Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch
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Is Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch worth booking?
Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch is a 4-hour experience in Hoi An, Vietnam, from $30 per person. It scores 69 out of 100 on the Outty Ranking, which we label “Solid Choice”, based on a 4.8/5 rating across 13 reviews. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start time. Same-day spots are currently showing.
- Outty Ranking
- 69 / 100
- Rating
- 4.8/5 (13)
- Duration
- 4 hours
- From
- $30 per person
Rich and interesting activities in the countryside of Vietnam by combination of wet rice farming to buffaloes riding, coracle boat fishing and cafe making experience. We pick you up from the hotel then stop at green rice
What you get
- Cafe Making Class( Depent on the Option)
- Mineral Water and Cold Towel
- Wet Rice Farming Activities instructed by local farmers( Depent on the option)
- Pick up and Drop off at Hotel in Hoi An( depent on the option)
- Buffaloes Riding for 5-8 minutes( Depent on the option)
- Lunch with Cao Lau Noodles( Depent on the option)
About this experience
Rich and interesting activities in the countryside of Vietnam by combination of wet rice farming to buffaloes riding, coracle boat fishing and cafe making experience. We pick you up from the hotel then stop at green rice field to learn about circle of rice life and use farming tools like harrow,plough,hoes...to plant baby wet rice or seeding rice...interesting past is all of you join in catch some live fish living under the wet mud at the rice fields. Jump on buffaloes riding along on the green rice field with great experience and learn how to care and feed grass for buffaloes. Stop at our local fishermen then get on bamboo basket boat to explore coconut forest. Join in fishing by hand net,lift net to catch live fish on the river. Stop our boat at coconut tree to catch live crabs by bamboo poles. Give back all fish and crab back life with our wish. Recharge our interesting day with special local food and vietnamese coffee making class prepared by our host before getting back hotel.
What's included
Included
- Cafe Making Class( Depent on the Option)
- Mineral Water and Cold Towel
- Wet Rice Farming Activities instructed by local farmers( Depent on the option)
- Pick up and Drop off at Hotel in Hoi An( depent on the option)
- Buffaloes Riding for 5-8 minutes( Depent on the option)
- Lunch with Cao Lau Noodles( Depent on the option)
- Coconutc Entrance tickets.
- Basket Boat Tour with Fishing Crabbing with fishermen( Depent on option)
Not included
- Other personal expenses.
- Tips and gratuities (optional)
What you'll see and do
Cam Thanh
Our guests first hand join in wet rice farming like a local farmer doing daily with us. Firtly take buffaloes ploughing to break the mud into the small piece and we learn some words to control the buffaloes turn right or turn left like Di( right) and Tha( left) which you only know when you join with us that is very interesting that our buffaloes can hear well what we daily talk with them. Then we use tradictional farming euipments like harrows, hoes, plough...to make the mud become balanced and soft. Next you learn how to seed the baby rice on the wet mud and how take baby rice with one by one to plant on the wet mud to keep them equally line by line. Get on the rice pady paths, we jump on buffaloes back for taking buffaloes riding through dicks, stream making you great experience ever for 15 minutes by the control from our local farmers. Get down buffaloes and learn how to take care buffaloes by feeding green grass that is so lovely.
120 minutes here
Bay Mau Coconut Forest
Stop at coconut forest to hear any stories about our local residents living during Vietnam war with many stories about how Viet Cong hide themself under the mangrove for fighting with Helicopter. Transfer you on the coracle boat for 45 minutes riding with our local fishermen to explore the water coconut forest and wild animals. Joining fishing activities like hand net lifting, net throwing, net rolling like what our local fishermen daily do to catch the live fish for their family.
60 minutes here · Admission included
Funtastic Basket Boat Tours & Cooking Class
Back our local family by taking the relaxing and chilling with cold towels and our host serve you the hot and delicious Cao Lau Noodles as your lunch with us and we share with you about life, culture and religion that our fishing life is some things different with other peoples like when we eat our fish we never turn half with its bone down because it we do that we think that can cause the bad things with our fishing boat on the river...So more hidden stories of our fishing life that you never know before.
30 minutes here · Admission included
Where it starts and ends
Hotel pickup
Pickup is included for all travelers. Pickup begins about 15 minutes before departure.
Options you can book
Rice Farming-Boat Tour-Lunch
Rice Farming-Boat Tour-Lunch: You take full experience with us by joining wet rice farming, buffaloes riding, coracle boat tour fishing and tasting lunch. Duration: 4 hours Lunch with Cao Lau Noodles: End of the trip, we serve you home made noodles with Cao Lau. Pickup included
Buffaloes Riding-Coracle Tour
Buffaloes Riding-Fishing Tour: We pick you up to our green rice fields for buffaloes riding by our local farmers then take basket boat tour fishing with us. Duration: 2 hours Pickup included
Before you book
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- Languages
- en
- Ticket
- Mobile Only
- Runs on
- Every day
- Group size
- Up to 14 travelers per booking
- Operated by
- Hung Le Travel-The Local Signature
Know before you go
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please bring your clothes to change if you join to catch live fish at the rice field with us.
