The 15 Best Cooking Classes with a Boat Ride

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,660 reviews · from $28Our pick

Spend 4.5 hours around Hoi An’s Cam Thanh coconut-palm waterways and local market. Guides such as Hai, Ly, Lily, and Phuong lead you through ingredient shopping, basket-boat riding, net fishing, and a hands-on class where you prepare four Vietnamese dishes and receive recipes.

“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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2.HCM: Mekong Delta Islands Boat & Tuk-Tuk Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,285 reviews · 9 hours · from $14Best value

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho for a full Mekong Delta day with guides such as Steve, Phong, Lam, and Little Trung. You will visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, cruise past four islands, ride a tuk-tuk, sample honey and coconut candy, eat Vietnamese lunch, and hear southern folk music.

“Kiem is the best tour guide ever!! He made our trip truly unforgettable, I would 100% recommend this tour to anyone looking to experience the beauty of the Mekong Delta, I hope you get Kiem so you can have a day that is as perfect as mine!”

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3.Hoi An: Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class

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

Meet your English-speaking guide at the Ivegan shop, visit a Hoi An food market, ride a bamboo basket boat through the coconut palms, then cook four Vietnamese dishes in a rural setting. Guides such as Anna, Thao, Linh, and Thuy are praised for patient teaching, with recipes sent afterward.

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

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4.Hoi An: Basket Boat with Lantern-Making & Cooking Class Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,444 reviews · 4h 30m · from $30

Spend 270 minutes with an English-speaking guide such as Lily, Hami, Rose, or Henry. Shop for ingredients, ride a coracle through Cam Thanh’s coconut palms, make a foldable lantern, and cook spring rolls, rice pancakes, papaya salad, chicken, and Cao Lau noodles.

“Really great! We did lots of activities and got lots of great information about Hoi An food and local life! Our tour guide was so friendly, funny, and happy!”

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

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

Meet a chef-guide such as Tram or Sonny for a market visit, basket boat ride, crab fishing in Cam Thanh’s nipa palm forest, and a two-hour cooking class. Hotel pickup in Hoi An, lunch or dinner, recipes, and safety gear are included.

“This was one of the best tours we have ever done. The boats were fun but by far the best was cooking with Tram. We were picked up on time at our hotel in Hoi An and then after 15 min drive out into the countryside we met Tram at the locRead more”

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6.Mekong Delta 4 Islands, TukTuk, Boat, Try Khot Cake Local Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,148 reviews · from $23

Spend about nine hours exploring My Tho and Ben Tre by motorboat, rowing boat, tuk tuk, and bicycle. You’ll visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, taste tropical fruit and coconut candy, make Bánh Khọt with a local chef, enjoy lunch, and hear traditional music. Guides such as Thanh, Tim, and Tam are praised for their care and humor.

“Good experience on Mekong Delta trip, Little Trung it was very good guide. Good food provided for lunch.”

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7.Hoi An: Basket Boat Ride, Cooking Class by Hangcoconut

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

Ride a bamboo basket boat through Bay Mau nipa forest, try crab fishing, then cook several Vietnamese dishes with instructors such as Thuy. Hotel pickup, return transport, ingredients, entrance, and a full meal are included. Expect a playful, touristy boat ride and a generous hands-on cooking class.

“The cooking class was very good, they were very helpful. The Boat trip was quite funny!”

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

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

Spend about 4.5 hours with a local English-speaking chef and guide, visiting Hoi An’s market, fishing from a bamboo basket boat, exploring Bay Mau Coconut Forest, then cooking and eating a Vietnamese meal. Hotel pickup in Hoi An is included. Mr. Tran has guided some departures.

“Really good experience from the local market to eating what we prepared ! Only weird point was the basket boat where we tried to fish but others (asiats) toutists were just there to sing and party… a bit strange but ok !”

