6 Hoi An Fishing Trips Worth Booking

1.HoiAn:Making Lantern & Cooking Class-BasketBoat Ride,Crab fishing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 162 reviews · from $33Our pick

Meet your local guide at BeBe Tailor, shop Hoi An Market for cooking ingredients, visit Kim Bồng Carpentry village, make a lantern, cook with chef Tim, and paddle through a nipa palm forest while learning to catch purple crabs.

“Great trip. Met at a cafe, walked around the markets to pick some of the fresh ingredients we needed for our cooking class. We then took a short bus ride to the bamboo village. We got to learn a few dishes by a chef who has worked in 5 sRead more”

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2.Hoi An: Cooking Class, Crab Fishing-Basket Boat, Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 108 reviews · 4 hours · from $20

Start with hotel pickup and a guided market visit, then ride a bamboo basket boat through Cam Thanh coconut forest and try crab fishing. Finish with a five-course Vietnamese cooking class, extra dishes, and lunch. Small groups of up to 10, with vegetarian menus available.

“We absolutely loved this tour. Our guide was very well informed and learned lots about the different foods in Vietnam and how to cook with them. The cooking experience was fantastic and we ate some of the best food we have had all holiday! The basket boat was also great fun! Our only regret was we forgot to take a copy of all the recipes with us!”

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3.Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class , Basket Boat , Crab Fishing And Food

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 98 reviews · from $32

Spend five hours with a small group of up to nine people making a foldable Hoi An lantern, wearing an Ao Dai for a basket-boat ride, catching crabs, and eating a Vietnamese meal at a local home. Hoi An pickup is included, with Da Nang pickup available for an added fee.

“Our experience with Long Coconut boat and cooking class was great. The woman who gave us the cooking class was really nice and helpful and made the experience very enjoyable. We got to eat all of the food we made and there was a lot. We made 6 different dishes in total including rice pancakes, fresh spring rolls, chicken stir fry, beef and pork salad and roasted egg plant. The boat tour was also really enjoyable, we got a a boat ride in a basket boat through the lake which was surrounded by bamboo trees. We also did a bit of crab fishing. Would really recommend Eco Discovery.”

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4.Basket Boat in Hoi An( visit water coconut forest,Crab fishing )

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 71 reviews · from $17Best value

You’ll leave central Hoi An by air-conditioned vehicle and meet host Tram before boarding a round bamboo boat with a local boatman such as Sam. Paddle through Cam Thanh’s nipa palms, try crab fishing, watch boat-spinning tricks, and finish with fresh fruit or coconut water.

“The pick up was easily arranged (air conditioned and brought us close to the launch). The boat tour was great. We caught 3 crabs and There are many photo ops along the way. The food at end was amazing. If we had more time we would have used this same operator to take the cooking class as well. Highly recommend when in Hoi An.”

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5.Hoi An Farming And Fishing Life

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 45 reviews · from $44

John Lee Tours takes you from Hoi An into Tra Que, Cam Chau, and Bay Mau Coconut Forest. With an English-speaking guide such as Lanh, you’ll cycle country roads, meet farmers, ride a water buffalo, fish from a bamboo basket boat, and eat banh xeo with spring rolls.

“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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6.Small Group Bicycle Tour with Farming and Fishing Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $31

Spend about 4.5 hours cycling from Hoi An to Cam Thanh, where you can plant rice, feed water buffalo, paddle a bamboo basket boat, fish, and cook banh xeo at a local home. Guides including Mr. Cu, Duc, and Nhung add humor and personal stories.

“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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