Tra Que Cooking Class – Bike, Farming, Herbal Massage & Vegetable Village Lunch
Duration : 4.5 Hours
Price From : $ 38
Start Location : Hotel pick-up in Hoi An city (by bicycle)
This Tra Que cooking class starts on a bicycle at your Hoi An hotel. Visit a market to learn about everyday and medicinal vegetables, ride through rice fields to Tra Que Vegetable Village, try organic farming in a farmer’s outfit, relax with an herbal massage, then learn to cook five local dishes for lunch.
Highlights of the Tra Que cooking class
- Market visit: vegetables used in daily cooking and traditional medicine
- Countryside ride: rice fields, buffaloes, cows and farmers at work
- Tra Que farming: E water, a conical hat and traditional organic farming
- Herbal massage: head, shoulders and feet, with fresh garden herbs
- Cooking class: vegetable carving and five local dishes; vegetarian menu on request
Read more about the Tra Que Village.
Price for the Tra Que cooking class: US$38 per adult, US$29 per child (5–9 years). The price is all-inclusive: every service, ticket and meal listed below, with no hidden fees. To book, message us on WhatsApp at +84 981 286 066 or +84 343 431 858, or email booking.amgotravel@gmail.com.
Departure times
- Start 9:00 AM in Hoi An, back at about 1:30 PM
What is included in the Tra Que cooking class
- Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel in the Hoi An city area (by bicycle)
- English-speaking guide and local chef
- Welcome drink (E water)
- Entrance tickets
- Farming with a farmer
- Traditional massage
- Full meal as listed
What is not included
- Insurance and other personal fees
- Tips for guide and chef
Children
- Children 5–9 years: US$29.
- Children under 5: free (sharing a seat and meals with parents).
- Children 10 years and older pay the adult price.
Good to know
- Menu 1: Hoi An spring rolls; Vietnamese pancakes; banana flower and green papaya salad; chicken in a clay pot; grilled pork with lemongrass; rice; morning glory stir-fried with garlic; dessert.
- Menu 2 (vegetarian): vegetarian spring rolls; Vietnamese pancakes; banana flower and green papaya salad; eggplant in a clay pot; rice; morning glory stir-fried with garlic; herbal mushroom soup; dessert.
- Free hotel pick-up and drop-off in Hoi An city and Da Nang city; other areas on request.
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Schedule Details
TRA QUE VEGETABLE VILLAGE – COOKING CLASS (L)
09:00: Your local guide meets you at your hotel with a bicycle. Ride to a local market to learn about vegetables used in daily cooking and traditional medicine, then cycle along country roads and through rice fields, stopping for photos of buffaloes, cows and farmers at work, on the way to Tra Que Vegetable Village.
10:15: Arrive at Tra Que and enjoy E water, a herbal drink made from fresh garden herbs. Put on a farmer's outfit and conical hat and try traditional organic vegetable farming.
10:50: At a local house, enjoy a relaxing head, shoulder and foot massage with fresh herbs from the garden.
11:30: Join the cooking class: make decorative flowers from carrots, tomatoes and spring onions, then cook five local dishes served with rice and morning glory stir-fried with garlic. Enjoy your lunch after the class (vegetarian option on request).
13:30: Take a rest and ride back to your hotel.
