The 15 Best Boat Tours in Hoi An

1.Basket Boat Ride in the Coconut Forest

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 4,956 reviews · 50 minutes - 3 hours · from $3Our pick

Ride a traditional basket boat through Hoi An’s Bay Mau Coconut Forest, try crab fishing, watch net casting, and enjoy lively local guides.

“Quick smooth pickup/return from our hotel, and trip lasted about 2 hours in total. We had a really fun time in the basket boat ride in Coconut Forest - lots of fun photo stops from our guide, who also videoed our boat spinning too (the spinning itself was an extra 150,000vnd for 2 people, which was well worth it) They also had a professional photographer stationed on the water, and it was only 100,000VND for all the digital photos! Really recommend trip for anyone in Hoi an.”

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2.Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,660 reviews · from $28Top rated

Review of Hoi An’s market, basket boat, fishing, and cooking class, with practical advice on food, value, timing, guides, and what to expect.

“Absolutely great value for money, our host and chef was fantastic, he was very friendly, funny, and informative. very clean and professional kitchen. Coconut boats were a hoot. Great fun and learnt a lot.”

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3.Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,208 reviews · from $17

Explore Hoi An’s market, paddle a coconut forest by basket boat, and cook four Vietnamese dishes in a rural kitchen for $17.

“Perfect activity made loads of food and was in a lovely location”

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4.Hoai River Boat Trip by Night and Floating Lantern

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,988 reviews · 20 min · from $8

A 20-minute private wooden boat ride through lantern-lit Hoi An, with a floating candle lantern and guide escort for $8.

“We met our guide who then took us to the river. It was beautiful on the lake and our boatman was very helpful with getting us on and off and also took photos for us. He also lit the candles of our lanterns which we then put on the water. A lovely 20 min trip.”

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5.River Lantern Boat Experience with Free 5G eSIM

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,819 reviews · 20 min · from $8

Glide along Hoi An’s lantern-lit Hoai River, release a wish lantern, sip herbal tea, and explore the Old Town for $8.

“The team were very obliging and even helped when I could not attend and rescheduled my date very kind and an amazing g experience”

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6.Coconut Basket Boat Ride by Hangcoconut

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,364 reviews · 1 - 2 hours · from $3

Review of Hangcoconut’s Hoi An basket boat ride, with crab fishing, river performances, karaoke, pricing, tips, and practical booking advice.

“friendly people and easy to access. if you want spinning you can, if you dont you dont. no extra money changed!”

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7.Hoi An Cooking Class(Local market,Basket Boat,Fishing & Cooking)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,323 reviews · from $28

Hoi An cooking class with a local market visit, Bay Mau basket boat ride, crab fishing, and a Vietnamese meal for $28.21.

“This was a great experience. From the pick up to the drop off everything went smoothly. Going to the market to shop for ingredients was the best. And the Basket boats were so much fun. Sonny, the Chef, was not only skilled but very entertaining and made the whole group look good. And the food was delicious. It was one of the best cooking tours I have taken. I will do it again next time I am in Hoi An. I definitely recommend this tour. Just do it. It was great.”

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8.Coconut Basket Boat Ride in the Coconut Forest

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 971 reviews · from $5

Review of Hoi An’s $5 coconut basket boat ride, with crab fishing, net casting, boat spinning, timing tips, transport, and honest drawbacks.

“We had an amazing experience doing the traditional boat tour at Green Coconut Village. From the moment we arrived at the LÀNG DỪA XANH restaurant, we were warmly welcomed with cold water and a nice fan to cool off — such a thoughRead more”

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9.Basket Boat Ride, Cooking Class by Hangcoconut

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 802 reviews · 3 hours · from $19

Review of Hoi An’s Hangcoconut tour, combining Bay Mau basket boats, crab fishing, Vietnamese cooking, hotel pickup, and a generous meal.

“It was great, since the beginning, they were clear and picked us on time, we had a great cooking class, delicious food and ended up in the river for the boat ride. Definitely recommended.”

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10.Coconut Jungle Eco & Hoi An City Tour With Boat Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 800 reviews · from $42

Review of Hoi An’s coconut forest, basket boats, ancient town, lantern cruise, local dinner, price, timing, and practical tips.

“Tour guide was excellent and very informative. Lots of information before pick up. Trip went as planned.”

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11.Evening Walking Food Tour, folk game and lantern boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 665 reviews · from $39

Taste Hoi An specialties, play Vietnamese bingo, and release a lantern on a four-hour evening food walk for $39.

“Amazing food! You have to come hungry. Very different type of cuisine, quite special. Everything went well.”

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12.My Son Sanctuary and Thu Bon River Boat Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 653 reviews · 5 hours · from $16

Review of Hoi An’s My Son Sanctuary and Thu Bon River trip, with Champa temples, dance, local food, guide tips, costs, and practical advice.

“We were very pleased with the tour and highly recommend it, especially with guide Lee.”

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13.My Son Sanctuary Morning Tour & Early Morning with Boat Trip

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 645 reviews · from $19

Visit My Son before the heat, make rice paper, eat local noodles, and return to Hoi An by boat on this affordable six-hour tour.

“Well organised tour. A shame My Son is so crowded and hot. The cultural show was an unexpected bonus. Guide was friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Loved the boat ride back to old town.”

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14.Hoi An Eco Tour Cooking Class & Fishing (Local market,basket boat,learn cooking)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 567 reviews · from $29

Review of Hoi An Eco Tour’s market visit, basket boat fishing, coconut forest stop, and hands-on Vietnamese cooking class.

“We had a great time! We chose the afternoon tour and so glad we did. The food was filling! The basket boats are so fun - expect to pay a little tip for the spinning of boat or fishing. They even do karaoke!! Don’t expect to learn much about the coconut trees…”

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15.My Son Sanctuary Afternoon Tour & Boat Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 497 reviews · 5 hours - 330 minutes · from $16

Explore My Son Sanctuary from Hoi An with a Champa dance show, English guide, packed snack, and sunset boat ride for $16.

“I would highly recommend this tour to everyone. Our tour guide Cam was amazing. Great knowledge shared with so much passion. He was very kindly taking care of everyone in the group making sure everyone is happy. Additionally Cam shared a story of a polish national- Kazimierz Kwiatkowski, well known for his efforts to preserve historical and archaeological sites in Vietnam such as the Imperial City of Huế, Hội An and Mỹ Sơn As a polish national myself I was truly touched by this and thank you so much Cam for sharing this story with us.”

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