FARMER LIFE: HARVESTING ORANGES/LONGAN /LYCHEE – CODE: LO19-009

HIGHLIGHTS

• Experience in a farmer life with collecting oranges (in November, December) or Longan fruit (in August) or lychee fruit (in June) in gardens.
• Peaceful villages in the countryside.
• Enjoin local food.
• Lear how to harvest fruit.
• Biking and riding buffalo.
• The time to pick up: 8.00a.m at hotel in Old quarter.
• Duration: half or 1 day.
• The minimum number of people is 2 and the maximum is 12.

DESCRIPTION

You are sometimes bored with normal tours, please try our special tours to be a real farmer.

You will have a unique chance to see huge hills with plenty of lychee trees or large gardens of oranges or immensity areas growing Longan trees.

You will be impressed by big hills covered by the red color of lychee fruit in June, luxuriant longan trees in August and fruity orange trees at the end of year. Helping out with the harvest has become a fixture in the agro- and ecotourism diary and is a novel way to get back to nature on holiday. This is an interactive holiday choice, and one which goes way beyond the scope of a simple tourist visit. Anyone who chooses to give it a try gets a true taste of rural living, returning, albeit just for a short time, to a more traditional way of life.

The mix of labour and relaxation, is a unique experience for all those taking part in the lychee or longan or orange harvest, a major agricultural event which has now become a relaxing activity for travelers and great fun for those lucky enough to take part.

Besides the harvesting activity, you also have chance to bike throughout the rice paddle, enjoy the fresh air with the nature, ride buffalo, …

This must become your extremely memorable experience in your life.

Includes:

• A bottle of mineral water
• Have lunch of local food with farmer family.
• Pick up from center Hanoi hotels.
• Car or van to transfer from your hotel to garden.
• Bike, buffalo to ride.
• English speaking Vietnamese guide.