Ninh Binh Tam Coc Rice Culture & Rice Planting Experience with Straw Broom Making

Learn about rice culture at the Tam Coc Museum
and plant rice in the countryside

This experience of about 3 hours starts at the Tam Coc Museum and continues to the rice fields and Buffalo Cave. With a guide speaking English or Vietnamese, learn about rice culture, make a straw broom, try rice planting yourself and relax at Buffalo Cave.

Discover Vietnamese life shaped by rice at the museum

Guided by local staff, tour exhibits of traditional farming tools, everyday objects and stories passed down through generations. Try grinding and threshing rice and learn how rice has shaped daily life and culture in Vietnam.

Next, make a traditional straw broom from rice by-products, a simple craft that reflects the wisdom of rural life, and take it home as a souvenir.

Plant rice with local farmers in traditional clothes

Head out to the countryside, change into traditional farming clothes and learn simple techniques from local farmers to plant rice seedlings in a muddy paddy. Enjoy outdoor activities such as feeding ducks or buffalo and feel the rhythm of rural life.

Relax at Buffalo Cave and try traditional fishing

After the farm work, relax in the quiet countryside of Buffalo Cave, surrounded by mountains and rice fields, and stroll along its bamboo path.

With the fishing option, learn how locals catch fish in natural waterways and try traditional fishing with bamboo tools.