Hoi An Countryside Jeep Tour: Rice Noodles, Weaving & Wine
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.
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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
- Hoi An Ancient Town 15m
- Tra Que Vegetable Village 1h 30m
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.
Times
- Every day 07:30 13:00
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Operated by Amber Journeys
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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.
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.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English and Vietnamese.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (12 to 18 years); Child (5 to 11 years). Children under 5 can't be included in the booking.
What is the Whale Temple and why do locals visit it?
The Whale Temple (Lang Ca Ong) in Tra Nhieu is a shrine connected to fishing traditions and coastal life. Locals visit to honor the legends and methods tied to traditional fishing, and the tour includes about ten minutes there to learn the net-pulling techniques that fishermen still use.
Do I actually make things on this tour, or just watch?
You make things. At Dong Ha Village you try your hand at rice-noodle making and spend about thirty minutes on votive-paper crafting. At the mat-weaving stop in Tra Nhieu you get hands-on time with the loom, and you observe the rice-wine brewing process in detail. It's learning by doing, not a demonstration.
Can I book a morning or afternoon departure?
Yes. The tour runs as a morning tour or an afternoon tour. You choose which at checkout. Both follow the same route and include the same stops, guide, jeep, and lunch.
Is lunch included, and where do we eat?
Lunch is included at a local restaurant as part of the tour. It's a real meal, not a tourist-group setup, and it gives you time to reflect on the day and the people you've met.
What should I know about the jeep and the roads?
The vehicle is a Vietnam Army Legend Jeep, built to handle rural roads that regular cars can't navigate. Helmets and rain ponchos are provided. The tour is not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries because of the terrain, but it suits all other fitness levels.
Hoi An Countryside Jeep Tour: Rice Noodles, Weaving & Wine
3h–5h · EN +1
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