Tra Que is a charming
little village on the edge of Hoi An, the village is
famous for its sweet scented & green vegetables that
spice up on the daily meals of Hoi An people: Cao Lau
and Quang noodles. Come here, you will have a chance to
discover the art of cultivating and water plants,
tasting and doing a cooking class with local dishes
prepared by host.
Program:
One-day
tour:
Morning: Ride a bicycle to a local farm in Tra Que
village. Introduction to the history of the village, the
cultivation of the vegetables as well as discovering
about the use of vegetables in traditional Vietnamese
medicine. You will take a trip around the vegetable
garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and
fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake.
Continuing doing some next steps such as: raking the
ground, sowing, watering greens, picking greens and many
more gardening activities. Then spend the rest of the
morning working the land in the time honored way, before
breaking to prepare lunch with a local family. Your
lunch will consist of many local delicacies including
‘tam huu’ spring roll, Banh xeo or local pancake of
people's middle region. After your lunch and the
exertions of the morning, take an even more traditional
Vietnamese post-prandial nap before learning how to
harvest and wrap the vegetables.
Around 15.00, bid farewell to your host family before
riding back to Hoi An, on the way back we will stop at
Nhat tomb and Ba Le well. The tour finishes at 16h00.
Half-day tour:
The same itinerary as for the one day tour. However, the
tour does not include lunch, but you are shown how to
prepare ‘tam huu’ meal.
Other recommendation:
If you don’t want to go
back the hotel. You can spend more time for relax at An
Bang Beach that is not far from the village, about 2km
to the east of Hoi An Town. The beach is over 3 km in
length and up to 300m in width. The beach boasts fine
white sand, clear and blue water, moderate slopes and
small waves, which make it ideal for recreational
activities like swimming and enjoy cheap sea food.
Price
(US$/person)
Group |
1 pax |
2 pax |
3-4 pax |
5-9 pax |
10-14 pax |
Full day tour |
39 |
28 |
23 |
19 |
17 |
Half day tour |
24 |
17 |
14 |
12 |
10 |
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