Fishing trips · HOI AN

The 15 Best Fishing Trips in Hoi An

28 trips  ·  from $14 a head

Cast nets, round basket boats and a cooking class at the end of most of them. The 15 below are the best value on this site, with what the market stop adds and how long you actually spend on the river.

Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking - The Hoi An market: useful, but fairly quick
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Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking

1.Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,660 reviews · from $28Our pick

Spend about 4.5 hours combining Hoi An market shopping, a Cam Thanh basket boat ride, net fishing, and a hands-on cooking class. Guides such as Hai, Ly, Lily, and Hy Hy lead small groups of up to 12. You’ll make four dishes, eat a generous meal, and receive recipes to use at home.

“We had SO much fun on this cooking class — it was truly one of the most memorable experiences of our trip! Everything was beautifully organised, from the visit to the local market, to the basket boat ride, to trying our hand at traditional fishinRead more”

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Hoi An Basket Boat Tour ( basket boat, visit water coconut forest, fishing crab) - Crab fishing, nets, and local boat skills
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Hoi An Basket Boat Tour ( basket boat, visit water coconut forest, fishing crab)

2.Hoi An Basket Boat Tour ( basket boat, visit water coconut forest, fishing crab)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 187 reviews · from $13

You’ll visit Cam Thanh’s seven-hectare water coconut forest with a local boat rower, try catching small crabs, and see traditional net throwing and spinning basket boats. Tin Basket Boat Tour offers hotel pickup, usually by motorbike, and small groups capped at 10. The advertised visit lasts about one hour.

“Most passionate tour guide ever. Our tour was given by the owner himself. He was very enthusiastic about what he does and about his country as a whole. Hearing him talk about how the history of the attraction made me appreciate it even Read more”

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HoiAn:Making Lantern & Cooking Class-BasketBoat Ride,Crab fishing - Starting at BeBe Tailor and Hoi An Market
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HoiAn:Making Lantern & Cooking Class-BasketBoat Ride,Crab fishing

3.HoiAn:Making Lantern & Cooking Class-BasketBoat Ride,Crab fishing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 162 reviews · from $33

Spend 4.5 hours beyond Hoi An’s Ancient Town with a local guide, market shopping, a lantern-making session, cooking with chef Tim, and a basket-boat ride through a nipa palm forest. You’ll also learn crab fishing and visit Kim Bồng Carpentry village. Hotel pickup is offered, and the group is limited to 12 people.

“An experience that gave me an insight into the tradional Vietnam. Tim is a very experienced chef and explained the recipes in detail and we had a hands on experience. Lantern makibg added colour to te experience .”

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Hoi An: Cooking Class, Crab Fishing-Basket Boat, Market Tour - Starting at a local market
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Hoi An: Cooking Class, Crab Fishing-Basket Boat, Market Tour

4.Cooking Class, Crab Fishing-Basket Boat, Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 108 reviews · 4 hours · from $20

Start with hotel pickup and a guided market visit, then ride a bamboo basket boat through Cam Thanh coconut forest and try traditional crab fishing. Finish with a five-course Vietnamese cooking class led in English or Vietnamese. Oanh, Hanh, and other local instructors are praised for making the class clear, friendly, and family-friendly.

“Cooking class was fantastic. Our chef Oana was excellent. The food was amazing and plentiful. The markets were interesting. I would thoroughly recommend this cooking class.”

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Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class , Basket Boat , Crab Fishing And Food - Wearing an Ao Dai through Bay Mau Nipa forest
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Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class , Basket Boat , Crab Fishing And Food

5.Hoi An Full Lantern Making Class , Basket Boat , Crab Fishing And Food

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 98 reviews · from $32

Spend five hours with a local guide making a foldable Hoi An lantern, wearing an Ao Dai on a basket boat, catching crab in Bay Mau Nipa forest, and eating Vietnamese food at a local home. Hoi An pickup is included. Da Nang pickup costs an extra $17 per person.

“What a beautiful afternoon we had such fun making the lanterns, quite therapeutic and great help from the lovely ladies. Food was out of this world and really well prepared and presented we enjoyed it very much. Would highly recommend”

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Basket Boat in Hoi An( visit water coconut forest,Crab fishing ) - The basket boat ride is the main event
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Basket Boat in Hoi An( visit water coconut forest,Crab fishing )

6.Basket Boat in Hoi An( visit water coconut forest,Crab fishing )

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 71 reviews · from $17

Leave central Hoi An for Cam Thanh’s Bay Mau nipa-palm forest on a roughly two-hour family-run outing. Tram arranges hotel transfers, while local boatmen guide you through the palms, teach crab fishing, and may spin the coracle for a thrilling laugh. Fresh fruit or coconut water follows the ride.

“This was really fun lovely host we were picked up from our hotel and also dropped back.. refreshing cold coconut water that we afterwards as well”

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Hoi An Farming And Fishing Life - Finishing with banh xeo and spring rolls
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Hoi An Farming And Fishing Life

7.Hoi An Farming And Fishing Life

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 45 reviews · from $44

John Lee Tours takes you from Hoi An into Tra Que, Cam Chau, and the Bay Mau Coconut Forest. With guide Lanh or another local English-speaking guide, you cycle country lanes, work a small farm plot, ride a water buffalo, fish from a bamboo basket boat, and eat banh xeo with spring rolls.

