Hangcoconut · Hotel pickup
Hangcoconut's eco-tour from your hotel: a basket boat through the canals of the Bay Mau nipa forest, crab fishing and a boat performance, then a class with the chefs. Pick it if the boat is the part you are most excited about and you want the transport sorted.
You are picked up from your hotel and driven to the Bay Mau nipa forest, the water coconut palms of Cam Thanh. There you switch to a coracle, the round bamboo basket boat, and paddle along the canals under the fronds. Local tour guides and an English-speaking guide look after you, and the outing takes 4 to 4.5 hours. The location can vary with the option you book, per the listing. The Bay Mau coconut forest in Cam Thanh lies about 3 km from the old town and was a revolutionary base during the wars, per the Da Nang Department of Tourism.
On the water the locals teach you to paddle a basket boat and to fish for crabs. You watch a basket boat performance and some boat racing, and see the traditional way the fishermen here catch fish. Then it is on to a restaurant for a cooking class with the chefs, who share what they know about Vietnamese food culture while you work. You eat what you made as lunch or dinner, and the car takes you back to your hotel. Guests single out a fresh papaya salad, and one mentions taking leftovers away.
Included: transportation, the basket boat ride, the entrance fee ticket, the guides and lunch or dinner. Not included: personal expenses and tips. Vegetarian options are available if you tell them in advance, and smoking is not allowed. A friendly tip: bring what the listing suggests, comfortable shoes, a hat, sunscreen, water, insect repellent and a camera, plus a raincoat or umbrella in case the weather turns.
Transport to the Bay Mau nipa forest in Cam Thanh.
Switch to a coracle and learn to paddle it on the canals of the forest.
Fish for crabs, watch the basket boat performance and the racing, and see how the fishermen work.
Cook with the chefs and hear about Vietnamese food culture as you go.
Lunch or dinner of what you made, then the drive back to your hotel.
★★★★★What a fun morning! My host on the coconut basket boat was Nam [...] he was absolutely lovely. We spent the whole ride giggling and laughing, he made it so enjoyable and I felt very safe. The cooking class afterwards was fantastic too. The food was amazing [...] I especially loved the papaya salad, it was so fresh and delicious!
★★★★★Thuy was fantastic we had a lovely time at the cooking course, and we loved the basket boat ride!
★★★★★It was a great activity! The boat driver was very cheerful and joked around with us a lot. The instructor Thuy was also great and gave us excellent tips.
★★★★★I went to the basket boat ride and cooking class after with my friends and I absolutely adored it, I had such a good time [...] She welcomed us like we were her own family and taught me how to cook even though I was so nervous !!
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Yes. Transportation is included: you are picked up from your hotel and taken back at the end, per the listing.
Yes. Crab fishing by basket boat is part of the tour, per the listing, along with a basket boat performance and boat racing.
Either, depending on your slot. The listing includes lunch or dinner, made from what you cook in the class.
It starts from $20 per person on GetYourGuide, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Personal expenses and tips are extra.
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Crab fishing from a basket boat in the nipa palms, then a class, with transport.
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