Hoi An · day tour
Lantern Making - Be a Real Farmer at Tra Que Village
A guided day out from Hoi An, running 8:00 to 13:00, with 1 dish local lunch included. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included in Hoi An.
What you actually see
2 places on this day, in the order you reach them.
Lantern making
The silk lanterns hanging over the old town are built on a split-bamboo frame, and the workshops let you make one: shape the ribs, bind the frame, stretch and glue the silk. It takes about an hour, it collapses flat for a suitcase, and it is the one souvenir from Hoi An you will have made yourself.
Tra Que vegetable village
A few hectares of market gardens between Hoi An and the beach, farmed with river weed dredged from the neighbouring lagoon as the only fertiliser, which is what the herbs here are known for. Visits usually involve doing the work: raking beds, planting, watering with the traditional twin cans on a shoulder pole, then eating what the kitchen makes of it.
Worth knowing: It is real farm work in an open field. Hats and sunscreen matter more here than at most stops.
Where the day goes
2 stops, in this order.
Lantern Making
Picked up from your hotel in Hoi An.
Be a Real Farmer at Tra Que Village
The full timing, before you pay
We publish the pickup window, the stops and the price here because those are the things you choose between. The minute-by-minute plan for the day comes from the guiding team and we send it with your confirmation, before any payment. If anything in it does not suit you, you can change or cancel.
What it costs
Per person, including hotel pickup and drop-off. Children are priced by age.
Leaving from Hoi An
8:00 to 13:00 · 1 dish local lunch
- Adult (10 and over)
- $27₫710,000
- Child (5 to 9)
- $20₫530,000
- Infant (under 4)
- Free
Pickup areas, holidays and the small print
- 1. The price includes the mentioned services in the detailed itinerary (attached file).
- 2. Not Applied for Vietnamese Holidays or Tet Holidays
- 3. An Extra fee will be applied on 01/01, 30/4, 1/5 & during Vietnamese Tet: 100.000 VND/person.
- 4. The pick-up and drop-off services are free with hotels in Hoi An city or Da Nang city, with exceptions: hotels such as Hoiana Resort, Bliss, Tui Blue at Thang Binh District or Duy Xuyen District are charged extra (please check the transfer price).
- With tours MBS, MBC, MBECOHA: pick up Hoi An city + Da Nang city beachside (not over Tho Quang), so travellers staying at hotels from the bridge to the city centre have to come to the meeting point (any point convenient for the traveller at the beachside).
- Meeting point in Hoi An city: 429A Cua Dai St, Hoi An. Meeting point in Da Nang city: 14 An Nhon 10 St, Son Tra.
- For other areas, an extra charge will be applied depending on the distance (please check with us).
Photographs: Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Questions worth asking first
How much is Lantern Making - Be a Real Farmer at Tra Que Village?
From 710,000 VND per adult, with lower child fares and, on most tours, infants free. The exact fare depends on which town you leave from and how many of you there are, and we confirm it before anything is paid.
Where does it leave from?
4. The pick-up and drop-off services are free with hotels in Hoi An city or Da Nang city, with exceptions: hotels such as Hoiana Resort, Bliss, Tui Blue at Thang Binh District or Duy Xuyen District are charged extra (please check the transfer price).
Does the price change on public holidays?
2. Not Applied for Vietnamese Holidays or Tet Holidays
Do we get a detailed plan for the day?
Yes. We send the full timing and stop list with your confirmation, before you pay anything.
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