Our farming and fishing life tour ( local Farming Tra Que organic village, rice paddy field & Cua Dai Fishing and Cam Thanh Ecological village) would provide you with a close-up and intimate exposure to both the local farming and fishing communities.
Accompanied by your tour guide, you commence the day leisurely cycling along country roads witnessing local Vietnamese rural life first hand, discovering all manner of photo opportunities – coming and visiting a beautiful organic vegetable village, watering and planting vegetable, hoeing a soil with local farmer, riding a water buffalo in a rice paddy field; seeing ducks swimming along the rice farm or farmers tending their crops. The photo opportunities are endless.
As well you will experience the friendliness of the local people greeting you along the way. Later you will board our Jack Tran’s boat for a river cruise to meet and engage with local fishermen and enjoy a hands-on experience of traditional net fishing. You will also experience paddling the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boat while the waterways of coconut palm paradise. This tour provides you with a cultural window into the ways of life of both our farming and fishing communities.
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8.00am Tour guide meets you at your hotel
Cycle to a local farming village traveling along picturesque country roads ( Bus or bike are option to choose to go )
Share in the daily work life of local farmers – hoeing and a soil, watering veggie at an organic herb garden, riding water buffalo in the field and enjoy the freshest air of the countryside beauty.
Board boat and cruise to the mouth of the river where it meets the Cua Dai Sea
Learn and try your hand at local traditional fishing techniques using round and cast nets
Learn to paddle the strange and unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boats
Enjoy basket boat dancing of GANGNAM STYLE on the round boat ( THUNG CHAI)
Explore the now tranquil coconut-palm flanked waterways of a past war and hear of the extreme conditions endured by soldiers on both sides.
Have a relaxed fun with catching beautiful purple crabs on bamboo basket boat.
Learn how to make an origami creations from reeds of palm leaves such as grasshopper , birds, ring, sunglass ,bracelets….etc
Visit a local water coconut palm village, take a walk around the village and have some tea and snack with local talks……………
Back on-board our boat, enjoy lunch and cold beer or soft drink.
Return to hotel by coach. End of your 6 hour tour