My Son Sanctuary – Thanh Ha Pottery – Coconut Village

In the morning at 7:30 am, our guide and driver will pick you up at hotel lobby for our tour “My Son Sanctuary – Thanh Ha Pottery – Coconut Village”. It takes approximately 1 hour to drive to My Son sanctuary holy land and arriving at 8:30 am.

My Son Sanctuary

8:30 am: The first stop will be to the majestic My Son Holy Land, one of the three UNESCO World Heritage sites in central Vietnam. It has the history of 1,300 years old, with beautiful temples and statues of God Shiva. Start the trip early in the morning, you can enjoy the memorized beauty of the sun rise in the temples, besides are mountains and clouds. These temples were built and rebuilt from 4th century to 13rd century with the Hindu remains of tower-temples decorated in bas-relief. Until now It is still a mystery for the instructions of Temple. How the Cham people built the temples without glue or cement is till a question to many scientists and archeologists. You’ll walk around  with our guide to see the historic and culture ruins of  the 13th century, and be brought back to the glorious time of the Champa civilization. During your visit to My Son, the guide will show you the remains of special brick tower, explain the origin and historical significance of the site including the meanings of each tower or monument. The trip to My Son will help you learn about the Champa Kingdom and their relationship with the temples at My Son.

In My Son you’ll walk around with our guide to see the historic and culture ruins of the 13th century, and be brought back to the glorious time of the Champa civilization. During your visit to My Son, the guide will show you the remains of special brick tower, explain the origin and historical significance of the site including the meanings of each tower or monument. We also enjoy the traditional Cham dance. They show local costumes and song with traditional  instrumental  accompaniment.

You can also enjoy the beautiful views of valley surrounding by jungles.

Thanh Ha Pottery Village

And then we stop to visit Thanh Ha ceramic village where you will view the various stages of producing the many kinds of the pottery products such as jar vases, earthen pots, decorative lamps… and have the opportunity to make a small product by yourself.

Bay Mau Coconut Village

After lunch, we continue to visit Bay Mau Coconut Village. Paddling on Thu Bon river by the basket boat then go through and explore Coconut forest. On the way you go, you will be able to watch basket boat performance spin around and to see how traditionally throwing fishing net where you can observe the daily life of local people.

End tour and transfer back to your hotel.

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