- Please be aware of each time for buffaloes riding only 5 minutes but you can ride for 2 or 3 times if you prefer.
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What travelers are saying
Outty’s summary of the themes that recur across 13 traveler reviews. Written by us, not quoted from reviewers.
The guide
5 mentionsTravelers single out the guide as the reason the experience works.
Food and drink
5 mentionsThe tastings and food stops are a highlight for most reviewers.
Knowledge and storytelling
2 mentionsReviewers describe the commentary as informative rather than scripted.
Photo opportunities
2 mentionsThe views and photo stops come up again and again.
Traveler reviews
13 verified traveler reviews for Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
Vietnamese traditions and culture: a wonderful day of joy and laughter
My 20-year-old daughter and I recently took Hung Le Travel’s Wet Rice Farming and Private Round Boat Tour from our location in Da Nang. It was one of the best days we had in Vietnam, all thanks to special experiences that our guide, Home and our driver, Philip, arranged for us. We began with a trip to the beautiful Thanh Ha Terra Cotta Park, which was a village that has been producing beautiful ceramics for 300 years. We began by touring the ceramics museum and then moved on to making our own pottery pieces, under the close supervision and guidance of very patient potters. I was a little intimidated at first, as I’d never made pottery before, but everyone was so gracious and patient, it was a really fun experience – and at the end, we got to take our pottery pieces home with us. We then moved on to the wet rice farming portion of the tour where a rice farmer husband and wife team introduced us to the traditional practices used for generations to grow and harvest rice. While modern rice farming practices are a little different, this experience was not only educational, it was just plain fun: from riding the buffalo to trying to plow and plant rice grains, to feeding the buffalo and catching a fish in the rice paddy (with our hands!), I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard in a long, long time; sharing that experience with Home, the farmer and his wife was very, very special. After the wet rice farming, we moved on to the final stop of the day: a 45-minute ride in a round coconut boat through a coconut grove. Our boat “captain” was so awesome: she had us take so many great photos that we never would have thought of by ourselves; she had us catching numerous little fish with traditional fishing nets, and she even caught a little crab for us to see. So fun! We finished the day with a lovely lunch of traditional cau lau before heading back to the hotel. This was our fourth tour with Home, Philip and Hung Le Travel – and it was just as wonderful as every other experience we’ve had with them. This day, in particular, was amazing, as we gained so much insight into the traditions and cultures of Vietnam and we met so many wonderful Vietnamese people. And through it all, it was a day full of joy, shared memories and laughter. It’s a day we will never forget!
Response from the operator: Thank you so much for your sharing.
via Tripadvisor
Highly recommend
This tour provides immersive experience of Hoi An's country side. It was fun riding the water buffalo, learning to plant rice seedling, catching crabs, seeing the rivers, learning to make Vnmese coffee. The guides were friendly and amazing!. Highly recommend this tour
Response from the operator: Dear Phuc Sherly, Thank you so much for taking your precious time to share your experience with us. As the whole team, we are so delighted to know that you really enjoyed the journey with us. We have worked hard to improve our service day by day to bring the best memory when our guests join the trip with us. We always welcome you and your friends back with us in the short future for another experience with us. Blessings to you and your family. Kind regards, Hung Le +84934876998(WhatsApp/Line)
via Tripadvisor
Overpriced and disappointing
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 ride was just a 5-minute loop next to the rice fields, we didn’t catch fish as promised, and we weren’t offered the iced coffee that was included in the description. There were also no explanations or insights given during the visit to the rice fields, which made the experience feel rushed and somewhat superficial. While the staff was friendly and courteous, the overall tour felt unorganized and significantly overpriced. For what was delivered, a local agency could have easily offered this at half the price—or less. Disappointing overall.
Response from the operator: Dear Jose, Many thanks for your reviews but we feel so surprise for what you wrote on here totally opposited with what you reviewed on our Google Listing Page of us with 2 reviews 5 stars right after the experience, we still keep on Google listing page now as the evidence. Then we received your request for 50% refund, we did not agreed then you gave us some feedbacks like on here even you enjoyed the whole trip. Some thing is hard understandable. For our cost, we trust that you can not find any cost like us in Hoi An since this special trip takes alot of man powers and team work. Kind regards, Hung Le
via Viator
The best!
