HOI AN RIVER CRUISES
A river gives you one good window a day and it is easy to spend it on the wrong boat. These 11 hoi an river cruises are the ones that repay the window, with the fare, the hours aboard and the pier for each.
Float beneath Hoi An’s lanterns on a private 20-minute wooden boat ride, release a paper lantern, and enjoy an easy, atmospheric evening activity.
“The river was beautiful at night, and each party got their own boat, which was very nice. There was a crazy amount if people and boats in the area, but the experience was nice”
Review of Hoi An’s 20-minute lantern boat ride, with river views, floating lanterns, herbal tea, eSIM, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“good trip on the boat! very beautiful and memorable experience. long queue to get on the boat, but it's a very popular attraction in hoi an. very worthwhile!”
Explore My Son Sanctuary, see a Cham dance, enjoy local food, and cruise the Thu Bon River back to Hoi An for $16.
“Ben was a great guide and very informative on the tour, lots of interesting facts and information”
Explore My Son Sanctuary, enjoy a Champa performance, then cruise the Thu Bon River at sunset with BBQ or banh mi for $18.
“It was a super tour and Thao our driver was incredible. He was so knowledgeable about the area and the full history of the temples.”
Review of Da Nang’s private city, food, and Han River sunset tour, with Marble Mountains, local dishes, bridges, transport, price, and tips.
“We had a great time with Pacific Boat team to visit all most beautiful destinations of the city.Long is a superb guide who is helpful and smart.The place was well worth to visit and very comfortable with group only 8 persons.Highly recommend”
Review of Hoi An’s $10 Hoai River night boat ride, floating lantern ritual, timing, value, practical tips, and who should book.
“magical experience..we were the only 3 on boat so it was great ..would definitely recommend 10/10”
Review of Danang’s My Son Sanctuary tour, Cham ruins, dance show, local meal, Thu Bon River cruise, timings, costs, and practical tips.
“Way too much hidden fees, way too expensive, in the end it’s coming 2x expensive”
Review of the $18 Mekong Delta day tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with boat rides, Ben Tre, coconut candy, lunch, fruit gardens, and folk music.
“The best I can say is that this is a full day trip. However, it is simply being ferried from one tourist trap to another with no information given about what you're seeing. The boat ride is absolute chaos and it's frankly a miracle no one has been hurt. The guide we had was dreadful, he didn't check that people were able to see him to follow him before storming off and spent most time on his phone or chatting to other guides or tour operators. Save yourself a lot of money and avoid this awful excursion.”
Review of Hoi An’s $9 Bach Dang River boat ride, with sunset views, lantern release, meeting details, value, timing, and practical booking advice.
“Unfortunately I didn’t go on this boat trip. It was very disorganised, I waited for 90mins and the boat still wasn’t ready. I ended up just booking another boat and it was an absolutely beautiful experience. I would recommend people just going down to the water and booking a boat while you’re there, it is much easier!”
Float a flower lantern on Hoi An’s Hoai River, then explore the night market in this short, affordable evening experience.
“We had great communication either the booking agency. The only surprise is that when we were taken to the boat we had to wait in line with a huge queue of people all waiting for boats. It wasn’t a private boat but just one of 100’s there. Otherwise everything else was fine.”
Review of the $27 My Son sunset and Thu Bon River cruise from Hoi An, with Champa temples, Apsara dance, banh mi, costs, and practical tips.
“the organization was good, the guide was very helpful. Doing the excursion in a small group was an added value”
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