Top 15 Farm Visits in Hoi An

1.Cocolocal Farm Cooking Class with market tour and basket boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 231 reviews · from $29Our pick

Spend a half-day in Cam Thanh with a market visit, a basket boat ride through Bay Mau coconut forest, and hands-on cooking at Cocolocal Farm. Learn about local ingredients, then prepare dishes such as banh xeo, pho, papaya salad, and spring rolls. Pickup is offered, and chef Suong is named as a host, though the class leader may vary.

“Was such an amazing experience. Must do in Hoi An!!! Food was delicious and was such a good way to learn about the culture. Would do again!”

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2.Hoi An countryside cycling Tour,Basket Boat-organic farming-lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 85 reviews · from $37

This private 4.5-hour tour covers 10 to 15 km of easy countryside cycling, with stops at Tra Que Vegetable Village and Bay Mau Coconut Forest. Guide Man leads you through farming and fishing traditions, a buffalo encounter, crab fishing, and a spinning basket-boat ride, followed by a Vietnamese lunch.

“We met our guide in Hoi An at a spot that we specified and immediately got on bicycles and started cycling. He provided us with a bottle of water and a helmet as well (optional). He was very patient with one of my friends who was just picking Read more”

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3.Rural Hoi An Cycling, Cooking Class at Organic Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 72 reviews · from $32

Spend about four hours cycling Hoi An’s quiet rural lanes, sampling fruit at Ba Le Market, taking a 40-minute coconut basket boat ride, and cooking lunch at an organic vegetable farm. Groups are capped at 10. Guides on past tours have included Tom, Nhat, Kun, Trang, and Shanti, though your guide may differ.

“My wife and I really enjoyed this tour with our guide Nheet .He was very friendly really informative and had a great passion for what he does . It was great to go into the countryside and see the farmland and discover how people grow tRead more”

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4.Farming & Cooking Class in Hoi An – Small Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 71 reviews · from $38

Spend about five hours with an English-speaking guide and local chef, visiting Hoi An’s market and Tra Que vegetable village. Try traditional farm work, enjoy a medicinal-herb foot massage, then cook papaya salad, spring rolls, Banh Xeo and fish in a clay pot. Guides such as Min and Uyen have led classes, but your guide may vary.

“First, our guide Min took us to the local market where we bought all the ingredients for the cooking class. She explained us all the different vegetables fruits and herbs. After our arrival at the cookery her uncle und Min explained us all the stepRead more”

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5.Cooking Class Hoi An – Organic Garden – Farming Tour-Handicrafts

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · from $33

Spend about three to four hours at Caman Village, where local staff guide you through an organic garden, a hands-on herbal drink activity, traditional games, and a cooking class for three to four local dishes. You’ll gather herbs and vegetables, cook with a chef, and take home a recipe book and participation certificate. The private experience is offered in English and Vietnamese.

“The ladies who work at the organic garden are very welcoming and knowledgeable. I learned a lot about Vietnamese cuisine as well as life in Vietnam in general. I think everyone would enjoy the cooking class even if you don't cook yourselRead more”

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6.Hoi An Farming And Fishing Life

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 45 reviews · from $44

John Lee Tours takes you by bicycle through Tra Que Vegetable Village, then to a rice field for a water-buffalo ride and Bay Mau Coconut Forest for a bamboo basket-boat outing. An English-speaking guide leads the roughly five-hour trip, with hotel pickup in central Hoi An and a local meal of banh xeo and spring rolls included.

“We had a lovely day with lanh. He picked us up from our hotel with bicycles we cycled on mostly flat tracks and some roads . Met a farmer and learnt how he looks after his allotment. Had a ride on a water buffalo Went fishing in a coconut boat Had a lovely lunch at a local restaurant All in all a fabulous insight as well as fun.”

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7.Cooking Class at Organic Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · 3 hours · from $27

At Lemon Basil Cookery in Tra Que vegetable village, an English-speaking chef such as Min or Jessica leads a farm tour and a hands-on class in spring rolls, green papaya salad, fish in a clay pot, and bánh xèo. You help prepare the dishes, then eat together. The three-hour class costs $27 per person; transport is not included.

“We had such an amazing time at Lemonbasil farm. Jessica and her family was very lovely and welcoming. We learn a lot about Vietnamese cousins. First we went to the farm, tried out a bit, tasted many herbs they grow. It’s amazing how many different ones they have. They we cooked two things, eat and cooked two more. We were really full by the end. We also loved the island, just a good location for the class. Or just to bike around have a coffee.”

