Da Nang Sunset Tour: Marble Mountains & Monkey Mountain

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Duration5h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Three sacred sites in one afternoon, timed to catch the light you want

A guided tour of three Da Nang landmarks—Marble Mountains, Am Phu Cave and Monkey Mountain—in a small group with hotel pickup, English-speaking guide and entrance fees included. Choose between a morning departure with local lunch or a sunset timing to watch the light change across the Son Tra peninsula. The tour lasts five hours and involves walking and climbing, with an elevator option available at Marble Mountain for the first 146 steps at your own cost.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Marble Mountains and Monkey Mountain

Pick up from hotel
Visit Marble Mountains caves
Explore Am Phu Cave
Travel to Monkey Mountain
See Lady Buddha statue
Enjoy sunset at Son Tra peninsula
Return to hotel

The Experience

The tour starts at your hotel and heads straight to Marble Mountains, where you'll walk through a combination of marble and limestone caves that have drawn visitors for centuries. The site sits on a religious crossroads: your guide explains the differences between Buddhism and Hinduism as they're practiced here, and you'll climb to the first stop at Xa Loi Tower (146 steps, or take the paid elevator), then continue up 136 more steps to reach the cave system itself. The caves open onto views across Da Nang, and the route gives you time to move at your own pace through the passages.

From there the van takes you to Am Phu Cave, where the passage descends into what locals call a devilish underworld—the cave is decorated with demon statues and carvings that tell stories of Buddhist cosmology. It's a short walk through a different kind of landscape, both literally and spiritually, before you head to the final stop. The drive to Monkey Mountain brings you to the Lady Buddha statue, a 67-meter figure that holds the height record for the Central Vietnam region. The statue sits in a garden of bonsai trees with mountain views behind it, and this is where the sunset tour hits its mark: the light across the peninsula shifts as you walk the grounds and take in the scale of the place.

Your guide is English-speaking and included in the price, as are all entrance fees, the air-conditioned minivan and a bottle of water. The tour wraps in time to return you to your hotel. Small children can ride in a stroller, and infants are welcome on an adult's lap. The five-hour pace assumes moderate fitness—the climbing is real, but the elevator at Marble Mountain removes the first stretch if you need it (you pay separately for that). Choose the morning option if you want lunch included and a full afternoon after; pick the sunset departure if you're timing your visit around the light.

What’s included

All entrance fees to Marble Mountains, Am Phu Cave and Monkey Mountain.
English-speaking tour guide.
air-conditioned minivan with hotel pickup and return.
a bottle of water.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomeNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Venus Travel

Is this one for you?Choose the morning departure if you want lunch included and an open afternoon afterward; pick the sunset tour if you're timing your visit around the light change across the peninsula and prefer an earlier start to your day. Either way, the small group size and fixed schedule mean the three sites stay manageable in five hours without you arranging transport or entry separately.