Ten minutes outside the old town, Hoi An stops being lanterns and tailor shops and turns back into farmland. This Hoi An jeep tour takes you there in an open-top army Jeep, with a local driver and an English-speaking guide, to the rice fields, vegetable plots and craft villages where most people around Hoi An still make their living.
Farmers walk you through what they grow, rice, vegetables and other crops, and how the work changes with the seasons. In the villages you watch weavers and woodcarvers at work and see how rice wine is made, then learn about the trades that have grown up more recently, from swiftlet nests to fish and shrimp ponds. The tour ends at a family home, where you sit down to a Vietnamese meal cooked by the people who live there, before the Jeep takes you back to your hotel. Bring a hat: the Jeeps have no roof, and the countryside sun is strong. Staying longer in town? Our Hoi An travel guide covers the old town, beaches and where to eat.
You can also book this tour on our TourRadar page. It is the same tour, run by the same Sondax Travel team.
Your driver and guide collect you by open-top Jeep and head out of town into the countryside.
Stop at rice paddies and vegetable plots, meet the farmers and hear how they plan their crops through the year.
Watch weaving and woodcarving workshops, see how rice wine is made, and buy a piece from the makers if you like.
Learn how swiftlet nest farming and fish and shrimp ponds now sit alongside the old crafts in the local economy.
Sit down at a family home for a Vietnamese meal they prepare themselves, lunch on the morning tour.
The Jeep drops you at your hotel in Hoi An; the afternoon tour finishes around 18:30.
We pick you up at your hotel in or around Hoi An Ancient Town, around 07:30 for the morning tour or 14:00 for the afternoon tour, and drop you back there at the end. Hotels more than 5 km from the centre can be collected for an extra fee.
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