TRA QUE VEGETABLE VILLAGE TRAVEL IN HOI AN
Trip Details
Price Details
PRIVATE TRIP
Type: Escorted
Transport: Bike
Length: Within a day
Full Itinerary
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 Pho Hoi 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.
 One-day tour
9:00: Reception at Hoi An Travel (6 Tran Hung Dao Street). 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 discovering about the use of egetables in traditional Vietnamese medicine. You will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. Continue doing activities such as: raking, sowing, watering greens, picking greens and many more gardening activities. Then spend the rest of the morning working the land in the time honoured way, before breaking to prepare lunch with a local family. Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including ‘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 thevegetables.
Around 15.00, bid farewell to your host family before riding back to Hoi An, on the way back stop at Nhat tomb and Ba Le well. The tour finishes at 16h00.
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.
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Package price (US$) for year 2008
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One day tour
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Pax
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1
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2
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3 - 5
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6 - 9
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10 - 14
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15 - 19
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> 20
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Price
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37
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28
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27
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26
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24
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23
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22
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Children under 12 years old: pay half price - 1 free group leader/tour erscort for group of over 15 paying full price
- Village visiting fee
- Bike
- Local guide
- Guide by the host (host payment)
- Use of tools, cookery lesson of 1 Tam Huu dish, xeo cake and lunch, VAT.
- Prices above are exclusive of: Travel insurance and expenses not included above
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Half day tour
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Pax
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1
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2
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3 - 5
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6 - 9
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10 - 14
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15 - 19
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> 20
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Price
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24
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20
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19
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18
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17
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16
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15
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Children under 12 years old: pay half price - 1 free group leader/tour erscort for group of over 15 paying full price
- Village visiting fee
- Bike
- Local guide
- Guide by the host (host payment)
- Use of tools, cookery lesson of 1 Tam Huu dish, xeo cake and lunch, VAT.
- Prices above are exclusive of: Travel insurance and expenses not included above
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