Our Top 5 Fishing Trips with Lunch in Hoi An

1.Hoi An Fishing Tour Private-Lantern /Cafe Making Class by Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 28 reviews · from $19Our pick

Spend 3.5 hours with a local host and fisherman in Hoi An’s coconut forest. You’ll ride a basket boat, try hand nets and crab catching, make Vietnamese coffee, eat Cao Lau noodles, and, depending on your booking option, craft a silk lantern. Pickup in Hoi An is included.

“We went on this tour around the coconut forest in the morning when it was less crowded. We even caught a crab! The local lunch was yummy. It would've been nice to learn more about the history and ecosystem of the forest, but nonetheless, it was a lovely quick last minute tour we booked for a free day we had!”

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2.Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $45

Spend four to five hours in Hoi An’s countryside with a local farming family. Learn wet rice work, ride a water buffalo, fish from a round bamboo boat in Bay Mau Coconut Forest, catch crabs, eat Cao Lau noodles, and make Vietnamese coffee. Hotel pickup and drop-off are offered depending on the option you book.

“I recently booked this tour expecting a 4-hour experience, but unfortunately, it fell quite short. The entire tour lasted only 2 hours, and several key experiences that were advertised were either extremely brief or missing altogether. The buffalo Read more”

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3.Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour-Basket Boat Tour Fishing-Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 11 reviews · 1 - 4 hours · from $20

You’ll work in Cam Thanh’s rice fields with traditional tools, ride a buffalo, then fish and crab from a bamboo coracle in the coconut forest. The day ends with homemade local noodles and Vietnamese iced coffee. English instruction, private or small groups, and pickup from Hoi An are available, but confirm which tour option includes each activity.

“2 hours were promised and the whole activity lasted 40 minutes. Poor value”

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4.Eco Bicycle Tour with Fishing and Lunch/Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 4h 30m · from $36

Spend 4.5 hours cycling 6 to 7 km through Hoi An’s countryside, seeing buffalo, rice fields, an organic garden, and Cam Thanh’s water coconut forest. You’ll fish with a bamboo trap, ride a basket boat, and eat Vietnamese food at a farmer’s home. Guides may include Mr Cu or Tony, with English instruction.

“This activity with Mr Cu was amazing. We were picked up in a car and drove to the place to get our bikes. Cycled through the rice fields and saw the local people farming. Then we stopped with another farmer and showed us how they use the buffalo for farming. Get your feet muddy and have a turn farming. Next stop was the coconut palm we had some delicious ginger tea and tried coconut then got into a coconut boat and was spun around and had a sail up the river and found some crabs. After we cycled around the local village to Mr Cu’s home. We made our own…”

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5.Sunset BBQ Fishing tour with Locals by Boat Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews · from $32

Join a small group of up to 10 for a three-hour wooden-boat cruise from Hoi An Mercy Homestay down the Thu Bon River to the Cua Dai estuary. You’ll see fishing villages, try rod fishing, and eat a charcoal BBQ on the water with local sticky rice wine, two beers, and an English-speaking guide.

“We were lucky with the weather but unfortunately we did not get the chance to fish and we were BBQ'ing in the dark. I would suggest moving the time slot one hour earlier so you can enjoy eating while the sun is setting.”

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