Hoi An නෞකා ගමන්

අපි හොයි ඇන් හි සිටියදී වෙන්කරවා ගත්තෙමු. ග්‍රැබ් එකකට කතා කළා, එය ලාභදායී වූ අතර විනාඩි 10ක පමණ ධාවනයක් විය. අපි ග්‍රැබ් එකෙන් බැසගත් විට, කාර්ය මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයෙක් පැමිණ අපව නැවට ගොඩවීමට වරායට ගෙන ගියා. අවශ්‍ය නම් පිරිසිදු වැසිකිළියක් එහි තිබුණා. ජුනි මස අග භාගයේ උදෑසන (පෙ.ව. 9:40 පමණ) උණුසුම් වුවද, නිල් අහස සහ කොළ පැහැති ජලය විචිත්‍රවත් වර්ණවත් පින්තූර නිර්මාණය කළා. අපි කැරකැවීම් නොකළත් අනිත් අය කැරකෙනවා බලලා සතුටු වුණා 😆. ගඟේ කරාඕකේ වේදිකා කිහිපයක් තිබුණා, ඒවා බොහෝ දේශීය අය භුක්ති වින්දා, බලන්න විනෝදජනකයි, නමුත් අපට ගීත කිසිසේත් තේරුණේ නැහැ. අපේ බෝට්ටුකරු අපට හොඳ ඡායාරූප කිහිපයක් ගැනීමට උදව් කළ අතර අපි ඔහුට ස්තුති පූර්වක තෑග්ගක් දුන්නා.

අත්දැකීම: ඔබට ව්‍යාකූලත්වයක් ඇති නොවනු ඇත, තවද බොහෝ මිනිසුන් ඔබ වටා රොක් නොවනු ඇත, මන්ද ඔවුන්ට ඔබ වෙනුවෙන් දැනටමත් බඩ්ඩි බෝට්ටුවක් සූදානම් කර තිබූ බැවිනි. ඔවුන් අපට සිසිල් තේ පානයක් පිළිගැන්වූ අතර, බෝට්ටු රියදුරු ඉතා මිත්‍රශීලීව අපගේ ඡායාරූපයක් ගත්තේය. එය කෙටි කාලයක් (විනාඩි 15-20) වුවද, අපි අපගේ මොහොත භුක්ති වින්දෙමු. මම මෙය වෙන්කරවා ගැනීමට සැබවින්ම නිර්දේශ කරමි!!!

What an unforgettable experience! Everything was well-organized from start to finish. Our boat driver was fantastic—after the ride, he gave us cold towels to cool off from the heat and even took our food order. Truly an all-in-one service! 😂 The owner also personally checked on us to make sure we were enjoying ourselves and felt safe, which made us feel very welcome. A few tips: Arrive early (boat rides start at 8:00 AM) to avoid the crowds. If you’re booking a Grab, search for “Coconut Restaurant & Basket Boat Tour” instead of “Nipa Basket Coconut Boat.” The famous basket boat spin costs 100,000 VND and is definitely worth trying! And don’t forget to tip your boat driver—they work hard to make your experience fun and memorable, and they’ll truly appreciate it. ❤️ I rarely write reviews, but this experience was too good not to share. Highly recommended when visiting Hoi An!

It was great to experience a truly relaxing and healing jungle exploration on a quiet river, unlike the crazy basket boats where everyone usually gathers to do Gangnam Style. The wish candles were also a special experience because we got to fold them ourselves, write our wishes, and then carry them to the river, instead of just buying them off the street. Our guide was young and energetic, which made it fun. We received a reservation confirmation from "Big Boss," who turned out to be a really young "Big Boss"! I highly recommend this to young Koreans.

An absolute highlight, just pay attention to the walking directions! I booked the "From Hoi An: Coconut Forest Basket Boat, Dinner & Lantern Release" experience and it was incredible. The basket boat ride was so much fun and dinner was great. Releasing the lanterns on the water at the end was truly magical. The only minor thing is that after dinner, they dropped us off near the lantern area but had to walk a bit and got a little lost. Better guiding or clearer directions for that specific transition would make this absolutely perfect. Still highly recommend!

At first, I thought it would just be a simple boat ride for sightseeing. However, slowly passing through the lush coconut forest allowed me to experience Vietnam's nature up close. The boatman's skillful rowing and basket boat performance added to the fun, keeping us laughing the whole time. We were also able to take beautiful photos, and it was a truly wonderful experience with my daughter. If you visit Hoi An, I highly recommend trying it. It will surely be a lasting good memory of your trip. 😊

The meetup was conveniently at our hotel lobby and bicycles were brought here as well. Cycled leisurely for about 15km through local residential houses and rice fields with farmers and buffalos at work. Loved the local lifestyle conversation with the cycling guide at the rest stops. It was such a good exercise. No sunset seen during the evening boat cruise unfortunately due to cloudy weather but had a enriching story sharing by the guide along the boat cruise.