12 May 2025
We were met at 9am and things started well although our driver was quite slow. We were underwhelmed by our first stop which was meant to be Lang Co beach. Having researched it subsequently it seems we were taken to a stop at Lap An bay. It had a scruffy working beach used by the local fishermen. This would have been fine if there had been some activity but we were told they work overnight so we only stopped for around 15 minutes. Unfortunately then the Hai Van pass was closed due to an accident so we ended up taking the tunnel, missing the key element of the journey. We asked the driver if we could do something else instead like see the dragon bridge in Da Nang but he said we were option C so couldn't.
The stops at Monkey Mountain (45 minutes) and Marble mountain (1hr 15mins) were enjoyable but we had a journey of over 7hrs with only 2hrs 15 out of the car. It was slow and unimpressive.