Hoi An Countryside Jeep Tour: Rice Noodles, Weaving & Wine

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Duration3h–5h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN · VI

PickupAt your hotel

Ride into farming villages and learn traditional crafts straight from the families who practice them.

A countryside jeep tour from Hoi An through rural villages surrounding the ancient town, with an English-speaking guide and Vietnam Army Legend Jeep. You visit Dong Ha Village to try rice-noodle making and votive-paper crafting with local farmers, then move through Tra Nhieu to see the Whale Temple, watch mat weaving, and observe rice-wine brewing in family homes. Lunch at a local restaurant is included; the tour runs three to five hours and suits all fitness levels, though it is not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries, pregnancy, or cardiovascular concerns. Children from age five are welcome.

3h–5h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Hoi An countryside and culture

Pick-up from hotels in Hoi An
Jeep ride through rural scenery
Visit local family in Dong Ha Village
Make rice noodles and votive paper
Travel to Tra Nhieu, Duy Vinh village
Visit Whale Temple and learn fishing traditions
Try mat weaving at local household
Observe rice wine brewing process
Enjoy Vietnamese lunch at local restaurant

The Experience

How do you see the real daily life of rural Vietnam without spending days arranging it yourself? This jeep tour picks you up from your Hoi An hotel and drives you straight into the countryside—past rice paddies, vegetable fields, and waterways where farmers work the way they have for generations. The route is short enough to fit into a morning or afternoon, long enough to move through three separate villages and sit down to lunch with people who live there.

The first stop is Dong Ha Village, where you watch a farmer's family prepare rice noodles by hand and learn how votive paper—the kind burned as offerings—gets made. Both are hands-on: you'll try the noodle-making yourself and spend about half an hour on the paper craft. Then the jeep takes you deeper into Tra Nhieu, a village known for traditional work. You'll spend ten minutes at the Whale Temple (Lang Ca Ong), a local shrine connected to fishing traditions and the net-pulling techniques locals still use. The next stop is a household where mat weaving happens; fifteen minutes there gives you time to see the loom and try a few rows yourself. After that comes a home where rice wine ferments in clay jars—thirty minutes to understand the brewing process and why it matters culturally.

Lunch happens at a local restaurant, not in a tour-group setting but as a real meal. The jeep is a Vietnam Army Legend model—the kind that carried soldiers and now carries travelers on roads that don't always suit regular cars. Your guide speaks English and knows the families you're visiting; the driver is licensed and experienced. Helmets and rain ponchos come with you. Pickup and drop-off cover Hoi An Ancient Town and the area around it (within 1–2 km of the center), so you don't have to arrange separate transport to the meeting point.

What’s included

Experienced and licensed driver.
English-speaking guide.
Vietnam Army Legend Jeep.
hotel pickup and drop-off within Hoi An Ancient Town and surrounding area.
lunch at a local restaurant.
entrance fees and tickets to all stops.
helmet and rain poncho.
all taxes and permits.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Amber Journeys

Is this one for you?Choose the morning departure if you want to start early and have the afternoon free after lunch; pick the afternoon tour if you'd rather explore Hoi An's Ancient Town in the morning and join the countryside villages later. Either way, the fixed schedule and included transport mean you're not coordinating rides or negotiating prices with drivers—you show up at your hotel, and the day unfolds.