Basket Boat Tour: Coconut Forest Adventure

Immerse yourself in Vietnamese culture with the Bay Mau Eco Cooking Tour. Learn traditional cooking techniques, explore the beautiful surroundings, and experience local hospitality.

Duration: 4 hours, 40 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rừng Dừa Bảy Mẫu - Coconut Boat - 8:20 am: The tour guide will pick up guests from their hotel in Hoi An. The guide will lead them to a local market to explain the main ingredients used in Vietnamese cuisine and help select fresh ingredients for the cooking class. This is a highlight of the tour, offering insight into Vietnamese herbs and spices….
What's Included
  • Cooking class
  • Free car pick up and drop off from hotel (Hoi An only)
  • English speaking guide
  • Basket boat to explore water coconut forest
  • A bottle of water
  • Lunch or dinner
What's Not Included
  • Tips and others not included in the package
Meal Options
  • Vietnamese Salad Rolls - Goi Cuon - Fresh Rice Paper Salad Rolls with Pork and Shrimp with a Tangy Peanut Hoisin Dipping Sauce.
  • Peanut Hoisin Sauce - Nuoc Leo
  • Sizzling Vietnamese Crepes - Banh Xeo - Crispy Vietnamese Crepes filled with pork and shrimp, bean sprouts and green onion. Served with lettuce leaves, fresh herbs and nuoc cham
  • Nuoc Cham…
Additional Information

Discover the heaven of coconut and water palm trees via a bamboo basket boat. The guide will demonstrate the process of pounding and separating rice, transforming crushed rice into rice milk, and creating rice paper. As a part of this adventure, you will come across classic Vietnamese cultural tools such as a stone mortar, wooden pestle, and grinder… Experience an exciting cooking class at a local’s home.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Culture304551
Sep 8, 2025
AWESOME - BUT BOOK DIRECT NOT THROUGH TRIPADVISOR - GREAT BUT DONT BOOK THROUGH TRIP ADVISOR PORTAL. Really enjoyed the classes which were well led by Trang, and the company and staff could not be more helpful. Unfortunately- they had not received our booking and advance payment. After a call they quickly fitted us in and were super helpful, plus Tripadvisor did quickly sort a full refund, but it would have been less drama to book direct to company and pay cash on the day (see photo for their brochure). They asked we pass this on! Be assured the company is reputable and provided a fantastic outing, but there is a persistent problem with booking agent selling their services and not passing on cash and details they were trying to resolve. Well worth it though!
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G9355xjpeterb
Aug 19, 2025
FantAstic - Fantastic morning at the market, boat ride and then cooking a huge lunch. Knee was a fabulous host and cook. Delicious lunch. Would recommend
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Elisale285dc
Aug 14, 2025
Amazing - The guide was very friendly and loves making jokes. I went in the morning and there was only one other person besides me so it was very private which was nice. The car had airco. The coconut boats were very fun especially the person I got for the boat without him it would be boring. The cooking class was amazing and i was very full afterwards.
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Daydream33170012175
Jul 18, 2025
- Had the best day today with our chef Dim, who provided an excellent experience and insight into Vietnamese cooking. The foods we cooked were fantastic and she was very helpful with us all. 10/10 would recommend
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Carlie_t
Jul 2, 2025
Great half day cultural experience in Hanoi - Our guide was friendly and helpful. The activities were interesting and each one was a good amount of time. It was good value
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Ogradyj2
May 23, 2025
Delicious! - Lovely tour and cooking class with just two of us. Delicious food and good introduction to market! So friendly! Definitely recommend
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2022shereem
May 20, 2025
A must do experience - A fantastic day, very informative and great food ….. that we cooked ourselves! Shopping at the market for the food we were about to cook was a great sight, way different to what we are used to. The coconut boat ride was a great experience, so much fun.
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Larabrinded
Aug 16, 2025
Great cooking class - My boyfriend and I had a great time on this trip. We went for the afternoon tour and got picked up and taken to the market. There were 11 of us but we got split in half for ease. The market is active in the morning so was more quiet but we still felt we learnt loads about Vietnams agriculture. Then we went to the cooking class which suprised us as we thought it would be the boats first ( we had had lunch!). The class, however, was amazing. The instructors were fabulous, the setup was great and the food was excellent. After we then headed to the boats. For us this was slightly underwhelming as we were sleepy from the food. We had also seen videos on tick-tock and the trip we went on was a bit different. Overall a great trip.
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Curiosity49478326453
Aug 15, 2025
Lots of laughs - The boat operator was a real character, she kept singing for most of the ride. Gangham Star, was her favourite. When she started paddling she sung “Let’s go, let’s go “.
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Jenny_r
May 1, 2025
Cooking class is fun and educational. - The cooking class is really fun, Ly is sweet and gave us good information. The coconut boats were a little disappointing, not sure that I would do that part again - it goes on water underneath an overpass.
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From $35
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).