Things to do in Hoian

Things to Do

Cooking lessons are offered at several restaurants around town. If you enjoyed your meal there, it can't hurt to inquire. There are also several established cooking schools with good reputations including "Morning Glory" and "Red Bridge" who offer a variety of courses ranging in price from 16 - 55 USD. In any of these "good reputation" schools, as a hands on experience, you can only learn as far as how to chop the vegetables and roll the spring roll. The rest is done secretly, the making of the sauce, the techniques of frying the spring roll, or the grilling the beef. What's so inadequate about these schools is that the instructors are locals who are not really used to English pronunciations and they speak very fast, and you would have to fill in the blanks and do more word solving puzzles. At the end, you will have to fill up a survey, for some reason everybody (since 100% of the students are westerners) agree about the hygiene problem (an average of below 5 out of 10).

Cham Island Diving has been operating from Hoi An since 2002. The Dive Center and international team offer daily boat and speedboat tours to Cham Island for scuba diving and snorkelling activities. Boat tours can be booked at our Dive Bar and restaurant in Hoi An old City where our diving and snorkeling team will be happy to help you, regardless of your ability or experience.

Karma Waters operating in Hoi An since 2005 and now in the Ancient Town opposite Anh Phu Hotel 213 Nguyen Duy Hieu tel. +84 510 3927632 is a unique vegan restaurant and Responsible Tourism operator who in 2009 created Cooperative and Homestay in Bai Huong, Cham Islands. Focused on UNESCO culture tours and low impact tours and activities such as kayaking, cycling, hiking & sailing Karma Waters provides sustainable, authentic and real experiences. Vegan cooking classes.

Hội An Eco Tour is a unique cultural tourist attraction. Learn how to catch fish, row a basket boat with local fisherman through the coconut palm paradise. Rather than focusing on historical artifacts of Vietnam, the eco tour focuses on the historical, and living culture of the people of Hội An. Very friendly tour guide and staff. All drinks and a great dinner included (Fisherman to Coconut palm paradise tour). A bit more expensive than other tours but a very nice experience (doing rather than seeing).

Gioan Riverside Restaurant Cooking Lessons, 94B, Bach Dang Street (Along the river in Old Town), ☎ 0510. 3863899 Offers cooking classes that do not require an advance reservation and they will accommodate a single person whereas many other places have a two-person minimum for classes. Of course, you get to eat what you cook. Add another dollar for each additional dish and/or trip to the market to buy ingredients. They will offer to sell you some of the cooking tools used at the end of the class. Price varies depending on number of students and number of meals.

The Kianh Foundation, 140 Nguyen Truong To, ☎ 0510 3917993. A UK charity that has worked in Hoi An since 2001, providing health and education services to disabled children. It is building a day centre just outside Hoi An to provide vital special education and physiotherapy services to some of the 900+ children that are without access to these essential services. Visit their Hoi An office to find out more about their work and how you can help to make a difference.

Bicycle tour to Cam Kim Island with Hoi An volunteer student, 3 hours. Cam Kim is a scenic rural island which is almost entirely free of tourists. Stunning rural scenes, rice paddies, villages, fields of water buffalo and quiet roads are the big draws of Cam Kim. With your bike, you will be able to explore numerous picturesque pathways along with some marvellous bamboo bridge. There’ll be plenty of opportunities for taking photos and just taking in the wonderful scenery.

Hoian Beach

An Bang Beach, An Bang Beach (2.5 km from town. Take Hai Ba Trung St. towards the sea.)

Cua Dai Beach.