Tra Que Farmer Tour – Lantern Making & Be a Real Farmer by Bike

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Tra Que Farmer Tour – Lantern Making & Be a Real Farmer by Bike

Duration : 5 Hours
Price From : $ 37
Start Location :  Hotel or office pick-up in Hoi An

This Tra Que farmer tour is a gentle half day by bicycle from Hoi An. Ride through rice fields and shrimp farms to Tra Que Vegetable Village, dig, sow, plant and harvest with local farmers, taste the herbal E water, then make your own colourful lantern at a workshop to take home.

Highlights of the Tra Que farmer tour

  • Cycling: rice fields, shrimp farms and fresh countryside air
  • Tra Que Vegetable Village: peaceful village life and organic gardens
  • Be a farmer: digging, sowing, planting and harvesting with traditional tools
  • E water: a local drink made from Tra Que herbs
  • Lantern making: make your own lantern with local craftsmen
Tra Que farmer tour: Bright green rice fields near Hoi An
Bright green rice fields near Hoi An. Photo: Nico Caramella / Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Read more about the Tra Que Village.

Making silk lanterns in a Hoi An workshop
Making silk lanterns in a Hoi An workshop. Photo: Isabell Schulz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Price for the Tra Que farmer tour: US$37 per adult, US$28 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 8:00 AM in Hoi An, back at about 1:00 PM

What is included in the Tra Que farmer tour

  • Transport by bicycle
  • English-speaking tour guide
  • Entrance fees and lantern
  • Lunch with Vietnamese local food
  • Travel insurance
  • Mineral water (500 ml per person)

What is not included

  • Personal expenses and services not mentioned
  • Tips for guide and driver

Children

  • Children 5–9 years: US$28.
  • Children under 5: free (sharing a seat and meals with parents).
  • Children 10 years and older pay the adult price.

Good to know

  • Free hotel pick-up and drop-off in Hoi An city and Da Nang city; other areas on request.

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Photo credits: Nico Caramella / Flickr, CC BY 2.0; Isabell Schulz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ziegler175 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; Christophe95 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; Tormod Sandtorv / Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0; teflsearch / Flickr, CC BY 2.0.

Schedule Details

LANTERN MAKING – BE A REAL FARMER AT TRA QUE VILLAGE (L)
08:00: The tour starts at your hotel or our office. Your guide welcomes you with a bicycle, and you cycle through rice fields and shrimp farms in the fresh countryside air.
Rice fields and a farmer in the countryside between Hoi An and My Son
Rice fields and a farmer in the countryside between Hoi An and My Son. Photo: Ziegler175 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tra Que: Visit Tra Que Vegetable Village and enjoy its peaceful rural life. Walk around the village and join local farmers digging, sowing, planting and harvesting vegetables with traditional tools. Taste E water, a local drink made from Tra Que herbs with a light medicinal flavour.
Rows of herbs and greens in Tra Que Village, Hoi An
Rows of herbs and greens in Tra Que Village, Hoi An. Photo: Christophe95 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lantern workshop: Cycle gently through rice fields and small villages to a lantern-making workshop. Local craftsmen show you how to make colourful lanterns, and you make your own to take home as a souvenir.
A handmade silk lantern from Hoi An
A handmade silk lantern from Hoi An. Photo: Isabell Schulz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
13:00: Your guide takes you back to your hotel. End of the trip.
 

What's Included

  • Guide
  • Outing Ticket
  • Lunch
  • Insurance

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