Nha Trang City Tours

Nha Trang used to be one of the capitals of the former Cham kingdom before the Kinh Vietnamese came here. In 1891, Dr. A. Yersin found Xom Bau village where fishermen migrated here and set up a bustling and crowded village. Then Nha Trang came into existence when more people migrated to this area and local government was set up here. Nowadays, Nha Trang is a township of Khanh Hoa province inhabited by more than 400,000 people. Archaeologists found various vestiges of the primitive life here before Nha Trang became a big town. Local people live mainly on fishing, arming and tourism. Nha Trang bay nowadays is selected as one of 29 most beautiful bays in the world. When tourism is booming, in Nha Trang emerges a resort, Anamandara voted as one of 10 best world resorts. This excursion takes you to visit a selection of the numerous attractions in Nha Trang City. First the car will drive you to Cau Da for a visit the Vietnam Oceanographic Institute: built in 1922 to study the diverse marine life in this area. Visitors can not only admire hundreds of species of the tropical seas, but also study more than 20.000 species of Eastern sea. Continue to drive to down town, driving past the beach front decorated by lines of Phi laos trees in interesting shape and coconut trees, past the former Nha Trang airport built by the American,... Take a photo stop at the city church built in gray stone and located on top a hill. Stop at XQ Embroider Workshop for an inside visit. This is a superb art made by very skillful workers who spend months for a master piece of art. After that, you will go to Long Son Pagoda which was founded in the late 19th Century. The entrance and roofs are decorated with mosaic dragons made of glass and ceramic tile. From the pagoda, those more energetic will have the chance to climb the 152 stone steps leading to the giant white Buddha seated on a lotus blossom. There are superb views of the whole city from the platforms around the Buddha (14 metres high), which was built in 1963.  The oldest one in Nha Trang. Located next to highway 1 at the foot of the Trai Thuy hill, it used to be a small thatched roof pagoda in 1889. After some renovations, it becomes a nice pagoda as you see nowadays. The first monk who started this pagoda was Venerable NGO TRI whose tomb is right on the hill next to the pagoda. Chong Promontory: means the "Husband Rock", the name given to one of the two rocks (Husband and Wife). As a bridge to help them meet, a row of smaller rocks, stones, pebbles and corals pave the way for their reunion, this ill-fated legendary couple. Continue to drive through the city down town to Xom bong bridge where many former Cham spiritual medium used to live at. Evidence of the ancient Cham civilisation of Vietnam can be seen in Nha Trang at the hill top Po Nagar Cham Towers. Built between the 7th and 12th Century and named in honour of the former Cham Princess who introduced her people to profitable weaving and wet rice cultivation techniques, it is still used as a centre for worship today. Walk across Ha Ra Bridge below to photograph the abundant fishing boats moored in the shallow Nha Trang harbour. Boats are brightly painted in blue and red - an engaging sight against a typically azure sky . The tour ends for this morning is to visit to local Dam Market one of Vietnams ' most interesting local markets. (The Pond market) and walk into the crowded market place built in 1969. It is a central commercial market of Nha Trang. Located on an old pond with a total area of about 7 hectares that connects the mouth of Nha Trang River under the foot of Ha Ra bridge, the Dam market is round in shape. There are two floors that can accommodate three thousand people at the same time. This is a wholesale and retail market where people can buy anything from daily supply, food to clothes and industrial goods. There's a colourful selection of local produce. Fruit, vegetables and seafood are the most common but you will also see dried seahorses and lizards - popular specialities of Nha Trang.  After having lunch at a good Local Restaurant, then you relax yourself and soak in the mud at the Hot Spring Center.  The van will transfer you back to your hotel through Nha Trang Street to observe local Nha Trang life.

Including:  transport, local guide, admission fees, Vietnamese lunch, mineral water

Excluding: alcoholic drink,  personal expenses