Duration
6–7 hours
Difficulty
Easy
From
$45
Best Time
Year-round
About This Experience
The complete Hoi An experience in one day — make your own silk lantern in a 400-year-old lantern workshop, then learn to cook 6 traditional Vietnamese dishes starting with a morning market tour, before releasing your lantern into the Thu Bon River at sunset.
Highlights
1
Hand-make a traditional silk lantern to take home2
Morning market with local chef3
Cook 6 Vietnamese dishes from scratch4
Release your lantern on the river at sunset5
Small group in a local family homeWhat's Included
Lantern materials and instruction
Market tour
All cooking ingredients
Full meal of cooked dishes
Lantern for the river ceremony
What to Bring
Comfortable clothesCameraVegetarian preference noted at booking
Best Time to Go
Year-round. Full moon nights when hundreds of lanterns are released are magical.
Why book with WDC?
Personal advisor handles all logistics
Best local operators, vetted by our team
Flexible rescheduling if plans change
One point of contact for your whole trip