Countryside Bike Tour and Basket Boat Experience with Vietnamese Culinary Class

The bicycle ride to the vegetable village was challenging and interesting. The vegetable farm was big. We learned how to make the rice paper crispy. The cooking class was marvelous and the dishes were yummy. We enjoyed the class and the lunch. The bamboo boat ride was nice.

The itinerary is very rich. The driver and tour guide are kind and friendly. We arrive at the hotel on time and then ride bicycles together to experience the fields. Then the boatman of the basket boat made handicrafts and gave them to us. The final cooking class consisted of 4 dishes that were easy to operate, simple and tasted delicious. It was an exciting and enjoyable.

This was a wonderful family friendly morning of new experiences, learning, and gentle exercise removed from the crowds of Old Hoi An. Long, our most competent, and engaging guide, led our small group (5) by bike into the rice paddies of rural Hoi An to a rendezvous with, and ride on, Lức, a young, working water buffalo. From there we biked on to an excursion in traditional basket boats and were given the opportunity to share in the paddling. Upon landing, we had the pleasure of preparing and consuming a tasty four course lunch of Vietnamese dishes under the close supervision of Long's brother-in-law chef. Long was the perfect guide for our full morning of learning and laughter.

We had a wonderful time biking around Hoi An to the vegetable village and then to the crab fishing and class location. Our guide was very friendly and took us to the home of some local farmers who had us practice some farming techniques on their property and showed us how to cook rice cakes. We then took a beautiful bike ride through some rice paddies and shrimp farms and other crab fishing in a basket boat. We cooked a four-course meal which turned out to be fun and absolutely delicious (the meal we cooked in class was better than when we ordered the same dishes later that night at the restaurant).