Ba Ria: A Local Life Experience
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Puerto
Phu My, Vietnam
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Nivel de actividad
Easy
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Tipo de excursión
All
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Accesible para personas en silla de ruedas
No
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A partir de
$49
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Edad mínima
Information Not Currently Available
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Duración
Approximately 3½ Hours
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Comidas incluidas
Meals not included
A Heart for Community:
Connect with the heart and soul of a vibrant community. Whether you're meeting friendly locals, encountering heirloom cultures, engaging with Native peoples, exploring hidden corners, or discovering beloved eateries, let lasting memories begin with warmth, hospitality, and genuine connection.
Located a short distance inland from Phu My Port is the untouched rural area of Ba Ria Province. This area has seen little in the way of urban development, and many inhabitants continue to lead their lives the way they have for generations.
You will visit a pagoda and drive past the local marketplace for a glimpse of everyday local life. Next, you'll have the rare opportunity to enter a local home. As in nearly all Vietnamese homes, a series of altars stands proudly in memory of deceased family members. The owners welcome a visit from outsiders and are pleased to talk about their simple but tradition-rich lifestyle. For all Vietnamese, rice is the staple diet, but it can also be made into many different forms.
See the process of rice paper making and a distillery producing the local moonshine — a potent form of rice wine.
Finally, step inside a colorful Cao Dai temple. This religion was officially founded in 1926, and within a year, the group had 26,000 followers. By the mid-1950s, eight percent of South Vietnamese were Cao Daists. Founded in an attempt to create the ideal religion through a fusion of secular and religious philosophies of East and West, Cao Daism is a fascinating combination of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, native Vietnamese spirituality, Christianity and Islam. Look out for the official Cao Dai symbol – the "divine" eye — inset into the front of the temple above the altar.
Notes:
Tour does not operate on holidays.
* Westerdam’s call to Phu My on 7th February 2027 will fall within the Lunar New Year Holiday period.