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9.Traditional Cooking Class with Basket Boat Ride and market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 391 reviews · from $41

Spend four hours beyond Hoi An’s Old Town with a market visit, Thu Bon River cruise, Bay Mau coconut forest basket boat ride, water buffalo cart, herbal foot soak, and hands-on cooking. Guides such as Nhu, Hung, and Bé lead the experience, with vegetarian dishes available.

“This was a really great experience. The market tour was relatively short because it was extremely hot outside, but we appreciated our guide realizing the need for this. The two boat rides and ox cart ride really were very fun additions to the day and made this experience unique. The cooking class portion was good and the food very tasty. I would recommend this trip, it really had many unique aspects that made the day special.”

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10.Hoi An: Bay Mau Cooking Class w/ Market & Basket Boat Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 292 reviews · 3 hours - 330 minutes · from $25

Cook four Vietnamese dishes with English-speaking chefs such as Trang, Mo, Kieu, or Hon. Add a market visit and Cam Thanh basket boat ride for a fuller outing, then eat what you prepare with unlimited water and passion fruit juice.

“This was an amazing experience. All trip was well prepared and our guide - Trang was the best. She explained everything during cooking classes and was helpful and smiling all the time. Totally recommend this!”

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11.Da Nang/Hoi An: Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride, Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 253 reviews · 150 minutes - 5 hours · from $18

Choose a cooking class only, or add a market visit and basket boat ride. With hotel pickup from Hoi An or Da Nang, you’ll shop for local ingredients, cook three or four Vietnamese dishes with guides such as Vy or Flower, then sit down to eat.

“everything was great. cooking teacher was very informative and funny.”

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12.Hoi An: Lantern Making, Basket Boat, and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 233 reviews · from $15

Spend a half-day in Hoi An shopping at a local market, riding a bamboo basket boat through the water coconut forest, cooking pho, banh xeo, banh cuon, and che, then making a lantern. Guides such as Anna, Linh, Thao, and Luan lead the sessions.

“Our guide was very lovely and taught us so much. The food was exciting and delicious and we can’t wait to try at home. We’re also happy to have beautiful lanterns to take home with us to remember our trip! Thank you”

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13.Cocolocal Farm Cooking Class with market tour and basket boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 231 reviews · from $29

Spend about five hours with an English-speaking chef and guide at Cocolocal Farm. Tour a local market, sample tropical fruit, ride a basket boat through Bay Mau coconut forest, then cook dishes such as banh xeo, pho, papaya salad, and spring rolls.

“Food is so delicious and staff so friendly! We had 4 delicious meals and were rushing very well. Would recommend to everyone!”

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14.Hoi An: Cooking Class with Market, Lantern Making, Basket Boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 221 reviews · from $30

Spend about 4.5 hours exploring a Hoi An market, riding a coracle through Cam Thanh’s coconut waterways, making a traditional lantern, and cooking Vietnamese dishes. Hotel pickup, drop-off, an English-speaking guide, ingredients, and lunch are included. Guides may include Hami, Huong, Hoang, or Thao.

“This was a great 3 part experience, excellently run with a lot done over the 4 hours. Starting with a trip to a local market where our lovely guide talked through the feed that we were going to be working with, as well as some other unusual fruits, we the moved on to the basket boat (coracle) ride through a water-coconut forest (water-coconuts!! I have never seen these before.) There were a lot of groups doing the basket boats but it was still peaceful travelling through the forest tunnels. In our group of 8 we were then shown how to make the traditional Hoi An lanterns and we each made…”

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15.Full Experience Tour: Cooking Class & Basket Boat at Eco-Village

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 187 reviews · from $52

Meet the Hoang family near Tra Que Vegetable Village for welcome drinks, farm work, rice-paper making, a Vietnamese cooking class, cycling, a buffalo ride, and a bamboo basket boat trip. Guides such as Trang, Kun, and Sun help turn this six-hour outing into a personal look at rural life.

“The whole day was a lot of fun. Trang our guide/main hostess for the day was an absolute delight to spend time with. We took a ride in the basket boats, took a short ride on a water buffalo, toured the garden and did a bit of planting and Read more”

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