Da Nang – Quy Nhon: 3 Days 2 Nights

Highlights

• Ky Co beach, reached by speedboat from Nhon Ly, with water clear to the sand
• Eo Gio — a stone walkway cut along the cliff face above the open sea
• Ghenh Rang Tien Sa and the poet Han Mac Tu's grave on Thi Nhan Hill
• The twelfth-century Cham Twin Towers, right inside the city
• Thien Hung Pagoda and the Banh It towers at An Nhon
• Seafood that is fresher and cheaper than in most central coastal cities

Itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1

   Da Nang – Quy Nhon – Ghenh Rang Tien Sa

   We leave Da Nang early and drive south on Highway 1 through Quang Ngai, stopping for lunch on the way. You check in at a beachfront hotel in Quy Nhon in the afternoon. After a rest we go to Ghenh Rang Tien Sa, climbing Thi Nhan Hill to the grave of the poet Han Mac Tu and dropping down to Egg Rock Beach, covered in stones rounded smooth by centuries of surf. The evening is free along the Xuan Dieu seafront for seafood.

2. 2

   Day 2

   Ky Co – Eo Gio – Nhon Ly fishing village

   In the morning we go to the Nhon Ly jetty and take a speedboat fifteen minutes to Ky Co, a beach caught between two headlands where the water is shallow and clear enough to see the sand beneath it. There is time to swim and snorkel, with a seafood lunch served on the beach. In the afternoon we go up to Eo Gio and walk the stone path along the cliff above a curved inlet where the wind blows year-round. On the way back we stop in Nhon Ly fishing village to see the basket boats and the murals painted through the lanes.

3. 3

   Day 3

   Twin Towers – Thien Hung Pagoda – return to Da Nang

   We check out and visit the Twin Towers, a pair of Cham brick towers from around the twelfth century standing in the middle of Quy Nhon. We drive out to An Nhon for Thien Hung Pagoda and its twelve-storey stupa, and stop at the Banh It towers on a hill above the Kon River. The coach leaves for Da Nang around midday, with a lunch stop on the way, arriving in the late afternoon.