Le Mat Snake Village Tour With Snake Tasting

Hanoi, Vietnam

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

If you’ve grown tired of typical Vietnamese cuisine and wish to try something out of the ordinary, get a taste of marinated snake meat. On this private tour to Le Mat, known as the ‘snake village,’ you’ll have the opportunity to try a variety of dishes with farm-bred snake as the main ingredient.

Visit Le Mat, aka the snake village, with a private guide
Taste dishes with snake meat, a Vietnamese specialty
Lunch, beverage, and entrance fee included
Transport provided from your hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

What's Included

Lunch
Beverages
Local guide
Round-trip private transfer
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Coffee and/or Tea
Alcoholic Beverages

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Pick up service is available at your hotel/stay within Hanoi Old Quarter only. In case your hotel/stay is outside of Hanoi Old Quarter, please come to Craft Viet Shop, 41 Luong Van Can St. For further help or support about pick up, please contact ‪Phone/WhatsApp/Viber: +84 96 77 99 592

Itinerary

Old Quarter

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Lệ Mật

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Old Quarter

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
A minimum of 01 people per booking is required
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

based on 6 reviews

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Snake tour

Gary_K, Sep 2025

Was very interesting. Great guide - spoke near perfect English. Has vast knowledge of Hanoi and also on the snakes.

Really unique experience

Jason_B, Aug 2024

Amazing experience. Got to learn a bit about local cobra and snake culture and see some live snakes as well as snake handlers. The meal consisted of like 10 different dishes, all with snake and all unique and well thought out and executed. The whole tour was very different than old town Hanoi, so would definitely recommend if you have some time while in town.

Different and interesting

Narelle_M, Jan 2023

Something different from cobras swirling on the ground a metre in front of you to drinking sake hearts in rice wine - would definitely recommend as you won’t do this at home! The farmer was friendly and the guide informative - very safe experience and great food too!

An Experience for any True Foodie

Gerald_S, Jan 2020

Recommended. We have had snake many times before but only in soup and liked it. Being foodies, we needed to experience the full deal, 7 courses + 2 drinks (gall bladder emptied into rice wine. a shooter of blood and rice wine with the snake heart). Also not for the faint of heart as they showed you how they dispensed the blood into the rice wine, removed the heart, and removed the gallbladder. Snake is NOT like chicken. it has a mildly sweet taste and the texture is a little rubbery. They use many parts from the skin to even the bones, creating many tastes and textures. We truly enjoyed this unique experience. The restaurant was not a tourist trap but a local place. There were only locals there. We had our won table for 2. There was too much food for us so we had our guide Long join us for dinner. He also took the leftovers home to his family. Great, no wastage. After the meal, we walked to the snake farm. It was quite interesting as we got to see where the snakes were raised and other wild game. The restaurant also had other wild game on its menu so this where the fresh meat came from. We sampled some homemade cobra wine and some tea. Had a chat with the farmer/game keeper The hotel pick up is really convenient. As a bonus, it was rush hour and the taxi took too long to show up so we got onto scooters instead. I was on a "grab" scooter (like Uber) and my wife rode with Long. The ride was an adrenaline experience in itself. Very exciting like a real life video game of survival through crazy traffic. However, it was quite safe as they are awesome drivers, NO ROAD RAGE. Overall, we really enjoyed the whole experience and would recommend it to foodies. It's expensive but we have no regrets spending the money however we would not need to do it again. Bon appetite!