Day 01
Le Mat Snake Village Tour and Snake Food Tasting
- Our tour guide will transfer you to Le Mat "snake village," where you can experience this traditional village and sample its most famous specialty - snake meat. The snakes are farmed for their meat, and Snake Village gives you the chance to see, or even hold, some snakes and observe them on the farm before enjoying a feast of snake delicacies.
- The most popular snakes served in these restaurants are grass snakes and cobras. Cobras are, of course, ten times more expensive than grass snakes, and they are all served alive.
- You will have a chance to see how the chosen snake is prepared. Its heart and gall are poured into a glass of wine to drink. Other parts of the snake are cooked in different ways to make around ten dishes, for instance grilled, fried, wrapped in leaves, and rice soup. Besides this, snake alcohol is quite popular because it is believed to make one healthier. Not many people think snakes are nice, but snake dishes are actually not so bad.
- There are nearly ten dishes to try, ranging from snake soup, softly fried snake meat, rolling fried snake, solid fried snake skin, meat-covered leaves, snake heart, and even snake-soaked traditional medicine. It is well worth trying as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
- At the end of the trip, our guide will take you back to your hotel, and the tour will finish.
