My Son Sunrise Tour: Uncover Cham Culture and Temple Exploration in Vietnam
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27 Ratings
Duy Phu
Uncover the fascinating Cham culture and explore ancient temples on the My Son Sunrise Tour in Vietnam. Discover the lost Champa kingdom and learn about their history, culture, and architectural marvels.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- My Son Sanctuary - My Son Holyland:
Visit UNESCO World Heritage site, learning about the history of the site with your knowledgeable tour guides
Explore all temples built and rebuilt from 4th century to 13rd century
Marvel at the Hindu remains of tower-temples decorated in bas-relief.
Find out how the Cham people built the temples without using mortar
Learn about the Champa Kingdom and their relationship to the temples at My Son.
Enjoy the beautiful views of valley surrounding by jungles.
What's Included
- Water
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Entrance ticket to My Son Holyland
- Private car
What's Not Included
- Tips
- Breakfast
- Insurance
- Drinks
Additional Information
MY SON SUNRISE TOUR ITINERARY:\n\n- Departure from your lodging in Hoi An or Da Nang at 5:10 a.m\n\n- Arrival at My Son by 6:00 a.m., followed by a short buggy ride and a 10-minute walk to the site\n\n- From 6:20 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., explore the temples with an expert English-speaking guide, delving into Cham civilization, history, culture, and people.\n\n- Return to your hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang by 9:10 a.m. for breakfast.\n\nTOUR HIGHLIGHTS:\n\n- Discover the ancient Champa kingdom in Vietnam’s history, spanning from the 2nd to the 15th century, and gain insights into the Champa culture.\n\n- Relish the scenic beauty of the valley encompassed by jungles and mountains.\n\n- Investigate the temples constructed and reconstructed from the 4th to the 13th century.\n\n- Attempt to understand the methods used by the Cham people to construct their temples without mortar.
- Please give Voucher from Viator when you do the Tour or contact Hotline Number : +84 983264629
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Location
My Son Sanctuary
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Pia_o_loennechen
May 28, 2024
Best guided tour in Vietnam - Our guide, Ken, was a wonderfully kind and knowledgeable man! He shared so much of his knowledge about My Son, general Vietnamese history and took very nice photos. The best guided tour we have had in Vietnam, can really be recommended! Lovely to have the whole area to yourself when you arrive so early.
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Savannah_d
May 21, 2024
Early but worth it to avoid the heat and crowds. - Absolutely recommend Mr. Ken! He was so friendly, had great knowledge of the history and was able to answer any question we had. It is an early tour but it was worth it because you beat the heat and crowds, even by 0730 other larger tour groups were showing up. Our photos were amazing with no tourists in the background. He also recommended great food.
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Berenike-vienna
Mar 15, 2024
Be the first visitor! - Getting up at 4:30 sounds tedious but it really pays off:
We were the first visitors to My Son Sanctuary.
It feels like you are discovering the place all for yourself...
Enough time to deliberate over perspective and scenes and picture setup without waiting for the right moment because of somebody stumbling into your focus.
Our guide Mr Li did know the history of My Son very well and provided a lot of information. He was always helpful, very friendly and eager to point us to the most interesting details and explained meaning and historical background.
We enjoyed the tour very much and can recommend for every photo aficionado who likes to experience a serene morning visit to My Son!
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Luke
Mar 12, 2024
Highly recommended. Excellent tour! - This trip was excellent!
Our guide Mr Le was extremely knowledgeable, and we learnt so much from him about the history of My Son and the Cham culture.
It was a great way to see My Son, and going on the sunrise tour meant that we avoided all the crowds later on in the day.
Great communication and organisation from Andy, and comfortable transport for the drive from Hoi An.
Very highly recommended, this is the tour to book. Thank you Andy and Mr Le!
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Road01841037451
Nov 19, 2023
Incredible trip - thanks Andy! - Andy was great organising the tour. We had an incredible morning. Our guide and our driver were absolutely amazing and the site is really beautiful.
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Senthurane2017
Oct 15, 2023
My Son sunrise - We had booked the sunrise tour but unfortunately it was raining all week. Due to the had weather, we had the place all to ourselves. Really wonderful guide. Comfortable transport. Water provided. Knowledgeable. Took great care of us. Excellent trip. Would do again
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Sumikohuff
Oct 10, 2023
Excellent Tour - This was a great tour for us. Andy communicated with us through WhatsApp and had everything arranged. Can picked us up at our hotel and our guide Ken took us through My Son in addition to giving us a detailed explanation of how war has shaped the history of Vietnam—up through his own experience interpreting for the US military and being imprisoned by the North Vietnam army once the US left. My Son is a beautiful site and a fascinating restoration project. The sunrise tour in October was perfect, as the place had only a handful of guests and we were able to explore away from any crowds.
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Sharonb1101
Aug 14, 2023
It is worth getting up early - definitely recommend - Definitely do My Son on this tour! When we arrived there at 6am, there was only one other person at the whole site so it was peaceful and we could take some amazing photos with no other people in the background. It was also much cooler! The site itself is in a basin so the heat gets trapped in and it was already feeling a lot hotter by the time we left at 8am when the sun was higher, compared with 6am when we arrived. There were also a lot more people at the site by 8am too.
Thanks to our guide, Mr Ty, we not only experienced My Son (pronounced Mee Soon) without the heat and crowds but learned a lot about the Cham people, Hinduism, the impact of the Vietnam war on the area, etc. Definitely recommend a knowledgeable guide like Mr Ty to fully understand what you’re looking at. He promptly picked us up at 5am and took great care of us, as did our driver Mr Thy.
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Camilla563
Aug 3, 2023
Amazing tour and tour guide - A really interesting tour of My Son. It was literally just our group (3 people) and 2 other groups of 3 people there. Later in the day there are thousands of people in My Son, so choose a sunrise tour. The guide was very knowledgeble about the site and told us lots of things that were really interesting. I loved it!
The tour guide was very kind and several times offered to take our pictures in front of the monuments.
We left at 5 and were back at the hotel at 9.30 just in time for breakfast. :)
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Helinatalie
Jul 26, 2023
Wonderful trip at sunrise - It was a wonderful trip. Mr Ken was so nice and explained everything so well. My Son is a very interesting place. The car arrived in time and there was much space inside. Thank you so much for this amazing experience!
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