Son Tra Peninsula

Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang is an ideal destination for nature lovers when traveling to Da Nang. You can participate in many activities at this location, such as exploring beautiful beaches, diving, trekking in the mountains, visiting sacred pagodas, and more. Let’s explore this peninsula with Vietdreamtravel in this article!

Overview of Son Tra Peninsula

Son Tra Peninsula covers about 60 km², with three sides bordering the sea and one side bordering the mainland. The east of the peninsula is called Hon Nghe; the west is Mo Dieu; the north is Ngu Hai mountain, opposite Co Ngua mountain. Also, the Son Tra Peninsula is part of the Truong Son range, so it has an extremely rich flora and fauna, attracting many tourists.

If you choose the Son Tra Peninsula as the destination for your trip to Da Nang, the most suitable time to travel here is from late Spring to Autumn, which means from March to September. This is the right time to travel to Son Tra because the weather during this period is particularly beautiful, with little rain and not much fog to obstruct your view. Besides, this is a time when unexpected natural phenomena, such as storms and floods, rarely occur.

Currently, this place attracts tourists not only because of its romantic beaches, diverse ecosystem, impressive sights, and developed tourism services, but also because there are many interesting surprises waiting for you.

Coming to Son Tra peninsula, tourists have tired knees and tired feet, but still haven’t run out of interesting sights and “attractive” check-in points. If you don’t have much time, you should prioritize visiting these outstanding attractions!

Things to do in Son Tra Peninsula

Son Tra Peninsula is known as the “jewel” of Da Nang. It would take a lot of time for tourists when they want to explore the whole area. If you don’t have much time, prioritize visiting these outstanding attractions!

Visit Linh Ung Pagoda

Linh Ung Pagoda is one of the most sacred and famous pagodas in Da Nang. Located at an altitude of 693 meters above sea level, Linh Ung Pagoda is one of the pagodas offering beautiful natural views that visitors cannot miss when visiting Da Nang. Situated in a prime location, Linh Ung Pagoda faces the East Sea, with surrounding grasslands and views of Hai Van Pass and Cham Island.

Linh Ung Pagoda in Son Tra is considered an impressive cultural, religious, and architectural symbol. The pagoda is especially famous for its Bodhisattva statue, the tallest in Vietnam today, standing at up to 67 meters tall. The Buddha Statue is placed on a hill more than 100m high, with a lotus diameter of up to 35m and a height equivalent to 17 floors. Each floor has an altar to the statue of “Buddhist Buddha” with a total of about 21 statues.

Ban Co Peak

Ban Co Peak is located at an altitude of 700m from the foot of the peninsula. This is the perfect place for visitors to admire the panoramic view of Da Nang city, the sea, and the sky. This mountain peak is associated with the legend of two old male fairies playing chess together. Suddenly, a young female fairy flew down to take a bath, causing one guy to be distracted and defeated by his opponent. And the beach where the female fairly flew down is today called Tien Sa beach.

From the top of Ban Co, you will see the entire city of Da Nang lying at your feet. This city is vibrant with modern buildings, famous for its 7 unique bridges. From above, you have the opportunity to see the panoramic view of Da Nang shining under the sunlight or sparkling under the shimmering night lights.

Go to the beach

When visiting the Son Tra Peninsula, visitors will have countless interesting things to explore. But the first experience that no tourist wants to miss is probably swimming.

Son Tra has many beautiful beaches, such as:

• But Beach is located in the middle of a strait, nature has the sea and forests in harmony. Coming here, visitors can rent huts, camp, hold beach parties, windsurf, skydive, dive to see coral…
• Tien Sa Beach is associated with the legend of fairies descending to earth and is a rare, quiet, pristine space.
• Da Den Beach has gentle waves, clear water all year round, and large and small black rocks stacked on top of each other.
• Nam Beach (or Nom Beach) is one of the most beautiful beaches of the Son Tra Peninsula. There is a beautiful coral beach here, so it is a coral diving spot that tourists should not miss.
• Coming to Bac Beach around October – November of the lunar calendar, you will admire the sight of immense seaweed clinging to the rocks here.

Check in at the thousand-year-old banyan tree

One of the must-see destinations on the Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang is the thousand-year-old banyan tree, a symbol of enduring, majestic life. The banyan tree is more than a thousand years old, has a base diameter of more than 20m, and shines more than 1000m² – a giant foliage like a masterpiece of nature. The banyan tree has lived for a long time, so all of its roots are firmly anchored in the ground and form an intricate network.

