The 15 Best Fishing Trips in Hoi An

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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10.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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11.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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12.Basket Boat and fishing Crabs Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 6 reviews · 1h 30m · from $6

Meet your Vietnamese or English-speaking host at Hao Coconut Basket Boat Tour, then walk through a fishing village before boarding a bamboo basket boat. You will see the coconut forest, try fishing for crabs, and learn simple net techniques. The 90-minute private outing may include boat spinning, singing, and a café stop.

“This was a fun activity and our boat driver was lovely, however the only reason I booked this was to go crab fishing, and they didn't take us. It was just the boat ride and went for about 30mins. So If you want to just go for the boats, I'd rate this 5 stars, but if you want to crab fish, don't book this.”

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13.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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14.Coconut Basket Boat Ride and Fishing Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 45 minutes - 1 hour · from $4

You’ll travel from Hoi An to Cam Thanh, then ride a round bamboo basket boat through quiet coconut-lined waterways. A local fisherman shows you how to paddle, cast a net, and catch crabs before a short basket boat race and a welcome drink. Hotel pickup, transport, boat ride, and life jacket are included.

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15.Hoian/Da Nang: Fishing, basket riding and cooking class

★★★★★★★★★★3.3 · 5 reviews · 270 minutes - 6 hours · from $35

Spend up to six hours with a local family, starting at Hoi An Market to choose ingredients, then fishing by basket boat through water-coconut channels before cooking four Vietnamese dishes. English guidance, hotel pickup, and vegetarian meals on request are included. No guide name is provided.

“Fun activity. Family who runs Activity were lovely. Basket ride fun. Cooking class amazing.”

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