Excursion
Hoi An and My Son Ruins Discovery
Hoi An's countryside is authentic in the central parts of Vietnam. It retains its old villages, traditional houses with backyards, forest, and lovely garden rows of vegetables and traditional crafts. Cycling is the best way to learn local culture and explore the lifestyles of the local and peaceful rustic countryside. The perfect routes through the fields, rivers, islands, and traditional handicraft villages will give you unforgettable memories. You'll cycle along the quiet roads, admire the beautiful scenery, visit Tra Que vegetable village, meet the locals working in the fields, experience Cam Kim villages on the other side of the Thu Bon River, and explore My Son Ruins.
Be met at 8:00 am at your hotels in Hoi An; you'll quickly transfer to our bike store for bike fitting helmet.... You begin an adventure by cycling from Hoi An to Cam Kim Island on a narrow lance. Spend the morning on a bicycle to meet the daily life of local farms, rivers, creeks, and old canals through rustic villages. There are many stops at the homes of locals, where you can learn how to sew colorful straw sleeping mates and simple farming tools. By cycling through the lush farms, see buffalos working on rice paddies and many bamboo bridges along the routes. This morning will give plenty of time for photo opportunities, many stops at local homes for breaks, tasting homemade wine, learning about real life, and meeting wonderful people in surrounding areas.
Around 11:30 am, we check in with the noodle-making family to learn how to make Hoi An traditional noodles and Banh Dap cake; you will enjoy what they have made for our lunch. Afterward, we will load all our bicycles on a private boat and enjoy a boat ride towards Hoi An.
Cycling 35km
After a leisurely breakfast, meet the team and cycle from the hotel to a local market to discover different local fruits, veggies, and spices. Then, you'll buy some for our cooking lesson before we hop on bicycles and resume cycling to Tra Que- an Organic Vegetable Village. Ride on the country back roads through vast green fields and cross many small rivers and bridges to Tra Que. Your guide will take you walking around Tra Que farms so you can smell and taste the local ingredients and spend more time with locals on the farms learning about traditional cultivation methods. You then go back to your local home for the cooking lesson. Learn how to cook local and specialty dishes, and then enjoy your lunch as you have cooked.
Our last-day ride starts from the hotel; we cross Thu Bon River on Cam Kim Bridge and continue exploring Cam Kim village. You will cover roughly 40km of quiet paths and country roads, getting an up-close look at the daily life of Vietnam and Cham people along the way, then visit the My Son ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose temples and towers are surrounded by thick jungle. We'll return to Hoi An by support vehicles. Tour End!