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8.Small Group Bicycle Tour with Farming and Fishing Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $31

Ride from Hoi An to Cam Thanh with a local guide, passing rice fields and fish farms before trying rice planting, meeting a water buffalo and learning about basket boats. The half-day visit includes a meal at Mr. Cu’s home, where you can make rice milk and Hoi An pancakes. Hotel pickup, bikes and boat transport are included.

“The best tour we have had, water buffalo riding was so much fun, basket boat rides were great and the tour guide Mr Cu was very knowledgeable and friendly. Bike tour was a good length through beautiful rice fields, got to see some peanuts Read more”

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9.Farming with the Local Famers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $40

Spend about three hours at Tra Que Herb Village, where a local guide introduces the farming village and its gardens, ponds and animals. Try hands-on vegetable work using seaweed fertilizer, ride a buffalo, row a bamboo basket boat, then relax with a head, shoulder and foot massage before lunch. Pickup from Hoi An is offered.

“Excellent experience! My wife and I loved the activities. Not something that we know and we get a better appreciation of and respect for farming from our guide, Spring.”

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10.Hoi An Countryside Tour with Bamboo Basket Boat Rowing , Buffalo Ride, Farming

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $76

Leave your Hoi An hotel by private car or minivan for a four- to five-hour countryside outing. Meet a farming family in Tra Que, ride a water buffalo, paddle a bamboo basket boat through Bay Mau Coconut Forest, and try pottery in Thanh Ha. English-speaking guides such as Ty and Mr Tuan lead the visits.

“This tour surpassed our expectations. Our guide, Ty, was fantastic. The highlight was the bamboo basket boat tour which was an experience we will never forget.”

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11.Hoi An Farming and Fishing life Experience Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · from $83

Spend about six hours cycling country roads, helping at Tra Que organic vegetable village, cruising by eco-tour boat, and trying a bamboo basket boat and fishing with local fishers. The private tour includes Hoi An pickup, an English-speaking guide, cold drinks, and lunch at a local family home. Hoang, the tour’s founder, is praised for his warm guiding.

“Hoang is a knowledgable, nice, and helpful guide. He made the trip memorable and his wife is an excellent cook. Thank you for a wonderful lunch.”

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12.Private Biking, Farming, & Cooking Class in Hoi An

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $41

This private, six-hour Hoi An outing pairs a countryside bike ride with a basket-boat trip at Cam Thanh, time farming at Tra Que Organic Vegetable Village, and a hands-on class for four Vietnamese dishes. Local guides Min and Minh have led the tour. Hotel pickup by bicycle is offered around Hoi An; lunch, bottled water, entrance tickets, and a herbal foot massage are included.

“Wow what a great tour! The bike ride from the hotel to local market was fun and educational. The bike ride to the Cooking Class was thru the rice field and vegetable garden. The Cooking class was was fun, our guide the whole tour diRead more”

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13.Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $45

From Hoi An, join a local farmer in Cam Thanh to work wet rice fields, try a short buffalo ride, and catch fish in the mud. Then head to Bay Mau Coconut Forest for a basket boat ride, hand-net fishing, and crab-catching before Cao Lau noodles and a Vietnamese coffee-making class with a local host. The private tour lasts about four to five hours.

“I recently booked this tour expecting a 4-hour experience, but unfortunately, it fell quite short. The entire tour lasted only 2 hours, and several key experiences that were advertised were either extremely brief or missing altogether. The buffalo Read more”

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14.Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour-Basket Boat Tour Fishing-Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 11 reviews · 1 - 4 hours · from $20Best value

From Cam Thanh Village, this English-led experience can combine wet-rice planting with traditional tools, buffalo riding, a basket-boat trip through a coconut forest, fishing and crabbing, local noodles, and Vietnamese iced coffee. Check which version you are booking: some options exclude the boat, meal, transport, or lantern-making class.

“I had a blast - the trip was the highlight of my stay in hoi an and the entire team was incredibly accommodating across the farm visit, fishing trip, and coffee making. 10/10 would recommend!”

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15.Hoi An Rural Life And Cooking At Organic Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $35

Start at 8:30 am near central Hoi An for a private four-hour outing by bicycle and traditional basket boat. At Thanh Dong organic farm, village seniors show you their growing methods, then help you prepare lunch from garden produce. A guide named Karla is praised for her warmth, patience, humor, and local knowledge.

“There’s nothing more I can say other than this has been the best experience I’ve had on an excursion in my life. For starters, karlaaa! What a warm knowledgeable and patient little lady. She is so funny too. She made the trip so worth it fRead more”

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