My Son Sanctuary tour from Da Nang: Rice paper making included

Walk through Champa temples, then make rice paper with your hands

This guided tour from Da Nang takes you to My Son Sanctuary, a UNESCO World Heritage site built over ten centuries by the Champa Kingdom, with an English-speaking guide leading you through the ruins and explaining the history. You'll stop at a rice paper factory to see, smell and make your own sheet. Lunch is served at a local house with traditional Vietnamese food. Hotel pickup and drop-off from Da Nang are included, and the full day runs about six and a half hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore My Son Sanctuary and local culture

• Pick up from Danang city
• Travel to My Son Sanctuary
• Visit My Son Sanctuary ruins
• Visit rice paper making factory
• Try making rice paper
• Enjoy lunch at local house
• Return to Danang city

The experience

The van picks you up from your Da Nang hotel and drives you to My Son Sanctuary, a remarkable architectural ensemble that stands without equal in Southeast Asia. Your guide walks you through the temples and explains the spiritual and political life of the Champa Kingdom across the ten centuries the site developed. The monuments are built into a valley setting, and the guide contextualizes what you're standing in front of: the scale of the kingdom, the techniques, the purpose of each structure.

After the ruins, the tour stops at a rice paper factory run by local people. You watch the process (see the rice batter, smell the steam rising from the cooking surface), and then make a sheet yourself. The factory lets you taste what you've made, so you move from watching to doing to tasting in one stop. This is where the tour shifts from history to connection: you're working alongside the people who do this every day, not observing from a distance.

Lunch happens at a local house with traditional Vietnamese food. The van then returns you to your Da Nang hotel. The whole day is about six and a half hours from pickup to drop-off, which means you're back with time left in the afternoon. An English-speaking guide is with you the entire time, and a bottle of water is included.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off from Da Nang.
• English-speaking guide for the full day.
• entry and guided walk through My Son Sanctuary.
• rice paper making at a local factory where you make and taste your own sheet.
• lunch with traditional Vietnamese food at a local house.
• a bottle of water.

Options for this experience

2 options

My Son Sanctuary Guided Tour with Rice Paper Making, departing from Da NangGuide in English · 07:30 and 13:30includes pickup

Private My Son Sanctuary tourGuide in English · 9 departure times: the first at 06:30, the last at 14:00Private tour: you will be served by private services. Duration: 6 hours. Lunch or dinner: you will enjoy lunch or dinner depending on the departure time, with Vietnamese food that tastes delicious. Pickup and drop-off in Da Nang by car or van. Pickup is included.

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Before you book

Days and timesEvery day9 departure times: the first at 06:30, the last at 14:00

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AgesAdult (10 and older) · Child (5 to 9 years) · Infant (1 to 4 years): free

GroupUp to 12

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Paid on siteUS$ 5.80

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Good to know

Low physical effortStroller-friendlyNot recommended with heart problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Venus Travel

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to see the Champa Kingdom temples with a guide who explains them, and you're interested in doing something with local people rather than just watching from a distance. The rice paper stop gives you that hands-on connection and a meal in a real house, not a restaurant.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (5 to 9 years); Infant (1 to 4 years): free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What is My Son Sanctuary and why does it matter?

My Son Sanctuary is a World Cultural Heritage site built over ten centuries by the Champa Kingdom. The temples and structures there are unique architectural monuments that show the spiritual and political life of an important period in Southeast Asian history, and they stand without equal anywhere in the region.

Do I actually make rice paper, or just watch?

You make it yourself. The factory shows you the process, then hands you the tools and materials so you can form your own sheet on the cooking surface. You taste what you've made before you leave.

What's included in the price?

Hotel pickup and drop-off from Da Nang, an English-speaking guide for the full day, rice paper making at the factory, lunch with traditional Vietnamese food at a local house, and a bottle of water are all included. The entrance fee to My Son Sanctuary is not included and is paid separately.

How long is the full tour?

The tour runs about six and a half hours from the time the van picks you up at your hotel until it drops you back. That includes the drive to the sanctuary, time at the ruins with your guide, the rice paper stop, lunch, and the return drive.