Private Wet Rice Growing Day Tour from Hanoi with Lunch
ID: GYG37609-46838
Category:
Country: Vietnam
Duration:
08:00 hours
Description
Learn more about rice, the staple diet in many Asian countries, during a private, full-day, hands-on tour. Bike through the countryside, then find out how rice is cultivated as you set to work in the paddies. After, enjoy a rice meal with a local family.
Find out the process of rice growing in Vietnam, from farm to table, with a full-day private experience outside of Hanoi. Learn how to cultivate rice in the fields and understand the challenges of Vietnamese farmers.
Your day begins with a bike ride through the countryside. Travel past the rice paddies, enjoying the fresh air and surrounding nature. Then arrive at the home of a local farmer and find out more about daily life. Enjoy a cup of tea and then put on your farming clothes. Then you will head out into the muddy rice fields.
In the fields, learn about the process of growing wet rice from your guide. Watch the farmer using the cow plough and discover more about the water system. Then transplant baby wet rice in the fields.
Afterward, you will have the opportunity to meet a local family who owns a garden, fish pond. Then return to the home of the farmer, where you will enjoy a traditional rice meal, accompanied by a cold beer or soft drink, before heading back to Hanoi.
Highlights
- Join local farmers working in the rice paddies
- Bicycle through the countryside surrounding Hanoi
- Discover the many steps and struggles involved in growing rice
- Eat a traditional rice meal for lunch with a local family
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please note that you may get dirty but we do offer hot shower, don't forget to bring some clothes to change just in case
Pick-up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
