EXPLORING TRA QUE VEGETABLE VILLAGE (cycling tour)

Tra Que is a charming little village on the edge of Hoi An, the village is named after the sweet scented vegetables that spice up the everyday meals of the Hoi An people. Here a new spirit for traditional Hoi An dishes like Cao Lau, Quang noodles, the local ‘Tam huu' spring roll (made from Tra Que vegetables) and cake with meat (Banh xeo) has been enlivened. Enjoy a cookery class with your host. Experience a day of living and working with the local people in Tra Que vegetable village, in which you will have a chance to discover the daily life of farmers.

 

 

         

 

Itinerary for one-day tour:

Depart at your hotel at 8:00 am; you will ride a bicycle to a local farm in Tra Que village. Introduction to the history of the village, the cultivation of the vegetables as well as how to use vegetables in traditional Vietnamese medicine. You will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing with seaweed from the local lake. Continue doing activities such as: raking, sowing, and watering greens, picking greens and many more gardening activities. Upon returning to the house, we were all treated to an herbal foot massage followed by a session of cooking various local dishes also such as: Tam Huu Spring Roll, Banh Xeo or the local pancake of the people from the middle region. After your lunch and the exertions of the morning, take an even more traditional Vietnamese post-prandial nap before learning how to harvest and wrap the vegetables.
Around 14.00, bid farewell to your host family before riding back to Hoi An, on the way back stop at Janpanese tomb. The tour finishes at your hotel.

Itinerary For Half-Day Tour:

The same itinerary as for the one day tour. However, the tour does not include lunch, but you are shown how to prepare ‘tam huu' meal.

Type of tour: Private tour, Easy style

 

 

Departure: Daily

Inclusions: Bicycle, Entrance fees, English speaking guide, Cooking class & Lunch

Exclusions: Drinks, Insurance, Personal expenses, Tip; Car transfers from outside hotels/resorts to central city.