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Full Moon Festival
( 5-11pm)
Takes place on the 14th day of every lunar month. These festive evenings fea-
ture traditional food, song and dance, and games along the lantern-lit streets in the town
centre.
CULTURAL
TOURS AROUND HOI AN
The evergreen, quintessentially Vietnamese countryside and rural lanes around Hoi An beg to be ex-
plored, and you'll find several excellent tour operators offering trips in the region.
Motorbike and bicycle trips are wildly popular and there's no better way to appreciate the coun-
tryside than on two wheels. Jeep tours are another option.
The idyllic Cham Islands (
Click here
) make another perfect day-trip destination during the March to
September season. Both Hoi An dive schools run tours.
terrain and the trips make use of beautiful back roads and riverside tracks.
Offers a terrific mountain-bike trip to the My Son ruins that takes in country lanes and temple visits.
Hoi An Free Tour
( 0979 587 744;
www.hoianfreetour.com
)
Ride on a bike around the fringes of
Hoi An with students. You get to meet the locals and see village life; they get to practise their English.
Taste of Hoi An
( 0905 382 783;
www.tasteofhoian.com
) Walk the streets to meet the vendors,
then munch your lunch in an ancient (air-conditioned!) Hoi An townhouse.
Heaven & Earth
( 0510-386 4362;
www.vietnam-bicycle.com
;
57 Ð Ngo Quyen, An Hoi; tours
US$15-19) Cycling tours are well thought out and not too strenuous; they explore the Song Thu River
delta area.
Trinh; tours US$19) Has good bicycle tours along quiet country lanes past vegetable gardens and fish-
ing villages, and walking tours of Hoi An.
Heading up into the hills behind Hoi An, this group offers tours in original US jeeps to a Co Tu tribal
village. There are hot springs and great hikes in the region.
Hoi An Eco Tour
( 0510-392 8900;
www.hoianecotour.com.vn
; Phuoc Hai village; tours
US$38-72) Offers cultural activities along the river: you can fish, paddle a basket boat, ride a buffalo
or learn about wet rice planting.
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