The 14 Best Ho Chi Minh City Farm Tours

1.Mekong Day Trip Explore Village Bicycle CookingClass Group 12 Pax

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 705 reviews · from $29Our pick

Spend nine and a half hours from Ho Chi Minh City visiting Ben Luc, cycling through fruit and rice fields, cooking local dishes, eating lunch, seeing Vinh Trang Pagoda, and cruising the Tien River. Groups are capped at 12, with guides such as Dennis, Jack, Son, and Harry.

“Very nice tour! Of course there are touristy stuff but thanks to the schedule you're gonna meet very few other tourists, activities are nice and the rhytm is good, not too slow not too fast (we were only with 5 ppl which made it better I guess). Our guide Son was very helpful and friendly.”

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2.From Ho Chi Minh: Can Gio Trek – Monkey Island & Crocodile Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 353 reviews · from $28Best value

Spend 9 to 10 hours outside Ho Chi Minh City at Can Gio’s mangrove reserve. Walk among mischievous monkeys, visit crocodiles and the Rung Sac military base, ride a motorized boat through the mangroves, and enjoy lunch by the coast with an English-speaking guide.

“It was quite an adventure. Excellent guide, Stefan. Highly recommend! It is quite a drive but well worth it when you get there!”

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3.Farm-To-Table Healthy Cooking Class in Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 79 reviews · from $67

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for an open-air cooking class at the Ho Chi Minh Agricultural Villages. With guides such as Alice, Aura, Daisy, Linh, or Chef Tan, you’ll tour the organic farm, pick ingredients, prepare four dishes, eat as you go, and take home recipes.

“Probably the best thing I did in Ho Chi Minh City! My friend and I took this class and had a great time with Chef Tan. What a talented, fun, and friendly man he is! We learned a lot, ate delicious food, and thoroughly enjoyed our experience. Read more”

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4.Unique farm to Table cooking class in Saigon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 69 reviews · from $67

Leave central Ho Chi Minh City for a farm near Cu Chi, collect herbs, mushrooms, and vegetables, then prepare four Vietnamese dishes at an open-air cooking school. Chefs including Tan, Alice, Linh, Nu, and Tien lead the class, with lunch, recipes, a certificate, and hotel transfers included.

“From start to finish Alice was the ultimate host The farm experience and cooking segment were professionally presented The dishes we cooked were delicious plus we met Chef Tan We really appreciated the photos sent to us of the event Very satisfied clients”

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5.Unique Farm to Table Cooking Class with Top Chef in Vietnam

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $67

Spend about 7.5 hours traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to an organic farm in Cu Chi with Chef Tan and his team. Pick vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, and spices, then cook Vietnamese dishes using practical yin-yang principles. Guides may include Alice, Linh, or Zan, and menus can be adjusted by request.

“I went for the half day farm tour and cooking class because I was searching for a halal option on tiktok and this place popped up.”

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6.Mekong Delta Nature Cano-Kayak-Cycling & Fishing Private Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 57 reviews · from $85

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for Ben Luc and spend the day at Family Tiny Garden. Cycle through rice fields, visit Xom Trau Pagoda and its tunnel relic, plant rice, catch fish, cook banh xeo, tour fruit gardens, canoe, and kayak with a private guide such as Chow or Chao.

“The trip was well planned, and the activities very fun. It takes you through a non-tourist section of the Mekong which was fantastic. I highly recommend this for any families looking for a quick adventure in the real Vietnam. Chow was a great guide!”

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7.Farm-To-Table Healthy Cooking Class: Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 41 reviews · from $70

Spend six hours traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to an organic farm, where guides such as Linh and Alice introduce Vietnamese herbs, mushrooms, rice cultivation, and medicinal plants. Pick your own ingredients, cook several traditional dishes with a chef, then eat the meal you prepared.

“Definitely recommend! Great instructor, nice to pick your herbs in the garden yourself, cool explanation of plants, small group size.”

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8.Exploring organic farm & Vietnamese Culinary with Master chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · from $110

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 7:30am for an organic farm, where Chef Alice or Chef Linh guides you through harvesting, Vietnamese cooking, rice-paper making, and cashew candy production. The small-group day includes transport, lunch, recipes, a certificate, and souvenirs.

“Entertaining and exceptional day with Chef Alice. The farm is well thought out with wide variety of herbs and vegetables. Class menu was excellent. Easy to understand and do. End result was very tasty. A day well spent.”

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9.Ho Coc Beach, Nature Reserve & Dragon Fruit Farm Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 11 reviews · from $114

Leave Ho Chi Minh City early in a private air-conditioned car for rural Đồng Nai and Xuyen Moc. Visit a pepper and dragon fruit farm, meet local hosts including Ms. Loan, walk in Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve, eat a home-cooked lunch, and relax at Ho Coc Beach.

“It was a fun day! learning about local culture with locals is always the way to go! The farms were very neat to see and the guides super friendly. She spoke amazing English! The homestay meal was fantastic”

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10.Full-Day Farming & Cooking class at Agricultural Village

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 10 reviews · from $70

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi for a hands-on day of farming and cooking. Feed livestock, pick vegetables, mushrooms, fruit, and herbs, then prepare healthy Vietnamese dishes with a professional chef. Your small group can enjoy lunch, recipes, a certificate, and souvenirs.

“Learnt a lot and it was really fun. However, part of the group got to stay the whole day but, despite paying for full, they only had me down for half the day. Would have loved to have made the extra dishes.”

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11.Ho Chi Minh City Full-Day Farm trip with Healthy Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $73

Spend about eight hours traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to an organic farm, meeting local animals, gathering ingredients, visiting a rice paper factory, and preparing prawn wraps, papaya salad, and banana spring rolls. Guides such as Alice, Linh, Dante, Tan, and Sue may lead the class.

“Was welcomed to a beautiful farm to table class had a tour of the gardens while gathering my products for my class the space was professional the staff was informative had a blast learning the food and enjoyed what was made”

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12.Discover vietnamese Agriculture,culture ,Cuisine and Cu chi Tunnels in Saigon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $81

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to an organic farm, pick ingredients, and prepare four Vietnamese dishes with guides such as Linh, Daisy, Aura, or Suu. After lunch, visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, learn about wartime survival, see rice-paper making, and return by hotel or port transfer.

“We highly recommend everyone to take a cooking class at this school in combination with a visit to the Cu Chi tunnels!”

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13.Market to Farm to Table Cooking Class in saigon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $70

Start at 7:30 am with pickup in Ho Chi Minh City, then tour a wet market with guides such as Chef Tan, Alice, or Daisy. Sample fruit, visit an organic farm, pick ingredients, and prepare four Vietnamese dishes. Lunch, recipes, tea, coffee, and a certificate are included.

“What a great experience! You learn a lot on the plants and vegetables used in the Vietnamese cuisine. The cooking class is great and the chef teaches you how to prepare classic Vietnamese dishes. Super welcoming and friendly staff. I highly recommend if you want to discover or learn more about that wonderful food.”

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14.One day be Farmer and Master chef in Saigon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $74

Meet Chef Tan for a farm visit and cooking class in Nha Be. Wear a traditional hat, pick vegetables, learn about organic growing and mushrooms, then prepare four Vietnamese dishes from scratch. Pickup, lunch, drinks, recipes, and a certificate are included.

“What a well crafted and thoughtful class! Getting totally hands on with nature, learning so much about the love that goes into the crops and harvesting them! Not to mention a cool mushroom development process! Followed by a delightful clasRead more”

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