Marble mountains and Ba Na Hills (Golden Bridge) full day tour
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Marble Mountains
Tour program: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
The tour “Marble mountains and Ba Na Hills (Golden Bridge) full day tour”starts from the morning where our guide will pick you up from the hotel.
Firstly, we will visit Marble Mountain, also known as Ngu Hanh Son, is the group of five hills, made of limestone and marble. They look like 5 fingers lying close to the sea. There are several caves, caverns, pagodas, many stairs and 2 spectacular viewing points. They are also home to several buddhist sanctuaries and hindu grottoes which are much visited places of worship for the local population. The Marble Mountain has become one of the must-see destinations for those who enjoy the beauty of nature and want a respite from the busy urban areas.
At the foot of the mountains there is a traditional marble fine art village which is over 300 years old. You will admire its talented craftsmen, their creativity and their uniquely beautiful works.
After that say good bye to Marble Mountains we will come back local family for Vietnamese lunch.
Ba Na Hills
When we finished lunch at local family the bus take us to Ba Na Hills, is one of the most beautiful mountains of Da Nang. When you reach the summit, you can feel the temperature and humidity dropping away. It has refreshingly cool weather all year round and gorgeous panoramic views. Visitors can enjoy all four seasons of the year in one day here.
You will visit the Golden Bridge. The two giant hands are considered as god’s hand supporting Vietnamese bridge in particular. On the other side, the bridge could be like a long silk flap carefully held up through forest hills by two hands of a woman. From here, visitors can get a glimpse of Da Nang city with beautiful coastlines or simply enjoy themselves among white clouds, blue sky and green forests.
Walk down few steps to explore French wine cellar, garden flowers, Linh Ung pagoda. You will see the panorama of Da Nang city.
Back to station we take another cable car to
French Village
continue exploring the peak of Chua mountain at the height of 1487 m, the highest peak in Bana hills.
Next place is the French square, visit and play some games in fantasy park – one of the largest indoor amusement parks in Vietnam with series of interesting games: Freefall tower, 4-5 d film, skiver, the death race, dinosaur park, …
Return to the cable car for leaving Bana hills and back to hotel. Tour ends.
TOUR DETAILS FOR: |
Marble Mountains and Ba Na hills (Golden Bridge) full day tour |
DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION |
Hoi An & Da Nang
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DEPARTURE TIME |
8:00 am to 5:00 pm |
HIGHLIGHTS |
- Climb the stone steps carved into Marble Mountain to discover caves, grottos and a Buddhist pagoda
- Visit the stone village to watch skilled sculptors create marble products
- Admire wonderful natural vistas from the mountain
- Vietnamese lunch and have chance to talk with local people
- Ba Na cable car line – is the Guinness world records recognized cable car route reaches 2 record Guinness world: line a cable car wire longest world (5042.62m) and the difference between the gas station and under large best world (1,291.81m
- Explore Ba Na hill, sightseeing the panoramic views
- Discover the famous bridge is Golden Bridge
- Discover fantasy park with some adventure game
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INCLUDED |
- Pick up and drop of from hotel in Hoi An & Da Nang
- Ticket in Marble Mountains
- English speaking guide
- Vietnamese lunch
- Bottle drinking water
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NOT INCLUDED |
- Cable car ticket 950.000 vnd (approx. 38 $)
- Ticket to wine cellar
- Ticket for Alpine Coaster
- Personal expenses and drinks
- Tip for guide
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What should you bring? |
- Hats/caps, sun cream, sunglasses, anti-insect cream
- Sport Shoes, clothes that cover up elbows and knees are recommended
- Camera
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The tour starts from the morning where our guide will pick you up from the hotel.
firstly, we will visit marble mountain, also known as ngu hanh son, is the group of five hills, made of limestone and marble. they look like 5 fingers lying close to the sea. there are several caves, caverns, pagodas, many stairs and 2 spectacular viewing points. they are also home to several buddhist sanctuaries and hindu grottoes which are much visited places of worship for the local population. the marble mountain has become one of the must-see destinations for those who enjoy the beauty of nature and want a respite from the busy urban areas.
At the foot of the mountains there is a traditional marble fine art village which is over 300 years old. you will admire its talented craftsmen, their creativity and their uniquely beautiful works.
Say good bye to marble mountains we will come back local family for vietnamese lunch.
After lunch,we continue to visit Am Phu cave (the hell cave). we will learn many interesting philosophies of buddhism. the am phu cave features a harmonious combination of folklore and buddhism’s valuable philosophy of humanity. the scenes of horror mentioned-above intend to educate human beings about doing good deeds in life and to ‘turn over a new leaf’ to stop a bad habit or make a positive change to their characters.
Returning to the bus we will continue to explore monkey mountains, here we will enjoy panorama view of da nang from high position. in monkey mountain, you will visit linh ung pagoda,one of the biggest pogoda in da nang city and the highest avalokitesvara bodhisattva (lady buddha) statue in vietnam – 67m. we have plenty of time to take photo and relaxing at this beautiful area if we are lucky, we can see a lot of monkey around the pagoda.
End tour. transfer back to your hotel in hoi an and da nang .
joan –
Mable mountin and Bana Hills tour
Great tour at a lovely part of Vietnam. Our tour guide for the day, ‘Duan’ was fabulous and provided us with plenty of information at the sites. He spoke English very clear and so good. Would use Simply travel vietnam again next time in Ho An.