Vietnam Garden Tours: 13 to Book

1.Mekong Delta Homestay 2-Day at Family Tiny Garden – Small Group

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 410 reviews · from $89Our pick

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for a small-group Mekong Delta stay at Family Tiny Garden. Guides such as Chow, Dennis, Son, Phong, and Phat lead cycling, fishing, cooking, kayaking, river cruises, and village visits. You sleep in the countryside, then ride at sunrise to local markets and rice fields.

“The tour at Mekong Delta & home stay at Family Tiny Garden had been an amazing adventure. Tour guide was passionate and provided many insights about Saigon. The homestay was the best, this must have been the best one we did. We experienced Authentic Vietnamese hospitality and rural life here. Host was extremely welcoming, introducing local delicacies i.e. snake meat, sun rise cycling, sipping coffee early hours, fishing …. So much more. A well spent and pleasant trip. I strongly recommend this.”

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2.Botanic Garden – Paradise Cave – Zipline – Mudbath at Dark Cave

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 79 reviews · from $53

Spend eight hours in Phong Nha National Park with a forest walk, Gio and Vang Anh waterfalls, Paradise Cave, and Dark Cave. You will climb 570 steps, zip across the Chay River, swim into a cave, enjoy a natural mud bath, and kayak. Guides may include Ha, Sarah, Sand, Haha, Hannah, or Tài.

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3.Home Cooking Class: Market, Garden and cooking 4 dishes

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 61 reviews · from $26Best value

Spend four hours with a local family in Da Nang, starting with Vietnamese coffee and a visit to Han Market. Work in a vegetable garden, then cook four dishes at a local home. Guides including Jane, Nhi, Lyn, and Anna lead the hands-on class. Menus change by day, with pickup available for the full tour.

“Good experience n learning at farm n esp local market. Hands on cooking with helpful tips. Host Lyn, her mum n Sophia were helpful n demonstrate well. Great conversations as Lyn speaks good English. Enjoyed our class much.”

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4.Cooking Class Hoi An – Organic Garden – Farming Tour-Handicrafts

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · from $33

Spend 3 to 4 hours at Caman Village near Hoi An, gathering herbs, making an herbal drink, playing folk games, and cooking 3 to 4 Vietnamese dishes. You will also explore the organic garden, make rice paper, and leave with a recipe book and participation certificate.

“The ladies who work at the organic garden are very welcoming and knowledgeable. I learned a lot about Vietnamese cuisine as well as life in Vietnam in general. I think everyone would enjoy the cooking class even if you don't cook yourselRead more”

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5.Hue’s Vegetarian Cooking Class in Ancient Garden

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · from $89

Spend three hours at An Nhien Garden with host and cooking teacher Nhien. Tour her family’s ancestral home, see more than 50 artworks, prepare fig and king oyster mushroom salad plus An Nhien rolls, then sit down to a five-course Hue vegetarian meal.

“Nhien was an amazing host and cooking teacher! Her family story is compelling and her retelling is riveting! Highly recommend her cooking class!”

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6.Can Tho Floating Market and Fruit Garden Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · from $55

Start at 6:00 am with an English-speaking local guide and a small group of up to 10. Cruise to Cai Rang Floating Market by wooden boat, eat breakfast on the water, visit a noodle-making workshop, glide through a narrow canal, and sample seasonal fruit in a local garden.

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7.Can Tho: Cycling in Village-Fruit Garden-Experience Local Ferry

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · from $47

Spend about four hours cycling beyond Can Tho’s city center, sampling Vietnamese breakfast and local fruit, crossing the Mekong by ferry, and visiting a dragon fruit farm, Truc Lam Phuong Nam Pagoda, and Gian Gua Ficus Garden. Pickup, bikes, snacks, and a small group of up to 15 are included. Ask ahead which advertised stops are running that day.

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8.Viet Garden Cooking Class (Countryside and Market tour)

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 12 reviews · from $75

Chef Dat takes you from Nha Trang into the countryside for a six-hour food tour. Shop at a local market, visit mat weavers, a bakery, noodle factory, and garden, then cook three Vietnamese dishes at his family home. Transportation, an English-speaking guide, and cooking-class food are included.

“It was a wonderful experience and we are so glad we did it. It was the highlight of our visit to Nha Trang. Chef Dac taught us more than how to cook some beautiful dishes it was such an informative day learning about Vietnamese people and how they live. I highly recommend it you won’t be disappointed.”

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9.Can Tho Countryside Bike Tour with Fruit Garden Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $30

Ride from Can Tho into the Mekong Delta countryside with a guide such as Nhung, Nga, or Jason. Taste seasonal fruit at Ba Láng, see the ancient Gian Gua banyan, then visit Muoi Cuong Cacao Farm for cacao and chocolate samples. The 4 to 5-hour afternoon tour ends by the river and is limited to six adults.

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10.Explore Untouched Bai Tu Long: 2-Day Garden Bay Cruise Journey

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $166

Spend two days aboard a traditional boat in quieter Bai Tu Long Bay. From Hanoi, you’ll kayak near Cap La Island, relax on a beach, learn Vietnamese cooking, visit Vung Vieng Fishing Village by rowing boat, and sleep in an ocean-view cabin. Guides named Ana, Tommy, and Hung have been praised for warm, clear service, though your guide is assigned on departure.

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11.Can Tho day tour: fruit garden&floating fish farm in Son islet

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $53

Spend five hours on Son Islet with a local guide, tasting seasonal fruit, visiting a traditional home, making local cakes, eating lunch, and seeing a floating fish farm at sunset. Guides such as Thi and Edward are praised for their humor, care, and local insight. The private tour costs $53 per person and starts at Co Bac Wharf.

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12.Hoi An Countryside: Biking, basket boat, herb garden, foods

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $35

You’ll cycle from Hoi An to Cam Thanh Water Coconut Village and Tra Que, with an English-speaking guide and a group of up to 10. Paddle a round basket boat, try crab catching and palm-leaf crafts, visit a working herb garden, ride a water buffalo, and eat a locally prepared lunch. The four-hour trip includes pickup, bikes, entrance fees, and food.

“A great day at the countryside, a very warm family , nice moments in the coconut boat, we can recommend!”

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13.Garden Bay Cruises – Traditional Wooden Boat to Bai Tu Long Bay

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 2 reviews · from $165

You’ll cruise from Ha Long to quieter Bai Tu Long Bay on a traditional wooden boat, with a private sea-view cabin, meals, kayaking, a beach stop at Cap La, and a rowing-boat visit to Vung Vieng Fishing Village. Hanoi transfers are available for an extra charge. The boat carries up to 30 people.

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