Monkey Mountain Sunset Tour with Marble Mountains Tour deserves a try thanks to its intriguing activities. Vacationers will discover highlighted attractions of the two best tourist venues in Da Nang City—the Son Tra Peninsula and the Marble Mountains.
These destinations are the gifts that nature granted to the liveable city of Danang. They offer captivating natural scenes adorned with gracious human-made constructions.
Within only half a day, our team, including an excellent tour guide and a private car, will take you to all the elite parts of these places.
What To See On Our Tour?
- Non-Nuoc Marble Carving Village: Many generations of competent local artisans have created impressive sculptures for 400 years.
- Water Mountain: It’s the largest peak among the Marble Mountains’ five peaks and is home to many ancient pagodas and caves.
- Linh Ung Bai But Pagoda: The tallest Buddha statue in Vietnam is located here.
- Vong Canh House and Radar Station: These two adjacent attractions provide the best views of Monkey Mountain.
- Chessboard Peak: The highest point on Monkey Mountain serves as an ideal spot for sunset watching.
MONKEY MOUNTAIN SUNSET TOUR WITH MARBLE MOUNTAINS TOUR
Marble Mountains Tour
2:00 PM: Our tour guide and car driver will pick you up at your hotel in Da Nang City/ Hoi An. You begin the Monkey Mountain Sunset Tour with a 2-hour visit to the Marble Mountains.
Your first stop will be Non-Nuoc Marble Carving Village. Here, you can visit artisans’ working spaces and product exhibitions. After this, you take an elevator up to Marble Mountain.
The cluster of marble mountains in Da Nang is Ngũ Hành Sơn in Vietnamese. It means that five mountains symbolize five basic elements of our universe, according to ancient Chinese philosophy.
With that theme, the Mable Mountains Da Nang feature historic pagodas, mystical caves, and lush nature. Our tour guide will lead you through fascinating places like Linh Ung Pagoda, Tang Chon Cave, Tam Thai Pagoda, Van Thong Cave, etc.
Finally, you will admire the panoramic views at the summit, or the Heaven Gate, before going down. At a height of 110 meters, it will reveal stunning sights of Da Nang City and Non Nuoc Beach.
During the tour, the guide will help you take pictures and explain in detail everything you see. It’s your chance to understand more about the native history, culture, customs, practices, and beliefs.
Monkey Mountain Sunset Tour
4:00 PM: Next, our team will take you to the heart of Monkey Mountain Tour Vietnam: travel around Monkey Mountain until dusk.
Firstly, the tour guide will show you Linh Ung Bai But Pagoda, the most famous among the three Linh Ung Pagodas in Da Nang. You will admire its impressive Buddhist architecture, especially the 67-meter Lady Buddha statue.
Moreover, it offers visitors a holy ambiance, tranquil bonsai gardens, and panoramic views of Monkey Mountain and the Son Tra Peninsula. You may luckily meet wild monkeys around the pagoda’s campus.
Next, you will visit shortly the Vong Canh House (Sea Watching Tower) and Radar Station. Travelers are keen on taking pictures here, as these places have many photographic spots.
Finally, you reach Chessboard Peak (Ban Co Peak) for a mesmerizing sunset. Standing at a height of 700 meters above the sea, this is the highest place in Monkey Mountain, which makes it perfect for twilight hunting.
You will enjoy the panoramas of Da Nang City and the peninsula at the last daylight moments.
6:00 PM: You and the tour guide will go downhill in our private car. After you drop off at your hotel in Da Nang/ Hoi An, our Sunset on Monkey Mountain tour finishes. Hue Locals Travel hopes to see you on our journeys.
Travel Guide & Notes
- Whether you can see the sunset depends heavily on the weather. Therefore, please understand if there isn’t a nice sunset on the day you go.
- Many tourists want to see the monkeys, but, unfortunately, they may not appear. We will try our best, but we can’t promise you can see them.
- Our Monkey Mountain tour sunset requires much outdoor time and walking. Thus, we advise you to wear neat clothes and comfy clothes.
- There are sacred places in the Marble Mountains and Linh Ung Pagoda. Hence, you shouldn’t wear too short clothes.
- Plus, you should bring hats, umbrellas, sunglasses, snacks, and water.
- Non-Nuoc Stone Carving Village is a good place to buy souvenirs.
