Farming and Fishing Life in Hoi An

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This farming and fishing tour provides you with a hands-on intimate exposure to both the local farming and fishing communities. Accompanied by your tour guide, you commence the day leisurely cycling along country roads, witnessing local Vietnamese rural life first hand and discovering all manner of photo opportunities. Visit a beautiful village, where you can water and plant vegetables, hoe soil with a local farmer and ride a water buffalo in a rice paddy field. Keep an eye out for ducks swimming along the rice farm or farmers tending their crops. The photo opportunities are endless. Experience the friendliness of the locals as they greet you along the way. Later, you will board our Jack Tran's boat for a river cruise to meet and engage the local fishermen and enjoy a hands-on experience of traditional net-fishing. You will also experience paddling the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket through the coconut-palm flanked waterways. This tour provides you with a cultural window into the ways of life of both the farming and fishing communities.

• Pick up at hotel by mini-van
• Tour guide meets you at your hotel
• Cycle to a local farming village, traveling along picturesque country roads (Bus or bike are an option)
• Share in the daily work life of local farmers – hoe soil, water vegetables at an organic herb garden, ride water buffalo in the field and enjoy the freshest air of the countryside beauty.
• Board the boat and cruise to the mouth of the river where it meets the Cua Dai Sea
• Learn and try your hand at local traditional fishing techniques using round and cast nets
• Learn to paddle the strange and unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boats.
• Explore the now tranquil coconut-palm flanked waterways of a past war and hear of the extreme conditions endured by soldiers on both sides
• Back on-board your boat, enjoy lunch and cold beer or soft drink
• Return to your hotel by mini-van