Hoi An Private Boat Tour to Coconut Village, Pottery Village & Carpentry Village
Approx. 4-5 hours
Boat
From 2 people
From Hoi An
English speaking guide
Lunch included
Highlights
Visit Thanh Ha Pottery Village, the only living pottery community in Hoi An
Try your hand at making pottery by potter’s wheel
Discover the water coconut forest by basket boat & watch the spinning boats
Have lunch with Vietnamese foods in a local family restaurant
Contact for reservation/support
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Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo+84968009827
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Emailhoiandaytripcompany@gmail.com
Itinerary
Meet up
Meet up time: 8:30 AM (local time)
Our guide will see you at the entrance of “Hoi An Lantern Park” (near crossroad of Bach Dang Street and Hoang Dieu Street). It’s easy to come here by taxi/car, electric buggy, bicycle or walking.
If you need a hotel pick up in Da Nang, please contact us directly to arrange (with an additional fee) by WhatsApp us by number +84968009827 or hoiandaytripcompany@gmail.com.
Boat trip on Thu Bon River
Have a boat trip on Thu Bon River, the largest river in the region, to go back to the city. During it, you will see special hanging fishing nets, herbs of water buffalo, rural villages, local fisherman going fishing, life of people, bridges, much more. See more details
Thanh Ha Pottery Village
Visit the last surviving pottery making village in the area. Local people in this village has been made pottery from the 15th century. Here, visitors will walk along narrow and peaceful alleys to watch the artisans working at their houses or kilns, try the hand at making a pottery with their instruction, see the products they made and buy something for souvenir. See more details
Kim Bong Carpentry Village (Cam Kim Island)
Kim Bong is a traditional Vietnamese carpentry village, located just across the Thu Bồn River from Hội An Ancient Town, with a history spanning over 500 years. It is renowned for its highly skilled woodworkers whose craft encompasses architecture, civil furniture, fine art carving, and historically, shipbuilding. The village’s artisans played a significant role in constructing and restoring many prominent architectural works, including those in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hoi An and the Imperial Citadel in Hue. See more details
Cam Thanh Coconut Village
Located near the estuary of Thu Bon River, Cam Thanh Coconut Village is known for many thatched roof houses, fishing harbors and a vast water coconut (nipa palm) forest. See more details
Here are things to see/do in Cam Thanh Coconut Village:
– Van Lang Fishing Village: see an authentic central Vietnam’s fishing village with thatched-roof bamboo house and embark the basket boat ride to discover the water coconut forest.
– Small canals inside Bay Mau Coconut Forest, a protected mangrove forest and former hiding place of Vietcong guerillas in the war.
– Watch a live performance of boat spinning by a local man and then have the chance to join him if want to have an adventurous experience.
– Watch how the locals catch fish by traditional net, the way they do every single day in the rivers to earn for living. Have the chance to try your hand if want to be a fisherman.
– Go crab fishing: follow the instruction from locals to catch small brackish crabs which run fast and hide well. Release crabs right before exit the coconut forest because won’t eat.
– Learn how to row the basket boat, a fishing vessel unique to central coast of Vietnam.
Have lunch
You will have lunch with Vietnamese food at a local family restaurant.
Return to Hoi An Old Town
Take a car to go back to Hoi An Old Town (dropping off at the hotel in this area is available). The tour ends.
Traveler's Photos
What's Included
- Private boat tour on Thu Bon River
- English-speaking guide
- Entry fee to Thanh Ha Pottery Village
- Pottery making experience
- Entry fee to Kim Bong Carpentry Village
- Entry fee to Cam Thanh Coconut Forest
- Basket boat tour (2 people per boat)
- Lunch
- Transport back to Hoi An Old Town from Coconut Village
- Transport to the meeting point in Hoi An city center
- Dinner
- Tipping for boat rower & additional activities
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses (shopping, rain poncho, photography, etc)
- Extra charge of 100,000 VND per person on public holidays in Vietnam (New year from 25/01/2025 to 02/02/2025, Independence day, Reunification day, Hung kings festival, International Labour day)
Additional Information
– Our driver & guide will pick you at your hotel in Da Nang city center (including Hai Chau District, Son Tra District except Nai Hien Dong ward & Tho Quang ward, Ngu Hanh Son District except Hoa Hai ward & Hoa Quy ward) or Hoi An city center.
– In the end of the tour, our driver & guide will drop you off at your hotel.
– Pickup surcharge is required to visitors staying NOT in Da Nang city center or Hoi An city center.
– All surcharges are payable in cash directly to your tour guide.
– No pick up & drop off service in Tan Hiep area of Hoi An (Cham Island).
– Children above 1,4 meters height OR 10 years old will be charged same to adults.
– Children from 1 to 1,4 meters height OR from 5 to 10 years old, will have a discount.
– Children under 5 years old OR 1 meter height, will be free of charge.
– On your day of travel, if your kid is 1,4 meters and above (and you booked a children ticket previously), please pay the surcharge of 350,000 VND in cash.
– On your day of travel, if your kid is 1 meter and above (and you booked a free ticket previously), please pay the surcharge of 350,000 VND in cash.
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For daily tours:
– Any cancellation before 7 days of departure date will be free of charge.
– Any cancellation before 6 days of departure date will be charged 30% selling price.
– Any cancellation before 5 – 4 days of departure date will be charged 50% selling price.
– Any cancellation before 3 – 2 days of departure date will be charged 75% selling price.
– Any cancellation within 24 hours or no-show: non-refundable.
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What to bring/wear
Visitors should wear comfortable walking shoes, hat/cap, sunglasses, sunscreen, rain poncho/jacket (from October to January), cash.
Contact for reservation/support
If you can not book/pay online OR want to reserve first and pay later OR process a cancellation. Please WhatsApp us by number +84968009827 or hoiandaytripcompany@gmail.com
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