The banyan tree is also home to many species of birds, animals, and insects, contributing to the biological richness of the Son Tra Peninsula. You can stop at the banyan tree to admire nature’s beauty, take souvenir photos, or relax in its shade.

Rowing SUP and diving to see coral

One of the most exciting experiences in Son Tra is rowing a SUP. You will freely explore the beauty of the blue sea, white sand, golden sunshine, and beautiful coral reefs. This activity does not require many specialized skills or complicated equipment. You just need a board, a paddle, and a swimsuit to participate.

If you want to enjoy the fresh air and watch the brilliant sunrise over the sea, you can choose to row between 5:30 and 7:00 am. You can also choose the time from 16:30 p.m. to 18:00 p.m. to admire the romantic sunset over the sea, as the last light of the day casts magical colors on the water.

In addition, you should not miss the opportunity to dive to see coral at Son Tra Peninsula. This is home to a rich and diverse coral ecosystem, with many unique coral and marine fish species. You will admire colorful coral reefs and mischievous sea fish.

This experience not only brings joy but also helps you better understand and love nature. Two ideal spots for diving to see coral on the Son Tra Peninsula are Rang Beach and Sup Islet. The best time to dive to see coral is from 10 am to 11 am, when the sun is shining and the coral is clearly visible. However, you can also choose other time frames depending on weather conditions and sea waves.

Visit Dong Dinh Museum

If you are looking for an ideal destination to explore the ancient beauty of Da Nang’s Son Tra peninsula, the Dong Dinh Museum is definitely one not to miss. Dong Dinh Museum is located on the left side of the road to Linh Ung Pagoda, on an area of 10,000 m2. One of the most prominent exhibition areas of the Dong Dinh Museum is the memory house. Here, you will admire artifacts and recreate the life of the ancient Cham people, a long-standing culture with rich traditions in Central Vietnam. You will see paintings, statues, ceramics, jewelry, and household items of the Cham people.

Besides, Dong Dinh Museum also has two ancient-style houses of the Kim Bong, a famous craft village in Hoi An. These houses are built from ironwood and have very beautiful architecture. In these houses, you will admire the precious collections of antiques of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups, from North to South. In addition, the Dong Dinh Museum also has an area dedicated to artifacts related to the lives and beliefs of minorities in the Central Highlands.

Son Tra Lighthouse

This lighthouse is located at an altitude of 223m above sea level. This lighthouse was built by France in the 1950s. To date, Son Tra Lighthouse is considered one of the oldest and most beautiful lighthouses in Vietnam.

This is the ideal place to admire the panoramic view of the vast sea and sky, where many “lifetime” photos of tourists are taken.

Explore the rich flora and fauna in Son Tra Peninsula

Son Tra enjoys a fresh, cool climate year-round thanks to its long-standing primeval forests. This is home to an extremely diverse flora and fauna. Exploring the rich flora and fauna here, visitors will have the opportunity to admire rare animals listed in the red book, such as red-shanked douc langurs, wild cat, ferret... Statistics show that Son Tra has nearly 1,000 plant species, including 22 rare species.

The peninsula is also home to hundreds of animal species, including the red-shanked douc langur, known as the “primate queen” on the Son Tra peninsula, with a population of about 300-400 animals, which is strictly protected and preserved by the authorities.

Treat your taste buds to unique Son Tra cuisine

Like all other beaches, seafood at Son Tra is always a delicacy that visitors cannot miss. Dishes made from fresh seafood, such as lobster with cheese sauce, lobster hot pot, steamed eel, snails, grilled squid, and grilled octopus, will definitely conquer you. Besides, thanks to the primeval forest, Son Tra also offers unique, new wild-vegetable dishes and fragrant coconut wine for tourists.

Son Tra wild vegetables are plants that grow on the mountain slopes, but when prepared by a skillful chef, they become a delicious and unique dish. You can choose to stir-fry, dip in a hot pot, cook sour soup, steam, or boil to enjoy the most original flavors.

As for coconut wine, it certainly doesn’t need much introduction, right? Traditional rice wine is fermented, soaked, and, after fermentation, marinated in the intestines of a coconut for many days. The wine’s spicy taste will mix with the coconut’s sweet aroma to create a wine with an extremely rich flavor. There’s really nothing better than eating seafood and sipping a few glasses of coconut wine.

This is also a precious wine that many tourists choose to buy as a gift after their trip to Son Tra Peninsula.

Source: collected by An

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