Name: Hoi An Water Coconut Forest Basket Boat Ride with DIY Workshop and BBQ Food Tour
Brand: Headout
Price: 61.78 USD
Availability: InStock

Your Experience

Explore Hoi An and Da Nang with a guided basket boat ride, DIY workshop, and walking local food tour in one seamless experience.

Getting started

Begin by meeting your expert guide at the designated starting point in Hoi An or Da Nang, then board your included transportation toward the first stop. After a short ride, your guide outlines the plan for the basket boat ride, DIY activities such as lantern-making, and the walking local food tour. Your chosen option, including any private transportation, is confirmed before you set off.

What to expect

Water coconut forest

This part of the tour takes you into a peaceful water coconut forest where traditional round basket boats are used for travel. The setting gives you a close look at the waterways and dense coconut palms that characterize this landscape.

Features

• A basket boat ride through the water coconut forest is included, allowing you to glide along calm channels surrounded by water coconut trees.

• Your professional guide explains local life around the forest and assists with photo capturing around the streets and lantern boat so you can document the experience.

• Transportation is provided to and from the forest area, and, on some options, private transportation is available as per the variant selected.

DIY workshop experience

Depending on the option you select, you will join a hands-on DIY workshop that adds a creative element to your visit. The session focuses on a traditional craft or scented product linked to Hoi An's artisan culture.

Features

• DIY activities such as lantern-making are included for all variants, giving you a chance to work directly with materials and create your own piece.

• With the Lantern-Making Workshop + Guided Tour option, a lantern-making workshop is included; with the Pottery-Making Workshop + Guided Tour option, a pottery-making workshop is included; with the Scented Candle-Making Workshop + Guided Tour option, a scented candle-making workshop is included.

• Your expert guide remains on hand to interpret the process and support photo capturing around the workshop setting, while transportation between stops is included.

Walking local food tour

Back in Hoi An, your guide leads you on a walking local food tour through lively streets. The focus is on exploring the city on foot while being introduced to its food scene.

Features

• A walking local food tour is included on all guided variants, taking you through areas where you can see food stalls and eateries that showcase Hoi An's everyday cuisine.

• For selected options, BBQ local food in Hoi An is included, so you can enjoy BBQ local food in Hoi An as part of the experience; for other options, food and drinks are not included and remain at your own expense.

• An English-speaking professional guide is included on all guided variants, and, if you choose the Private English-Guided Tour with Transfers, you have private transportation as well.

Hoi An Ancient Town at night

The experience continues in Hoi An Ancient Town at night, when streets and traditional houses are lit by lanterns. This section of the tour focuses on atmosphere, views, and photography along the river and within the old town.

Features

• A visit to Hoi An Ancient Town at night is part of every variant so you can walk past traditional houses and see the lantern-lit streets that define the town's evening atmosphere.

• Your guide helps with photo capturing around the streets and lantern boat, highlighting opportunities to photograph the released lantern boat and reflections on the water.

• Transportation back from the town is included, and for guests on the Private English-Guided Tour with Transfers, this segment uses private transportation with an English-speaking guide.

Wrapping up

At the end of your time in Hoi An Ancient Town at night, your guide arranges your included transportation back, using shared transfers or private transportation depending on the option you selected. Food and drinks outside any included BBQ local food in Hoi An, along with gratuities, remain at your own discretion.

Discover Hoi An Ancient Town after dark as your guide leads you through lantern-lit streets, craft time and a food walk blended into one evening.
Meet your expert guide and use the included transport to reach the water coconut forest, then step into a basket boat as your journey begins.
After the river, join a DIY session to try lantern crafting, then follow your guide on a walking food tour through the Hoi An streets.
Sample what your guide recommends on the food walk, then pause along the river to capture photos of lantern boats and houses reflected in the water.
Upgrade your experience by adding BBQ food during the walk or choosing private transportation for comfort between Hoi An spots in town.
Pick a craft focus and select from lantern-making, pottery-making or scented candle-making workshops to tailor your creative part.

Included

Basket boat ride through the water coconut forest
Expert guide
DIY activities such as lantern-making
Walking local food tour
Visit to Hoi An Ancient Town at night
Photo capturing around the streets and lantern boat
Transportation
Lantern-making workshop, pottery-making workshop or scented candle-making workshop [as per option selected]
BBQ local food in Hoi An [as per option selected]
Private transportation [as per option selected]

Not included

Food and drinks
Gratuities

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Meeting and pickup

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• Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.

• Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.

• Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.

Good to know

Experience type: This experience combines a basket boat ride, a DIY workshop, and a walking local BBQ food tour.
Workshop options: You can choose lantern-making, pottery-making, or scented candle-making as per the option selected.
BBQ food: BBQ local food in Hoi An is included only if you select a ticket option that mentions it.
Private option: If you select the private transportation option, an English-speaking guide and private transfers are included but meals and entrance fees are not.

Free cancellation up to 1 day before start