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 your destination in Da Nang, the best time to visit is late Spring to Autumn, from March to September. This is the best time to visit Son Tra because the weather is particularly beautiful, with little rain and minimal fog to obstruct your view. Also, unexpected natural phenomena such as storms and floods rarely occur during this time.

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

When you come to Son Tra Peninsula, your knees and feet may be tired, but you still won’t run out of interesting sights and “attractive” check-in points. If you don’t have much time, prioritize these outstanding attractions!

Things to do in Son Tra Peninsula

Son Tra Peninsula is known as the “jewel” of Da Nang. Exploring the whole area takes a lot of time. If you don’t have much time, prioritize visiting these outstanding attractions!

Visit Linh Ung Pagoda

Linh Ung Pagoda is one of Da Nang’s most sacred and famous pagodas. Located at an altitude of 693 meters above sea level, Linh Ung Pagoda offers 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 sits 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 a “Buddhist Buddha” statue, for 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 enjoy panoramic views 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 bathe, distracting one of the men and causing him to lose to his opponent. The beach where the female fairy flew down is now 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 can take in a panoramic view of Da Nang shining in the sunlight or sparkling under the 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 sits in the middle of a strait, where the sea and forests are 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 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. This beautiful coral beach is also a diving spot tourists shouldn’t miss.
• If you visit Bac Beach around October – November of the lunar calendar, you’ll see immense seaweed clinging to the rocks.

Check in at the thousand-year-old banyan tree

One of the must-see destinations on Da Nang’s Son Tra Peninsula 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. Having lived for a long time, 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 SUP rowing. 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 a 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, don’t miss the chance to dive and see coral at Son Tra Peninsula. It is home to a rich, 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 can admire artifacts and see how the ancient Cham people lived, a long-standing culture with rich traditions in Central Vietnam. You will see Cham paintings, statues, ceramics, jewelry, and household items.

The museum also features two ancient-style houses from 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 from 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.

Tien Sa Lighthouse

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

This is the ideal place to enjoy panoramic views of the vast sea and sky, where many tourists take their “lifetime” photos.

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 can admire rare animals listed in the Red Book, such as red-shanked douc langurs, wild cats, and ferrets. 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” of the Son Tra peninsula, with a population of about 300-400 animals, which the authorities strictly protect and preserve.

Treat your taste buds to unique Son Tra cuisine

Like at other beaches, seafood at Son Tra is a delicacy 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 win you over. Thanks to its primeval forest, Son Tra also offers unique wild-vegetable dishes and fragrant coconut wine for tourists.

Son Tra wild vegetables grow on the mountain slopes, but when a skillful chef prepares them, they become a delicious, unique dish. You can stir-fry them, dip them in a hot pot, cook them in sour soup, steam them, or boil them 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 then marinated in a coconut’s intestines for many days. The wine’s spicy taste mixes with the coconut’s sweet aroma to create 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 Thien An

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