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Half-day HOI AN BOAT TRIP TO CARPENTRY VILLAGE, POTTERY VILLAGE & LANTERN MAKING

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4 Hours 30 Minutes Mobile ticket Offered in: English
Overview

A relaxing boat tour along the lovely Thu Bon River, combined with visiting traditional craft villages; gain an interesting insight into the traditional manual craft field that have been providing livelihoods to the locals for centuries.

Highlights:
- Jump aboard a local-style boat to traverse the waterways from Hoi An to the nearby craft villages
- Visit Thanh Ha pottery village famous for formerly providing decorative pottery to the palaces of the Nguyen Dynasty
- Visit Thanh Ha Terra Cotta Park Museum
- View the hand-crafting of decorative pottery; teapots and cups, vases and bowls; and have a product made especially for you
- Travel by boat to Kim Bong carpentry village to watch how traditional wooden fishing boats are made
- See skilled carpenters create handcrafted furniture and carvings

What's Included
  1. Transportation with air-conditioning
  2. Travel insurance
  3. Bottled drinking water
  4. Transfer and transportation as per itinerary
  5. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Hoi An City Center
  6. Entrance fees, Boat
  7. English speaking guides (other languages available upon request with surcharge)
  1. Personal expenses such as: shopping, telephone, beverage, etc.
  2. Tips and gratuities
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What To Expect
Kim Bong Carpentry Village

We will take a 30-minute boat ride to the Kim Bong Carpentry Village. This is a traditional craft village in Hoi An and formed in the 15th century by the Northerners: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh. Visit and learn about the shipbuilding area where wooden fishing vessels are built using traditional techniques. You will also have a stop at the carpentry workshop where carpenters create handcrafted furniture and sculptures

1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Thanh Ha Pottery Village

Continue taking another boat ride to Thanh Ha Pottery Village where you will observe how the villagers making pottery products such as vases, pots and kettles. Thanh Ha Pottery Village has over 500 years of history from the establishing period up to now. We then visit Thanh Ha Terra Cotta Park Museum, where masterpiece series includes works of art of human architecture & sculpture are clearly and vividly re-appeared, such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy), Taj Mahal (India), Sydney Opera House (Australia), the White House (USA), Pyramid (Egypt), Notre Dame (France)… made entirely of clay, made by the artisans in village.

45 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Hoi An

Finish the tour by visiting the home of a local lantern craftsman to learn the traditional art of lantern making. Lantern making in Hoi An is recognized as one of nine traditional craft villages in Vietnam.

40 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info
  1. Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  2. Maximum 1 child accompanied 1 adult, the 2nd child will pay the adult price.
  1. Free for children 0-5 years old ; 50% off for children 6-10 years old

Operated by Hoi An Express Travel

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  1. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
  2. Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  3. If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  4. Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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Product code: 6528P90

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