Hoi An · day tour
My Son Sanctuary & Coconut Jungle-Hoi An City-Lantern Boat Ride
A guided day out from Hoi An, running 7:30 to 19:00, with 1 set menu lunch + 1 set menu dinner included. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included in Hoi An.
What you actually see
4 places on this day, in the order you reach them.
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.
Cam Thanh coconut palms
A tidal water-coconut forest a few kilometres from Hoi An, threaded with narrow channels and worked from round bamboo basket boats. The palms were planted as cover during the war and the boats were a fishing tool long before they carried visitors. The spinning demonstration most guides give is a party trick, but the paddle through the channels is quiet and genuinely pretty.
Worth knowing: You will get splashed, and in the wet season you will get wet. Bring a dry bag for anything electronic.
Hoi An Ancient Town
A trading port that stopped growing when the river silted up in the 18th century, which is why it is still standing. Merchant houses, Chinese assembly halls and a Japanese covered bridge from the 1590s sit on a handful of walkable streets, and the whole is a UNESCO site. The ticket is a set of admissions to a choice of heritage buildings rather than a gate fee; the streets themselves are free.
Worth knowing: The old town floods most years, usually October and November, and the ground floors take water. It is also closed to cars, so tours drop you at the edge and you walk.
The lantern boats on the Thu Bon
After dark the river below the old town fills with small rowing boats, and passengers float paper lanterns with a candle inside onto the water. It is a local custom tied to remembrance and wishes rather than a show put on for visitors, though it has plainly grown with the tourism. The boats are rowed, not motorised, and the trip is short, twenty minutes or so.
Worth knowing: Boats are priced per boat, not per person, so a couple pays what a group of six would. Agree the price before stepping in if you are arranging it yourself.
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
7:30 to 19:00 · 1 Set Menu Lunch + 1 Set Menu Dinner
- Adult (10 and over)
- $57₫1,500,000
- Child (5 to 9)
- $43₫1,120,000
- Infant (under 4)
- $3₫83,000
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: shankar s. · CC BY 2.0 · Steffen Schmitz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Questions worth asking first
How much is My Son Sanctuary & Coconut Jungle-Hoi An City-Lantern Boat Ride?
From 1,500,000 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.
Amazing My Son Sunset Tour
13:00 – 18:00 · from $14 per adult
Marble Mountains - Monkey Mountain - Am Phu Cave Sunset Tour
13:30 – 18:00 · from $16 per adult
Marble Mountains - Monkey Mountain, Am Phu Cave Morning Tour
7:30 – 13:00 · from $19 per adult
Cam Thanh Basket Boat & Cooking Class
8:20 – 12:20 / 13:20 - 17:20 · from $22 per adult
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