“We had a lovely day with lanh. He picked us up from our hotel with bicycles we cycled on mostly flat tracks and some roads . Met a farmer and learnt how he looks after his allotment. Had a ride on a water buffalo Went fishing in a coconut boat Had a lovely lunch at a local restaurant All in all a fabulous insight as well as fun.”

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Small Group Bicycle Tour with Farming and Fishing Experience - Rice planting, buffalo work, and village skills
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Small Group Bicycle Tour with Farming and Fishing Experience

8.Small Group Bicycle Tour with Farming and Fishing Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $31

Leave Hoi An by bicycle with a local English-speaking guide, often Mr Cu, for a 4.5-hour visit to Cam Thanh. You’ll see farms and temples, try rice planting, feed and ride a water buffalo, paddle a bamboo basket boat, sample coconut treats, and help cook banh xeo at Mr Cu’s home.

“The best tour we have had, water buffalo riding was so much fun, basket boat rides were great and the tour guide Mr Cu was very knowledgeable and friendly. Bike tour was a good length through beautiful rice fields, got to see some peanuts Read more”

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Hoi An Fishing Tour Private-Lantern /Cafe Making Class by Lunch - A Closer Look at the Coconut Forest
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Hoi An Fishing Tour Private-Lantern /Cafe Making Class by Lunch

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 28 reviews · from $19

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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From AUTHENTIC FARMER'S LIFE to ECO RIVER FISHING EXPERIENCE - A Possible Buffalo Ride in the Rice Fields
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From AUTHENTIC FARMER’S LIFE to ECO RIVER FISHING EXPERIENCE

10.From AUTHENTIC FARMER’S LIFE to ECO RIVER FISHING EXPERIENCE

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $34

Spend five to six hours seeing Hoi An’s countryside by bicycle and basket boat. Your guide meets you with bikes, leads you through rice fields to Tra Que’s herb gardens and an old Japanese tomb, then takes you into the Bay Mau coconut forest near Cam Thanh for crab and fish catching, a craft performance, and local lunch. Vincent is one guide named for this experience.

“The best and most genuine local tour I've had in Vietnam so far, especially because the guide, Vincent, was just fantastic! He was extremely friendly, spoke excellent English, and made sure that I was always safe and comfortable. AnRead more”

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Hoi An Eco Tour & Cooking Class ( local market ,basket boat ,fishing,cooking ) - A Two-Hour Family-Run Cooking Class
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Hoi An Eco Tour & Cooking Class ( local market ,basket boat ,fishing,cooking )

11.Hoi An Eco Tour & Cooking Class ( local market ,basket boat ,fishing,cooking )

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $29

This 4.5-hour Hoi An tour combines a local market visit, river fishing in a traditional bamboo basket boat, and a two-hour cooking class at a family-run restaurant. Your guide helps you choose ingredients, shows you local fishing methods, and leads you through four Vietnamese dishes. Hotel pickup, small groups of up to 10, and morning or afternoon departures make it easy to fit into your stay.

“The tour included a visit to a wet market, with some remarks by the guide, transportation to the basket boat location, the basket boat ride, and a cooking "class." The cooking class is more of a shared cooking participation--not a lot of learninRead more”

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Hoi An Farming and Fishing life Experience Tour - Working the soil at Tra Que vegetable village
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Hoi An Farming and Fishing life Experience Tour

12.Hoi An Farming and Fishing life Experience Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · from $83

Spend five to six hours with guide Hoang exploring Hoi An’s farm and fishing communities. Cycle country roads, plant and water vegetables at Tra Que, meet local fishermen, ride a bamboo basket boat, and eat lunch at Hoang’s family home. Hotel pickup and return are included for Hoi An Old Town and beach areas.

“Our guide Mr. Hoang was absolutely fantastic!!! He was so knowledgeable and it was incredibly enjoyable speaking with him about Vietnamese life. This was hands down one of the best tours my husband and I have ever been on. It was very Read more”

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Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch - Into Bay Mau Coconut Forest by basket boat
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Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour Private Round Boat Fishing & Lunch

13.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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Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour-Basket Boat Tour Fishing-Lunch - Getting muddy under the young rice plants
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Hoi An Wet Rice Farming Tour-Basket Boat Tour Fishing-Lunch

14.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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Hoi An Basket Boat Tour & cooking class(local market, boating, fishing crab...) - Crab fishing, snails, and the net-casting lesson
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Hoi An Basket Boat Tour & cooking class(local market, boating, fishing crab…)

15.Hoi An Basket Boat Tour & cooking class(local market, boating, fishing crab…)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $30

Tin and Trang lead a four-and-a-half-hour Hoi An outing that combines a local market visit, Thu Bon River cruise, bamboo basket boats, crab fishing, net casting, and a cooking class. You’ll prepare spring rolls and banh xeo, then eat lunch beside the river. Groups are limited to 10.

“What an amazing tour! Not to be missed! Loved every minute and we had a great guide. You will love it! Best tour in vietnam”

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