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Experience Bay Mau Coconut Forest in Hoi An in 2024 – What To Expect?

As one of the famous eco-tourism areas of Hoi An, the Bay Mau Coconut Forest is a very interesting place to visit. Coming here, you will enjoy the fresh air of the fresh green coconut forest and moments of leisurely, peaceful boat travel. In this article, Lua Viet Tours will send you some information and experience traveling to this place in Hoi An, follow along with us!

Bay Mau Coconut Forest is also known as Hoi An coconut garden (Image Source: Google)

Location of Bay Mau Coconut Forest

Bay Mau Coconut Forest is located at Can Nhan village, Cam Thanh commune, Hoi An City, Quang Nam province, Vietnam. This Hoi An tourist destination is not too far from Hoi An, you only need to drive about 3km to get there.

The eco-tourism area is also known as Hoi An Coconut Garden or Bay Mau Marble Hoi An coconut forest. The attraction of this place is the peaceful natural scenery from the green coconut forests, clear water canals and river cruises with rustic basket boats.

Bay Mau Coconut Forest from the bird’s eye view (Image Source: Google)

Best Time to Visit Bay Mau Coconut Forest

Lua Viet Tours highly recommends the best time to visit Bay Mau Coconut Forest is during the dry season, from February to September. This is when the weather is pleasant, with plenty of sunshine but not too hot. The forest is also less crowded during this time, so you can enjoy a more peaceful experience.

The best time to visit the coconut forest is from February to September (Image Source: Google)

However, the rainy season in Hoi An runs from October to January. While it’s still possible to visit Bay Mau Coconut Forest during this time, the weather can be unpredictable and the forest may be more crowded.

How To Get To Bay Mau Coconut Forest

From Hoi An City, you have 2 ways to get to Bay Mau Coconut Forest:

Going by river: You will catch a boat at Bach Dang wharf right in Hoi An ancient town, the boat will take you to the coconut forest down the Thu Bon river.
By road: starting from Hoi An City, you will go on Tran Nhan Tong street, cross Cua Dai bridge and then go another half kilometer to reach the coconut forest. With this route, it only takes you about 10 minutes to drive.

From Da Nang City, there are 2 routes to get to the Bay Mau Coconut Forest:

Route 1: Starting from Dragon Bridge, you drive to Hoi An Ancient Town in the direction of Ngo Quyen – Ngu Hanh Son. After that, you will move from Hoi An to the coconut forest by 1 of 2 options as above.
Route 2: You start from Dragon Bridge, run to Vo Van Kiet Street, then turn right onto Vo Nguyen Giap Street, go straight to Lac Long Quan Street, turn onto Tran Nhan Tong Street, go straight to the foot of Cua Dai Bridge, keep going another 500m to reach Bay Mau coconut forest.

Overview of Bay Mau Coconut Forest from top to bottom (Image Source: Google)

Top Activities about Bay Mau Coconut Forest

Bay Mau Coconut Forest is known as the second Mekong River Delta of Vietnam. Many tourists were surprised when they first saw a Western-like place appearing in the middle of the Central region, which is very characteristic of wind and sea. Visiting the coconut forest, you will experience folk entertainment activities and extremely lively underwater performances. Come on, let’s find out with Lua Viet Tours what’s interesting!

Take a Basketboat Excursion and Admire the Coconut Forest

The coconut forest is famous for its simple but extremely safe basket boats. These boats will take you on a trip down river channels with clear water, on both sides are coconut trees stretching out into the middle of the river. The atmosphere here is extremely cool and peaceful. The time to sit on a boat and admire the scenery is very suitable for you to take some chill photos, don’t miss this chance!

Going to Bay Mau Coconut Forest, you must experience going on a basket boat (Image Source: Google)

Admire the Basket Dance Performance in the Middle of the River

The image of an artist sitting on a basket boat moving the oars, causing the boat and the surrounding water to move, will probably make you remember it forever. The scene may make you think of the image of a skillful boatman alone in the middle of a storm.

The shouts on the shore combined with the artist’s powerful movements and the boat’s constant movement on the water create a bustling atmosphere. You can sign up to sit on that boat and feel the strong shaking of the basket boat.

Basket boat dancing is a skillful artistic performance (Image Source: Google)

Experience countless interesting Folk Games

Bay Mau Coconut Garden tourist area will help visitors experience fun and equally attractive folk games such as balance bike riding across the river, boat racing, tug of war, and blindfolded rice pot breaking,… You have to experience these games! Although simple, they are guaranteed to be incredibly fun!

Try some fun activities at Bay Mau Coconut Forest (Image Source: Google)

Make Handmade Souvenirs from Coconut Leaves

Coconut leaves are not only used to wrap cakes, and make fires, but are also a material to make small toys for children in the past. Coming here, you can experience using coconut leaves to make rings, locusts, hats, and flowers.

A visitor makes flower using coconut leaves (Image Source: Google)

Although the gifts are made from rustic coconut leaves, they are as elaborate and beautiful as other lavish gifts. If you want to gift something you made yourself, you can ask the artisans for guidance.

Enjoy Artistic Fishing Performances

For tourists who are not from river or coastal areas, watching a net thrown into the middle of the sea will certainly be very strange. In the coconut forest, you will have the opportunity to sit on boats and directly watch artisans cast fishing nets.

You will also be able to watch the moment a large net is thrown into the middle of the river. If you want, you can cast the net directly. You can enjoy this fishing performance at dusk. Thanks to the sunset and the orange-yellow afternoon sunlight, the surrounding space becomes even more poetic, very suitable for taking lifelong photos.

Casting a fish net in Bay Mau coconut forest (Image Source: Google)

Opening hours: From 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM every day of the week. Opening hours in holidays will be updated later.

Essential Tips to Visit Bay Mau Coconut Forest?

To fully enjoy your visit here, you need to prepare a few items to bring with you:

Some dry food and water so your sightseeing won’t be interrupted by hunger.
A phone or camera to capture beautiful, idyllic images
A hat to cover your head as most activities take place outdoors.
A small umbrella in your bag or conical hat for rainy days
Cash and identification documents for necessary cases
Medicine to prevent seasickness because the highlight of the tour is the moments of sitting on a basket boat watching the green coconut trees.

Visitors are taking picture at Bay Mau Coconut Forest (Image Source: Google)

However, most of your fun activities and experiences in Bay Mau Coconut Forest take place on basketboats and in the water. The space here is also very rustic, so you only need to wear comfortable clothes to play here. You can wear sweat-absorbent T-shirts, shorts, sneakers/flip-flops, and limit outfits that are too long or have too many long straps.

Various Cuisine in Bay Mau Coconut Forest

Grilled fish
Coconut water sweet soup
Banana Flower Salad
Grilled meat rolled in corn leaves

Grilled fish is a delicious dish that you must try when in Bay Mau Coconut Forest (Image Source: Google)

If you have come to the Central region, and have traveled to Hoi An and Da Nang, definitely don’t forget to visit Bay Mau coconut forest in Hoi An. You will be able to see the scenery of a miniature authentic Western region in the heart of the beautiful Central region.

Hopefully, through this article, Lua Viet Tours has partly helped you see the beauty of this forest, giving you more motivation to visit this land.

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