Hoi An & Ba Na Hills: Golden Bridge & Cable Car Day Trip

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 14

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

The cable car climbs 1,487 meters — and the Golden Bridge is waiting at the top

You get picked up from your hotel at 8am and driven to Ba Na Hills, where you ride the cable car to 1,487 meters and walk the Golden Bridge. After visiting the Buddha statue and gardens, you have a buffet lunch and free time to explore the French Village or Fantasy Park before the cable car ride back down and return to your hotel by 5:30pm. The cable car ticket and transport are included, so you're not arranging any of that yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

Ba Na Hills tour and sightseeing

Pick up from hotel at 8:00 am
Drive to Ba Na Hills
Ride modern cable car system
Visit Golden Bridge and Big Buddha
Explore garden flowers and French Village
Enjoy panoramic views of Da Nang
Have buffet lunch at 12:00 pm
Free time to explore and play games
Return by cable car at 3:30 pm
Drive back to hotel by 5:30 pm

The Experience

The pickup was supposed to be 8 o'clock, but your guide texts that traffic on the way to your hotel is worse than expected — he'll be five minutes late. It's a small thing, but it sets the tone: this isn't a cattle-car operation. When he arrives, the van is clean, cold, and there's bottled water already waiting. The drive to Ba Na Hills takes about an hour from Hoi An, heading toward Da Nang, and your guide talks through what's coming — the cable car system, the Golden Bridge, the French Village at the top. He's matter-of-fact about it, not selling you on feelings.

By 9:30 am you're at the base station, and the cable car itself is the first real moment. It's one of the most modern systems in Southeast Asia, and the ride up takes you over the forested mountainside at 1,487 meters altitude. The views open up as you climb — you can see Da Nang city spreading out below, the coast beyond it. Then you step out at the top and there's the Golden Bridge: two enormous stone hands rising out of the mountain, holding up a wooden walkway. It's exactly what the photos show, which is both a relief and slightly surreal. You walk across it, take the photos, and move on. The Buddha statue is nearby, and so are the garden flowers — all of it compact enough that you're not wandering for hours trying to find things.

Lunch is at noon, buffet-style at the French Village restaurant. The food is solid — noodles, rice, vegetables, meat — nothing fancy but enough to refuel before the afternoon. After that, you've got free time until 3:30 pm. Some people explore the French Village itself, which is a recreation of a colonial-era settlement with shops and cafés. Others head to Fantasy Park, the indoor amusement park built into the mountain — it's got rides like a free-fall tower, 4D films, and a dinosaur park. You don't have to do anything; the time is yours. The point is you're not rushed through the day on a fixed schedule hitting every single thing.

The cable car ride back down is quieter than the way up. By 5:30 pm you're back at your hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang, and the whole thing is done. The day doesn't feel crammed; it feels like you actually got to see Ba Na Hills instead of just checking boxes.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup at 8am from Hoi An or Da Nang, transport in an air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking guide, the cable car ticket to Ba Na Hills (included so you don't pay separately), access to the Golden Bridge, Buddha statue, and gardens, buffet lunch at the French Village restaurant at noon, free time from 1pm to 3:30pm to explore the French Village or visit Fantasy Park on your own, and drop-off back at your hotel by 5:30pm. Bottled water is provided throughout the day.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Simply Vietnam Travel

Is this one for you?Pick this tour if you want to see Ba Na Hills and the Golden Bridge without arranging transport, cable car tickets, or timing yourself — the fixed schedule and included pickup mean you're not coordinating logistics on your first morning in the area.