaving •Discover the Cham Culture; see the collection of Cham mulberry trees and the weaving process of Cham People from the 5th century to the mid 15th century •Visit traditional Vietnamese mulberry garden. Learn how to get the best mulberry leaves, cut into small pieces and hand- feed the silkworms •Visit Silkworm breeding house and learn about the Silkworm lifecycle •Visit Unraveling House: understand how to get silk thread from the cocoon to weave silk fabric. •Visit Cuu Dien House: discover the pure handicraft silk in the beginning of 20th century which is preserved till now in Quang Nam Province. Feeling the original silk threads from the cocoons and its different after process. Experience silk weaving process to understand how difficult to have pure products •Visit Cham textile House: discover the weaving process of Cham People on short and long wooden loom to have the unique handicraft products. The Champs artisan will guide customer how to weave the brocade, how to move the silk thread to have different beautiful patterns •Visit Hoi An Silk Village exhibition: understand the difference between pure silk and fake silk fabric. The variety silk products here will provide for your shopping and tailoring demand •Enjoy lunch or dinner at our Hoi An Silk Village Restaurant after an interesting silk tour

Morning is the ideal time to explore the hidden passageways and winding alleys of Hoi An. Meet at the local tour provider's shop at #21 Hai Ba Trung Street. Walk 20 meters up the small alleyway and you’ll see it on your left behind the green gates. Your guide will fit your bike, give a safety briefing and provide an overview of the tour. Have the chance to photograph the iconic Japanese Bridge in the historic district. Crossing the canal bridge first near the night market, continue to the new metal bike bridge connecting Hoi An proper and its southern villages of Quang Nam Province. Not far from the bridge, visit a local family making Banh Beo using the traditional method. These small, savory rice flour bowls are a common breakfast staple in the countryside. Continue riding to one of Hoi An's most beautiful villages, stopping at a family home to learn about the tradition of family chapels. Your host is nearly 90-years-old and vividly remembers his experiences during the American War. Pedal past rice fields and vegetable farms along small canals and waterways towards a wooden boat building site. Fishing is still the lifeblood of the province and the construction of these ships is quite amazing to witness and photograph. If the timing is right, you'll also see families gathering to clean fishing nets between journeys at sea. The roads narrow again to concrete paths and your final stops will include a traditional mat weaving shop and a family distillery, where rice wine has been produced in the same manner for generations. Of course, samples for a tasting will be provided. A short ride from here, you will board a local ferry for a trip back to town. Have your cameras ready for great views of the Hoi An waterfront. Once dockside, it's a short 5 minute ride through alleyways back to the local tour provider's shop. 

Visit Tra Que vegetable village where you will feel the green with a distinct aroma of local varieties of vegetables. See the farmers grow, water, and fertilize vegetables . Travel to Cam Thanh eco village. Contemplate the beauty of the countryside in Vietnam, have photo opportunities of the rice paddies, and sumptuous landscapes, and sightseeing some special animals on the Vietnam rice fields such as cows, storks, and water buffalos. Move on to the water coconut forest (the Nipa forest). Ride through the coconut palm jungle and have a chance to row basket boats with the locals. Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of the Nipa Palm Forest and enjoy some local activities on the river. Enjoy some local food for lunch or dinner at a restaurant such as Hoi An fried spring rolls, banana flower salad, stir fried water morning glory with rice and seasonal fruits for dessert.

The adventure begins with pickup from your hotel in Hoi An then travels the 50 km journey to the captivating Cham temples of My Son Sanctuary. A must-see for history buffs, the sanctuary dates back from the 4th to the 13th century and owes its spiritual origins to the Hinduism of India. Upon arrival, enjoy a guided tour of the temples and learn about the site's headless statues, whose upper bodies are currently on display behind glass at The Louvre in Paris. Unlike a half-day tour, this full-day experience allows you plenty of time to explore the complex and see everything that the sanctuary has to offer. After your tour of the temple, stop by a local restaurant for a traditional lunch to replenish your energy. Later, enjoy an incredible cultural performance practiced by the Cham people for many centuries. At the end of an unforgettable day, sit back and relax on the return journey to your hotel in Hoi An.

Discover the incredible aromas and flavors of Vietnam on a street food adventure in Hoi An. Join a local guide as you explore the incredible culinary culture of the city during this 2.5-hour walking tour.  First, be welcomed by your guide at the meeting point. Then, set off together to visit the bustling local markets and street food vendors in the city. Learn about Vietnamese culture as you taste a range of traditional dishes and delicacies.  Feast on dishes such as Cao Lau - a noodle recipe that is typical to the region. Also, try Banh My (also known as Bahn Mi), a typical Vietnamese staple sandwich filled with various savory ingredients, or Bahn Khot - a crispy bite-sized mini pancake. Wash this down with a cup of sweet Vietnamese coffee. Savor other delicacies such as sliced pork wrapped in rice paper, spring rolls, or sweet soup.  Finally, visit a local person's house and soak up the homely atmosphere. Gain a real insight into how local people live and eat.

At 08:30, your jeep and guide will meet you at your hotel. Start your jeep tour through the countryside, stopping at the busy fish market on the outskirts of town for some great photo opportunities. Your drive will continue 50 kilometers to My Son passing breathtaking scenery, rural villages, a bustling town and markets. Stop at an ancient Baynan tree in Nam Phuoc and enjoy a real Vietnamese coffee. Continue your jeep tour to My Son and arrive to the haunting sound of Cham music, where you will stop to take in the vibrantly dressed dancers enjoying a traditional dance performance. Your walking tour to the Cham ruins will begin with a short ascent along a track bordered by the jungle. As you reach the top, the fascinating ruins will appear. While you explore the area, your guide will explain the history of the religious site which served as a burial place for the Cham monarchs many centuries ago. Once you have explored My Son. Around 11:30 AM, we take the drive back to Cau Lau pier, where you’ll embark a traditional boat for a cruise back to Hoi An Old Town. A tasty Vietnamese lunch will be served on board. Trip ends with a transfer back to your hotel around 2:00 PM.

Learn about the construction of Vietnam’s traditional silk garments in Hoi An Silk Village where is a must-see in the trip to discover nature, life and people across Central Vietnam, especially Hoi An. Not only is the silk village the only location with valuable genetic sources of mulberry, it also preserves the handmade silk-weaving method from the Champa - Dai Viet era. *** Tour Itinerary: Enjoy a welcome drink. We will visit the traditional house in Quang Nam and listen to the story of craft sericulture there. Next we will visit the ancient mulberry gardens and the silkworm-breeding house, and how to feed the silkworms. Visit Unraveling House: understand how to get silk thread from the cocoon to weave silk fabric.. Discover the handicrafts of Champ people and how to make traditional textiles as we visit the Vietnamese traditional silk weaving house. Finally, Visit Hoi An Silk Village exhibition: understand the difference between pure silk and fake silk fabric. The variety silk products here will provide for your shopping and tailoring demand