So much to see and do! The staff is fantastic( Lan, Tony). Very welcoming and the best way to see Hoi An for sure. Even had a great meal at the end.
Response from the operator: Dear Andrew, Thank you so much for taking your precious time to share your experience with us. As the whole team, we are so delighted to know that you really enjoyed the journey with us. We have worked hard to improve our service day by day to bring the best memory when our guests join the trip with us. We always welcome you and your friends back with us in the short future for another experience with us. Blessings to you and your family. Kind regards, Hung Le +84934876998(WhatsApp/Line)
via Tripadvisor
fun experience with great hosts!
I recently went on this tour with my brother, and it was a cool experience from start to finish. We had the chance to plant rice, ride a water buffalo and enjoy a ride in a coconut boat where we caught fish and crabs. The day ended with a fun coffee-making class and homemade lunch. Everyone on the tour was incredibly helpful and kind. Our guides were Tony, Lan, and a chị who took us on the coconut boat (I forgot her name but she taught us a lot and made sure we had a good time!!) They were all charismatic, friendly and happy to answer any questions we had. They even helped us take plenty of photos along the way, which we really appreciated. I learned a lot and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an interactive and memorable adventure!
Response from the operator: Dear 473, Thank you so much for taking your precious time to share your experience with us. As the whole team, we are so delighted to know that you really enjoyed the journey with us. We have worked hard to improve our service day by day to bring the best memory when our guests join the trip with us. We always welcome you and your friends back with us in the short future for another experience with us. Blessings to you and your family. Kind regards, Hung Le +84934876998(WhatsApp/Line)
via Tripadvisor
Good to know
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Free cancellation
- Up to 24h before
- Minimum age to book
- 1+
- Availability
- Bookable today
- Runs on
- Every day
- Price range
- $30 to $59
- Hotel pickup
- Included for all travelers
- Booked in 30 days
- 5
- Verdict
- Solid Choice
Why this scores 69
The Outty Ranking is a weighted composite. Here is how this experience performed on each component.
Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch: questions travelers ask
Practical detail on this experience, plus the wider planning questions for Hoi An.
How much does Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch cost?
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Prices start at $30 per person. The final price depends on the date, the time slot and the number of travelers, and peak weekends in Hoi An usually price higher than midweek mornings. Live pricing and remaining availability are confirmed on the booking screen before you pay.
How long does Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch take?
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Plan for about 4 hours from start to finish, not counting travel to the meeting point. Most travelers leave another 30 minutes on either side so the rest of the day in Hoi An is not rushed.
Is Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch worth it?
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It holds an Outty Ranking of 69 out of 100, which we label "Solid Choice". That score blends traveler sentiment (4.8/5 across 13 reviews), the depth of that review evidence, recent booking momentum, value for money against comparable last minute in Hoi An, and how flexible the cancellation terms are.
Can I cancel or reschedule Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch?
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Yes. Cancel free up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Inside that window the booking is non-refundable, and no-shows are not refunded.
Is Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch suitable for kids and families?
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The operator sets a minimum age of 1. Older children generally do well here, and families should factor in the 4-hour running time when deciding.
How far in advance should I book Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch?
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Around 5 people booked this in the last 30 days, so popular slots go early. Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable in shoulder season, while summer weekends and holidays in Hoi An can sell out a month out. Same-day spots do open up when other travelers cancel, so it is worth checking if you are already in town.
What should I bring or wear?
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Bring photo ID, your booking confirmation on your phone, a refillable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Dress for the weather in Hoi An and add a light layer if any part of the 4-hour experience runs outdoors or after sunset.
Where does Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch start and how do I get there?
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The exact meeting point and directions are on your voucher once you book, and they sit in central Hoi An within reach of public transport. Arrive 15 minutes early: late arrivals are treated as no-shows by most operators.
What are the best things to do in Hoi An?
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On Outty we rank every Hoi An experience on the same 0 to 100 scale, and alongside this one the highest scorers right now include HOI AN Hidden Gems in Rural Villages & River Islands PRIVATE TOUR, Coconut Jungle Eco & Hoi An City Tour With Boat Ride, Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking. The city page groups everything into most popular, highest reviewed, last minute and family-friendly so you can build a day around what actually delivers.
When is the best time to visit Hoi An?
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Booking patterns follow the same curve: prices and queues climb in peak weeks, while shoulder season gives you better availability on the top-ranked experiences and more room to change plans.
How many days do you need in Hoi An?
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Three full days covers the headline sights without sprinting. A workable rhythm is one anchor experience each morning, such as this one, an unhurried afternoon in a single neighborhood, then a food or nightlife booking in the evening. Five days lets you add a day trip outside the city.
Do I book through Outty or through the operator?
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