Tours › Ba Na Hills & Golden Bridge
The first cable car of the day, the Golden Bridge before the crowds, and a French village at 1,400 metres.
The Golden Bridge is genuinely beautiful and genuinely crowded, and the difference between a wonderful morning and a frustrating one is entirely what time you arrive.
So we leave early and take one of the first cable cars, while the cloud is still sitting in the valley and there is room to stand on the bridge and photograph it properly. By the time it fills up we have moved on to the gardens.
Bring a light jacket. It is 18–25°C at the summit, which after a week on the beach feels like another country.
This is how the day usually runs. Nothing is fixed — if you want longer somewhere, or you'd rather skip a stop entirely, just say so on the day.
Early, and I will not apologise for it. This is the single decision that decides what kind of day you have.
Thirty-five kilometres and about forty-five minutes to the station, then the long ride up over forest and waterfalls. The ticket is around 950,000₫ for an adult, less for children by height, and covers the cable cars, the Golden Bridge, the French Village and Fantasy Park.
Straight here first. A hundred and fifty metres of gold walkway at 1,400 metres, carried by two enormous weathered stone hands, with the whole coast behind it if the cloud is kind. Twenty quiet minutes now is worth two crowded hours later.
A cobbled square, a church, a Gothic hotel and nine themed gardens at Le Jardin d'Amour. It is a replica and it is beautifully made — and at this altitude the mist does half the work.
Included in your ticket: several floors of indoor games and rides, good with children and skippable without them. The alpine coaster is about 70,000₫ a run and you control the brake.
The buffet up here is the sensible choice and it is honestly decent — Vietnamese and European, and a seat with a view.
The quiet corner of Ba Na that most visitors walk past: a white Buddha, incense, and long views down the valley when the cloud lifts.
Before the late-afternoon queue builds at the top station.
Back at your hotel with time to swim before dinner.
It was an amazing time in Danang. Luong was so helpful and enthusiastic. Her knowledges about Danang is wonderful. We definitely recommended her to my family and friends if they plan to visit Danang!
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