Hoi An · day tour
Marble Mountains - Monkey Mountain - Am Phu Cave Sunset Tour
A guided day out from Hoi An, running 13:30 to 18:00, no meal included. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included in Hoi An.
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.
Am Phu Cave
A cave inside Marble Mountains laid out as a depiction of the Buddhist underworld, with carved figures of judgement and punishment along a descending path, then a climb toward a bright opening that stands in for heaven. It is theatrical and genuinely memorable, and it is the part of Marble Mountains most people remember afterwards.
Worth knowing: Dark, humid and low in places. Bring a phone torch; the lighting is deliberately dim.
Where the day goes
3 stops, in this order.
Marble Mountains
Picked up from your hotel in Hoi An.
Monkey Mountain
Am Phu Cave Sunset 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 Hoi An
13:30 to 18:00
- Adult (10 and over)
- $16₫420,000
- Child (5 to 9)
- $12₫320,000
- 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).
Photographs: Dominic Nelson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alexkom000 · CC BY 4.0
Questions worth asking first
How much is Marble Mountains - Monkey Mountain - Am Phu Cave Sunset Tour?
From 420,000 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 Hoi An
Cheapest first. All include hotel pickup.
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