Hoi An Bay Mau Basket Boat & Cooking Class Tour with Coffee & Lantern Making

Enjoy a basket boat, coffee, lantern and
cooking class in Hoi An's Bay Mau coconut forest

After hotel pickup in Hoi An, travel by car to Phu Lanh restaurant in the Bay Mau coconut forest. Explore the coconut forest by basket boat, then make Vietnamese coffee, craft a lantern and join a cooking class with a local chef, all with an English-speaking guide over about 4.5 hours. You will be driven back to your hotel at the end.

Explore the coconut forest by basket boat

Ride a traditional basket boat along the river through the Bay Mau coconut forest. Watch an exciting basket boat performance and experience local fishermen's daily life, including net casting, fishing and crab catching, while learning interesting facts about local life.

Brew phin coffee and make a Hoi An lantern

Back at the restaurant, learn how to brew traditional coffee with a Vietnamese phin filter from preparation to tasting, and enjoy the cup you made.

Then join a lantern-making class, learn about the history and cultural meaning of Hoi An lanterns, and take your handmade lantern home as a souvenir.

Cook Vietnamese dishes with a local chef

In a cooking class led by a local chef, learn to make fried spring rolls, banh xeo (Vietnamese savory pancake), fried wontons and cao lau, Hoi An's signature noodles. Afterwards, enjoy the dishes you cooked at the cozy restaurant in the heart of the coconut forest.