Thanh Ha Pottery Village & Kim Bong Carpentry Village Tour by Bike
Operated by HOIAN DAY TRIP
Approx. 4 hours
Bicycle
From 2 people
Thanh Ha, Kim Bong, Hoi An
English speaking guide
Meals excluded
Highlights
Try your hand at making pottery with potter’s wheel in local artisan house
Visit Kim Bong Carpentry Village where the most skilled carpenters live
Have an experience of sedge mat weaving
Cycle through rural areas on the banks of Thu Bon River
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Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo+84968009827
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Itinerary
Pick up
Pick up time: 8:00 AM or 1:00 PM (local time)
You will meet our guide at hotel or meeting point in Hoi An (depending on hotel location).
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
After riding through rural villages, visitors will visit Kim Bong Carpentry Village, one of the living craft villages in Hoi An. On the bank of the Thu Bon River, local people here have kept the tradition of boat building and woodcarving for around 500 years. Our guide will show you around the village to watch carpenters at work and galleries of the most skilled artisans to see the sophisticated things they made. Near the waterside, watch local artisans working at a shipyard. See more details
In this village, you will have the chance to try hand at wood carving in a local workshop.
Rice paper making & try 'banh dap'
Visit a local family whose members have made rice papers and rice noodles for some decades. One of them will show you the process to make the rice paper by rice milk and then you have the chance to try your hand at making your own rice papers. After that, the artisan shows the way to make the noodles from fresh rice papers and how to make banh dap (‘smashing rice papers’), a specialty food in Hoi An. Try the cake as how the locals do then. See more details
Rice rice and noodles making is one of main local industries in Cam Kim Island.
Sedge mat weaving
Continue riding through rural villages and visit a local family making traditional sedge mats. This craft is also one of the main local industries in Cam Kim Island, Hoi An. Our guide will help you to communicate with artisans and interact with them to know better their life. Later, you have the chance to try your hand at making the mats by colorful sedges. See more details
Return & drop off
You will cycle back to hotel or meeting point in Hoi An.
Traveler's Photos
What's Included
- Bicycle with helmet (1 bicycle per person)
- English speaking guide
- Entry fee to Thanh Ha Pottery Village
- Pottery making experience
- Entry fee to Kim Bong Carpentry Village
- Rice paper making experience
- Food samples in the itinerary
- Mat weaving experience
- Bottled water
- All meals
- Tipping & gratuities for tour guide
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses
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.
If you are a group of 4 people and bigger, please contact us directly by WhatsApp number +84968009827 to have better price and better support. We kindly provide free tourist information to make your trip easier and smarter.
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.
For others tour:
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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 contact us by WhatsApp number +84968009827 or hoiandaytripcompany@gmail.com
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