How to reach Nhatrang 

Nhatrang is located 450 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City, 570 kilometers south of Danang and 1350 kilometers south of Ha Noi. There are daily flights from these cities to Nhatrang and vice versa.  It takes approximately one hour flying from Ho Chi Minh City, one hour and twenty minutes from Danang and one hour and 45 minutes from Hanoi.  There are more frequent flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Nhatrang. 

Also, there are night and day trains available and the train journey is comfortable nowadays. Besides, daily buses run by Sinh Cafe are also available. Reaching Nhatrang cannot be easier.

Nhatrang is the capital of Khanh Hoa Province, a coastal province being located in the South-Central and possesses an area of 5,197 square kilometers. The population is 475, 669 with a density of 220 persons per square kilometer.
Khanh Hoa is endowed with rich and diverse natural resources, especially with huge marine resources, which can be exploited, processed for exports in large volume.
Its islands of swallows annually provide up to 2 tons of bird nest that represents an extraordinary material to produce different healthy and precious products.

Additionally, at the seabed there are lots of strikingly colorful corals with protozoan comparable to under-sea parks, highly attractive for snorkeling and diving activities. Being endowed with a costal line of 200 km in length, with nearly 200 large and small islands, Khanh Hoa has a temperature climate with more 300 sunny days in a year and an average temperature of 26 degree Celcius.

The archipelagoes is over 600 square kilometers. There are 32 different ethnic groups in which the majority is Kinh People.

Dive Tour

This being the most luxurious live aboard vessel in Nhatrang bay, you are assured of comfort, where you can relax. Amongst the 19 meter fully fitted boat with living room, dining room and seven double cabins finished in polished wood.
All your meals are provided along with snacks throughout the trip. We have a great crew and atmosphere aboard. This is by far the best Dive trip in the area, we cruise the Nhatrang bay, Van Phong bay and Cape Varella. Jaking in the splendid scenery combined with some spectacular marine life located at our dive sites. Only small groups or private charters are welcome.

The Big Wall

This dive is a vertical drop of 20m to 35m with an incredible quantity of soft coral with a great variety of colours. Marine life here ranges from Groupers to Jacks, Parrot Fishes, Stingrays, Angel Fishes, Lion Fishes and Butterfly Fishes.

• The Small Wall
  
  A drop of 18 m and a slop to 25 m. At 20 m there is a big rock covered with rare green coral (Tubastrea Microntha) also (Tubastrea Aurea) a golden coral. Here you will encounter black and red Lion Fishes, Bat Fishes, Longfin Banner Fishes (Heniochus) and sometimes even the rare Frog Fish.

• The Cave
  A nice reef starting at 5m then slowly descends to 22/25 m. This site has an open cave to swim through from 9 to 6m depth. During the dive the coral is nice, you can see Nudibranches, Lion Fishes, Cowries (Ovula Ovum), Octopus, Trigger Fishes, Parrot Fishes and beautiful Clown Fishes along with christmas trees (Spirobranchus) and Feather Stars (Crinoides).
   

• Coral Garden
  The site is from 3 to 16m with a very nice coral reef. There are some beautiful Clown Fishes, Butterfly Fishes Gobies (Puellaris, Albimaculatus) and Blennies (Midas, Bicolor). This site is a very good place to do try dive's and open water courses
   

• Moray Beach
  This is 3 to 18m dive, the best place for try dive or for Open Water Course. Starting on the sand where we can see Scorpion Fishes, Lion Fishes, Clown Fishes, rare Black Frog Fish and White Frog Fish. The splendid coral reef continues to the moray cave. Three giant moray (2 Javanicus and 1 beautiful Favagineus) close by we can find some network pipe fishes and two Multibar Pipe Fishes, Razor fishes and Trumpet fishes. At the end of the dive, at 3m, in a small cave, there are 2 nice Leaf fishes (Taenianotus Triacantus) and a big Stone Fish. Sometimes we encounter one or two extremely rare Devil Scorpion Fishes, who walk on the sand area.
   

• South Reef
  From 6 to 25m. There is a nice coral reef at 6m. A small wall to 15m with a very good coral especially Acropora. The area has many different Coral Fishes and a variety of Shrimps species from White Banded Cleaner Shrimps (Amboinensis), Cleaner Shrimps (Antonbruunii), Hingebeak Shrimps (Durbanensis) to the elegant Periclimenes Longicarpus on the coral Sinuosa.
   

