Beside Hoi An City Tour, we also offer other tours arround Hoi An with cheap tourist guides:
1. My Son Hollyland Tour 31 USD/2 pax ( tour begins at any time) Including English speaking tourguide, entrance tickets, 4 seats A.C car and 2 bottles of water. Not including: meal or other expenditure.
2. Marble Mountain Tour 27 USD/2 pax (tour begins from 9 am or 2 pm) Including: English speaking tourguide, entracne fee, 4 seats A.C car and 2 bottles of water. Not including meal or other expenditure.
3. Pottery Village Tour
Depart: 9am or 2pm
Duration: 2 hours
Price: 09 USD/pax
Inclusive: entrance ticket, car, guide
Pottery is not just a significant and traditional craft in Vietnam, but also an important means of livelihood. The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An is a famous example in this type of an establishment that aims at furthering tradition as well as employment. The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An is located in the Quang Nam Province in the Thanh Ha ward; Hoi An lies 3 Km to the east of it. The pottery village has a long historical legacy attached to it. The tradition dated back to the time when the Nguyen Dynasty of Hue invited craftsmen from the Thanh Ha Pottery Village to fashion some decorative as well as useful articles for the palace. This one event gained them sufficient renown to last them a lifetime. Henceforth, the village began a Mandrain system of grading craftsmen according to their talent. The most talented held the ninth position. The pottery at the Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An are all manually crafted and are exported world over. The techniques that they use are unique from those prevalent in other provinces. The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An crafts decorative articles along with useful items like cups, jars, bowls and pots. The flower pots made here are particularly sought after.
The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An used clay mixing techniques, burning and baking time and heat modulations to bring out different colors like pink, pinkish-yellow, red, light brown and ink-black in the wares. The craftsmen also modulate all these aspects to achieve immense durability in their products. Aside of the regular articles, the Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An is also renowned for its bricks and tiles of various shapes and sizes. In fact its bricks and tiles are sourced out to the entire local as well as many foreign regions. It is the most trusted name for contractors engaged in tasks of renovation.
4. Carpentry Village Tour
5. VEGETABLE VILLAGE TOUR
Depart: 9am or 2pm
Duration: 2 hours
Price: 9 USD/pax
Inclusive: entrance ticket, boat, guide
The village craft centre and workshops showcases craft items and the painstaking process by which they are produced, using specialist tools and techniques that have been passed down since the 15th century - when Hoi An flourished as a major sea port.
The workshops today make hand crafted furniture and sculptures as well as a range of tempting souvenirs, some of which are exported a field as Europe and North America. Kim Bong craftsmen made a vital contribution to the recent restoration of historic buildings after Hoi An was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999. Moreover, they have been encouraged and rewarded by UNESCO for their preservation efforts.
You will be picked up & taken on a boat trip on Hoian River to visit Kim Bong carpentry village.
You will visit Mr. Huynh Ry's home and ship-building yard. Then take a bicycle tour to explore Tien Hien temple, Kim Buu pagoda, Phan homestead - a former French-styled constructed house, paddy-field, Huynh family's temple, village school, coracle boats, mat weaving, & bamboo bridge. You will witness the local games played by children - marbles, skipping, hop, Chinese chess, ong lang, & co ganh. You will enjoy snacking on corn, cassava, sweet potato, as well as local season fruits such as watermelon & pineapple. From here it is back to the wharf with an optional sailing coracle boat (rowed by local people).
Payment will be settled in the end of your tour directly to our tourist guide.
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