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Private tourNEW 2026Da Nang & Hoi AnSmall group · Local experience
Hoi An Coconut Jungle, Old Town and Lantern Boat Evening Tour
A round basket boat through the Cam Thanh water coconut palms, with a local rower and a short basket boat show. Then the Old... Ava Travel price: from $36.
Questions before you book? Message us on WhatsApp or send an email. Phone +84 904 251 545. Ava Travel Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Style
Private tour
Da Nang & Hoi An
Duration
Flexible itinerary
Pickup support available
Choose your tour option
Live prices for the date and group size you pick. Ava confirms your departure and pickup within 1 hour of booking.
Prices are the total for the travellers and the date you pick. Ava reconfirms the departure and the pickup point within 1 hour.
Tour optionWhat's includedPrice
Group tour
Small group departureJoin a small group on the same route
✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Meals as listed✓ Hotel pickup and drop-off
Best value—total · 2 travellers
Secure checkout
Private tour
Your group onlySame route, your own pace and departure time
✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Meals as listed✓ Hotel pickup and drop-off
—total · 2 travellers
Secure checkout
- We confirm your departure and pickup within 1 hour
- Cancel more than 30 days ahead at no cost
- No booking fee. The price shown is the price you pay
Full refund if you cancel more than 30 days before check-in
- More than 30 days before check-inFree
- 30 to 11 days before check-in15% of total
- 10 to 7 days before check-in30% of total
- Less than 7 days, or no-show100% of total
A change of travel date counts as a cancellation and a new booking, and the same scale applies.
If the operator cancels the cruise, or in case of severe weather or force majeure, we move your date free of charge, or refund you in full if we cannot reschedule.
Price includes all taxes and service charges.
Da Nang & Hoi An tour overview
Why this trip
- A round basket boat through the Cam Thanh water coconut palms, with a local rower and a short basket boat show.
- Then the Old Town on foot: Tan Ky House, the Cantonese Assembly Hall, the ceramics museum and the Japanese Covered Bridge.
- A traditional music show, free time at the night market and dinner of Hoi An dishes.
- The evening ends on the Hoai River in a small wooden boat, setting a paper lantern on the water.
An honest note: the Old Town and the river are crowded at lantern time, most evenings of the year. The boat ride is short, around 15 to 20 minutes, and is more about the lanterns than the distance.
At a glance
| Duration | About 5.5 hours, 13:30 to 19:00 |
| Start and finish | Your hotel in Hoi An |
| Group size | Up to 12 on a group departure. Private for 1 to 12 |
| Walking | Easy. About 2 km on flat streets in the Old Town |
| Best for | A first afternoon and evening in Hoi An |
| Guide | English-speaking guide |
Price
Group departure. You join a small group on the same route with the same guide standard.
| Per adult | $36 |
Private departure. Your own guide and vehicle, your own pace. The total falls per person as your group grows.
| Group size | Total | Per person |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $148 | $148 |
| 2 people | $174 | $87 |
| 3 people | $235 | $78 |
| 4 people | $313 | $78 |
| 5 people | $350 | $70 |
| 6 people | $419 | $70 |
| 7 people | $438 | $63 |
| 8 people | $501 | $63 |
| 9 people | $513 | $57 |
| 10 people | $570 | $57 |
| 11 people | $535 | $49 |
| 12 people | $584 | $49 |
Travelling alone. One person on a group departure pays $62, shown in the booking box before you pay.
Children. Children under 5 travel free when they share a seat and a meal with a parent. Ages 5 to 9 pay 75 per cent of the adult price, and from 10 years the adult price applies. Children under 4 need a small boat ticket for the lantern boat, paid on the spot. Tell us the ages when you book and we apply it before you pay.
How it works
- Book and confirm. Pay at checkout or message us on WhatsApp first. We confirm your date, pickup time and guide within one hour.
- Pickup. Hotel pickup in Hoi An.
- On the day. About 5.5 hours, 13:30 to 19:00. Your guide keeps the timings loose enough for photographs and questions.
What's included
Hotel pickup and drop-offEnglish-speaking guideOld Town entrance ticketBasket boat rideSampan ride and flower lanternSet dinner of Hoi An cuisineWater, 500 ml
Your itinerary
Cam Thanh coconut palms, the Old Town and the lantern boat
Meals: set dinner.
- 13:30, pickup at your hotel in Hoi An.
- Cam Thanh water coconut forest: try rowing a basket boat, and watch the basket boat show.
- Old Town walk: Traditional Performing Arts House show, Museum of Trade Ceramics, Tan Ky Ancient House, Cantonese Assembly Hall and the Japanese Covered Bridge.
- Free time at the night market, then dinner of Hoi An specialities.
- Around 18:30, a sampan ride on the Hoai River and a flower lantern set on the water.
- 19:00, back at your hotel.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for planning this trip with Ava Travel.
No. The Old Town walk is the middle of it. Before that you are out in the Cam Thanh palms on a basket boat, and dinner is included.
Yes, the group departure can pick up in Da Nang at 12:30, returning around 20:30. Ask us before booking so we set the right pickup.
Rarely more than a splash. The rower does the work unless you want to try.
The group price is per person. The private price is the total for your party and the table on this page shows it for every group size. Prices are in US dollars and include taxes and service charges, and there is no booking fee or card surcharge, so the total at checkout is the total you pay.
Within one hour. We come back to you with the pickup time, the meeting point and your guide, and tell you what to bring.
More than 30 days before departure costs nothing. From 30 to 11 days we keep 15 per cent, from 10 to 7 days 30 per cent, and inside 7 days or a no-show is charged in full. Changing your date counts as a cancellation and a new booking. If we cancel, or weather makes the tour unsafe, we move your date at no cost or refund you in full.
What guests say about Ava Travel
5.0Tripadvisor rating
These are real Tripadvisor reviews of Ava Travel as your booking agent, quoted word for word. They are not reviews of Hoi An Coconut Jungle, Old Town and Lantern Boat Evening Tour itself.
★★★★★
Kehren Eade
“She made the process SO easy, SO manageable, we felt we were in great hands at all times, even though everything was done by remote!”
Tripadvisor, August 2026
★★★★★
Arshia Z
“Whenever we had questions or needed assistance, the response was prompt, helpful, and reassuring.”
Tripadvisor, June 2026
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