Da Nang · day tour
Marble Mountains, Monkey Mountains & My Son Holyland Full Day Tour
A guided day out from Da Nang, running 8:00 to 18:00, with 1 local dish for lunch + 1 set menu dinner included. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included in Da Nang.
What you actually see
3 places on this day, in the order you reach them.
Marble Mountains
Five limestone and marble outcrops rising straight out of the flat coastal plain between Da Nang and Hoi An, each named for an element. Only Thuy Son, the water mountain, is open: a network of caves, pagodas and viewpoints connected by stone staircases cut into the rock. There is a lift to the first level, but the interesting parts are above it and involve steps.
Worth knowing: The staircases are steep, uneven and slippery after rain. Anyone unsteady on their feet will find the upper caves hard going even with the lift.
Monkey Mountain (Son Tra)
The forested peninsula above Da Nang, officially Son Tra, with a road climbing to viewpoints over the whole bay. At its foot stands the Lady Buddha, a 67-metre statue facing out to sea. The macaques the mountain is named for are usually on the roadside near the top, along with the rarer red-shanked douc langurs if you are lucky and quiet.
Worth knowing: Do not feed the macaques or hold food in the open near them. They are habituated and will take it, and a bite means a rabies course.
My Son Sanctuary
A cluster of Hindu temple towers in a valley ringed by hills, built by the Cham kingdom between the 4th and 14th centuries and dedicated largely to Shiva. It is older than Angkor and was the Cham religious centre for roughly a thousand years. American bombing in 1969 destroyed much of the largest group, and what stands is brick laid without visible mortar, a technique nobody has convincingly reproduced.
Worth knowing: There is little shade and the valley holds heat. Morning departures are markedly more comfortable than midday ones, and the site is at its emptiest before about nine.
Where the day goes
2 stops, in this order.
Marble Mountains
Picked up from your hotel in Da Nang.
Monkey Mountains & My Son Holyland Full Day Tour
The full timing, before you pay
We publish the pickup window, the stops and the price here because those are the things you choose between. The minute-by-minute plan for the day comes from the guiding team and we send it with your confirmation, before any payment. If anything in it does not suit you, you can change or cancel.
What it costs
Per person, including hotel pickup and drop-off. Children are priced by age.
Leaving from Da Nang
8:00 to 18:00 · 1 local dish for lunch + 1 set menu dinner
- Adult (10 and over)
- $46₫1,200,000
- Child (5 to 9)
- $34₫900,000
- Infant (under 4)
- Free
Pickup areas, holidays and the small print
- 1. The price includes the mentioned services in the detailed itinerary (attached file).
- 2. Not Applied for Vietnamese Holidays or Tet Holidays
- 3. An Extra fee will be applied on 01/01, 30/4, 1/5 & during Vietnamese Tet: 100.000 VND/person.
- 4. The pick-up and drop-off services are free with hotels in Hoi An city or Da Nang city, with exceptions: hotels such as Hoiana Resort, Bliss, Tui Blue at Thang Binh District or Duy Xuyen District are charged extra (please check the transfer price).
- With tours MBS, MBC, MBECOHA: pick up Hoi An city + Da Nang city beachside (not over Tho Quang), so travellers staying at hotels from the bridge to the city centre have to come to the meeting point (any point convenient for the traveller at the beachside).
- Meeting point in Hoi An city: 429A Cua Dai St, Hoi An. Meeting point in Da Nang city: 14 An Nhon 10 St, Son Tra.
- For other areas, an extra charge will be applied depending on the distance (please check with us).
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Questions worth asking first
How much is Marble Mountains, Monkey Mountains & My Son Holyland Full Day Tour?
From 1,200,000 VND per adult, with lower child fares and, on most tours, infants free. The exact fare depends on which town you leave from and how many of you there are, and we confirm it before anything is paid.
Where does it leave from?
4. The pick-up and drop-off services are free with hotels in Hoi An city or Da Nang city, with exceptions: hotels such as Hoiana Resort, Bliss, Tui Blue at Thang Binh District or Duy Xuyen District are charged extra (please check the transfer price).
Does the price change on public holidays?
2. Not Applied for Vietnamese Holidays or Tet Holidays
Do we get a detailed plan for the day?
Yes. We send the full timing and stop list with your confirmation, before you pay anything.
Other days out from Da Nang
Cheapest first. All include hotel pickup.
Cam Thanh Basket Boat & Cooking Class
8:20 – 12:20 / 13:20 - 17:20 · from $22 per adult
Cham Island Sightseeing and Snorkeling Tour
8:00 – 14:00 · from $25 per adult
My Son Holyland & Rice Paper Making Afternoon Tour
13:00 – 18:00 · from $27 per adult
My Son Holyland & Rice Paper Making Morning Tour
7:30 – 13:30 · from $27 per adult
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