Fishing trips · VIETNAM

The 15 Best Fishing Trips in Vietnam

46 trips  ·  from $14 a head

Basket boats on the Thu Bon, night squid off Phu Quoc and a market stop before most of them. The 15 below are the cheapest days on this site and usually end with a cooking lesson.

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 $13Best value

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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Phu Quoc Sunset and Night Squid Fishing with Dinner - Two Hours of Night Squid Fishing
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Phu Quoc Sunset and Night Squid Fishing with Dinner

6.Phu Quoc Sunset and Night Squid Fishing with Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★3.3 · 93 reviews · 3 hours · from $14

From Duong Dong, you’ll ride to the harbor, watch the Gulf of Thailand sunset, then spend about two hours fishing for squid from a shared boat. The crew cooks the catch, with dinner included even if your line stays empty. Ms. Rosie handles emergency contact support, and pickup is included in central Duong Dong.

“Une vingtaine de pêcheurs, deux calamars minuscules et une dizaine de sacs en plastique, pêche en environnement pollué.”

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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 )

7.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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Mekong Delta Nature Cano-Kayak-Cycling & Fishing Private Day Trip - Family Tiny Garden and the rural setting
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Mekong Delta Nature Cano-Kayak-Cycling & Fishing Private Day Trip

8.Mekong Delta Nature Cano-Kayak-Cycling & Fishing Private Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 57 reviews · from $85

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for Family Tiny Garden near Ben Luc, where a private guide such as Chow or Chao leads you through rice fields, a pagoda, fruit orchards, cooking, rice planting, hand fishing, canoeing, and kayaking. This 8-hour-40-minute outing favors rural contact over the main Mekong tourist route.

“The trip was well planned, and the activities very fun. It takes you through a non-tourist section of the Mekong which was fantastic. I highly recommend this for any families looking for a quick adventure in the real Vietnam. Chow was a great guide!”

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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

9.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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PRIVATE Mekong Delta 1 Day with Kayaking, Biking & Cooking - Honey tea, southern music, and coconut candy
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PRIVATE Mekong Delta 1 Day with Kayaking, Biking & Cooking

10.PRIVATE Mekong Delta 1 Day with Kayaking, Biking & Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · from $119

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho and Ben Tre by private car, then explore the Mekong by motorboat, sampan, kayak, and bicycle. You’ll visit a bee farm, coconut candy workshop, fruit plantation, and Family Tiny Garden for a cooking class and Vietnamese BBQ lunch. Guides have included Son, Dennis, Tri, and Nhi.

“Very nice and comfortable tour, Tri is a gd tour guide! Lunch was very nice too! Love the private tour!”

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Ninh Binh: Rice planting and fishing by basket tour - Feeding, washing, and riding the buffalo
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Ninh Binh: Rice planting and fishing by basket tour

11.Ninh Binh: Rice planting and fishing by basket tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 37 reviews · 1h 30m · from $25

Meet near Buffalo Cave, about 2 km from Tam Coc, for a small-group farm visit with an English-speaking guide. You will feed, wash, and ride a buffalo, catch fish with a traditional nom, plant rice, bathe at a waterfall, and hear local farming stories. Bring flip-flops and spare clothes.

“Everything was amazing! Mia is friendly and very funny, we loved her!”

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Hue Bike Tour with Optional Fishing Activities in Local Village - Thanh Toan Bridge: a rural stop with real character
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Hue Bike Tour with Optional Fishing Activities in Local Village

12.Hue Bike Tour with Optional Fishing Activities in Local Village

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 36 reviews · from $69

Ride 15 to 25 kilometers on flat roads from central Hue with an English-speaking local guide. Visit Thanh Toan Bridge and its agricultural museum, then enjoy local food. The scooter option adds Dam Chuon Fishing Village, net and trap fishing, and a lagoon visit. Guide Hung is a strong choice for families.

“The guide was very friendly and helpfull, told us a lot, answered all our questions. Somewhere we asked for a stop as he was going a bit fast sometimes. We love to hear the story of the people and to see how they live and work, ricefields neaRead more”

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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

13.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

14.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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Nha Trang Bay Day Tour: Snorkeling, Fishing, BBQ Lunch & Relaxing - Hon Mun Marine Park and the morning snorkeling
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Nha Trang Bay Day Tour: Snorkeling, Fishing, BBQ Lunch & Relaxing

15.Nha Trang Bay Day Tour: Snorkeling, Fishing, BBQ Lunch & Relaxing

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 19 reviews · from $40

Spend seven hours on Nha Trang Bay with a Vietnamese or English-speaking guide, snorkeling near Hon Mun, eating seafood at a floating restaurant, fishing, and relaxing at Mini Beach. Thang is one guide praised for attentive service. Pickup is offered in town, with groups capped at 30.

“Horrible service. I scheduled a pickup up point at my hotel and it was confirmed. No one contacted me the day of my tour and when I tried calling and messaging, no one answered. I spoke to Viator CS agent and they were not able to helpRead more”

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