Hoi An Trip Overview
– Pick up by our tour guide and driver at the entrance of the Chan May port
– Head to Hai Van Pass offers an impressive landscape of verdant mountains and clear blue skies, overlooking Da Nang City, Tien Sa Port, Son Tra Peninsula, and South China Sea. It stands at 500m above sea level, making it the highest pass in Vietnam.
– Keep going south to Marble Mountain, a group of limestone and marble hills filled with caves. Then explore the mountain’s main caves to see a beautiful Buddha statue built in the Cham style.
– After lunch at a scenic restaurant, continue exploring Hoi An Old Town.
– The day comes to a close with a visit to the Cham Museum. Browse the remarkable collection of Cham sculptures and artefacts dating from the 7th to 15th century. (L)
– Minimum 2 people per booking
Additional Info
Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Hoi An, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
– Pick up by our tour guide and driver at the entrance of the Chan May port
– Head to Hai Van Pass offers an impressive landscape of verdant mountains and clear blue skies, overlooking Da Nang City, Tien Sa Port, Son Tra Peninsula, and South China Sea. It stands at 500m above sea level, making it the highest pass in Vietnam.
– Keep going south to Marble Mountain, a group of limestone and marble hills filled with caves. Then explore the mountain’s main caves to see a beautiful Buddha statue built in the Cham style.
– After lunch at a scenic restaurant, continue exploring Hoi An Old Town.
– The day comes to a close with a visit to the Cham Museum. Browse the remarkable collection of Cham sculptures and artefacts dating from the 7th to 15th century. (L)
– Minimum 2 people per booking
Itinerary
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Stop At: Hai Van Pass, Lang Co Vietnam
The Hải Vân Pass, is an approximately 21 km long mountain pass on National Route 1A in Vietnam. It traverses a spur of the larger Annamite Range that juts into the East Sea of Viet Nam, on the border of Đà Nẵng and Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, near Bạch Mã National Park
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Marble Mountains, Hoa Hai, Ngu Hanh Son, Da Nang 550000 Vietnam
Marble Mountains is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains are named after the five elements: Kim (metal), Thuy (water), Moc (wood), Hoa (fire) and Tho (earth).
All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels, and it is possible to climb to the summit of Mount Thuy. Several Buddhist sanctuaries can also be found within the mountains, making this a tourist destination.
The area is known for stone sculpture making and stone-cutting crafts. Direct rock extraction from the mountains was banned recently. Materials are now being transported from quarries in Quảng Nam Province.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hoi An Ancient Town, Hoi An 560000 Vietnam
The Hoi An Old Town or Hoi An Ancient Town, as it is often called, is Hoi An’s most prominent attraction. Historically it was a trading port dating back to the fifteenth century: an important stop on the Silk Road and the most popular place to trade in Asia. Today, it has morphed into a retailing center that draws heavily from the traditional artisanship of the past, especially with clothes and leather goods.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, No 2, 2 Thang 9 Street Hái Châu District, Da Nang 550000 Vietnam
With their roots dating back as far as 192 AD, Vietnam’s indigenous Cham people lived an Indian way of life in both culture and language. The Cham Museum in Danang is dedicated to this period and the Champa existence which began predominantly in the coastal areas of Vietnam. Housing the largest exhibition of Cham sculpture in the world, the museum displays almost 300 terracotta and stone works of art ranging from the 7th to the 15th centuries.
Duration: 1 minute