• Hon Trau Nam
  
  A beautiful dive site from 10 to 35m. Good for almost 10 dives. We find big Cartilaginous fishes: Manta Ray, Eagle Ray, Sting Ray, also Jacks along the giant rocks drop off. On the bottom at 25/35m, there are colorful soft coral and a very rare Black Coral (Antipathes Dichotoma). Everywhere is abundant with Nudibranches and Opisthobranches. Giant Angel Fishes like Pomacanthus Annularis and P. Xanthometopon, also the yellow Trimaculatus with their blue lips and of course the P. Imperator. On this dive at 10m there is a small old wreck, around it are Scorpion Fish, a huge Stone Fish. It is possible to do a drift dive on one side of the rocks formations here.
   

• Hon Kho Trang
  A small island around witch we can do 3 different dives from 10 to 30m. It has a good quantity of nudibranches, ranging in size 15 to 20cm. Giant hard coral Acropora and a interesting pass through
   

• Hon Tai
  The site has a splendid coral garden at 12m. Giant rocks with colorful soft corals. Walls, beautiful Clown Fish and different Nudibranches species. This dive is from 5 to 27m.
   

• Night Dive
  This is a great opportunity to experience all the different animals that come out at night after hiding among the corals in the day. There are Sea Horses, Shrimps, Crabs, giant Spanish Dancer, and some beautiful Clown Fishes sleeping in their sea anemones. Depth on this is 3 to 12m and a pleasant relaxed dive.
   

• Hon Lon
  This is a good reef where we can find quantity of Green Corals (Tubastrea) depth on this dive is from 3 to 15m. It's along the coast of Lon Island
   

• Nhatrang City Beach
  Upon arriving to Nhatrang, most tourists will pass through downtown. Beyond the rows of businesses and homes will be Nhatrang beach. Tran Phu Boulevard is Nhatrang's most famous thoroughfare. It runs along the length of the beach with several major hotels located within a few steps from the beach. Unlike most major cities in Vietnam where the primary mode of transportation is the motorbike, many people of Nhatrang still walk or use the bicycle as their means of getting around. This adds to the tranquility of the town. There is very little pollution or noise from motor vehicles.
   

• Hon Chong Promontory
  Chong has two meanings in the Vietnamese language. The first is to stack and the second is husband. Hon Chong is located on a stretch of rocky mass of land, famous for the thousands of smooth rocks being stacked on one another. There are two clusters of such rocks in the area called Hon Chong. The first is further out in the ocean and the second is located near an islet called Sat Thon. The cluster in the ocean is most impressive since there are large boulders stacking on one another seemingly out-of-balance, yet remaining stable.

• There is a boulder as large as a small hill supporting another boulder as large as a small house at its peak. On the side facing the shore, there is an imprint of a large hand with five fingers clearly outlined. The locals call this rock Hon Chong or the Husband.
  The cluster with the name Hon Vo or the Wife is not far away. The rocks in Hon Vo cluster are as large as those in Hon Chong, but the they are closer together. A somewhat romantic person explained that this name came about because the rocks here snuggle against one another.
   

• Thap Ba (Po Nagar Cham Towers)
  The Po Nagar Towers once stood at the entrance of Cai river, where the river meets the ocean. The towers stood in isolation on a rock foundation, but over many years the towers and the land it stands on became part of the land mass as the river changed its flows.
  
  Today, the tower is north of the river and the rock formation it stood on became known as Mount Cu Lao. The town of Vinh Phuoc at the base of the mountain was once a fishing village, known as Xom Chai and Xom Bong.
  
  Po Nagar Towers complex was built between the 7th and 12th century. The most beautiful towers were built in the year 813 and 817. Most were destroyed and only four towers are still standing. Each tower is a shrine to a different deity.
  
  One tower is the shrine to Xiva, one of three most powerful deities in Hinduism. One tower is dedicated to Ganexa, the son of Xiva. This deity has a human body and an elephant head. Po Nagar is the tallest tower, also known as Thap Ba (Tower of the Lady). Po Nagar or Uma is the wife of Xiva the supreme. Po Nagar towers stands 23m in height and was built around 817
  
  Bricks were used in the building of Po Nagar. The four-sided structure is topped by a pyramid with a statue of the four armed Xiva riding Nandin the enchanted ox at the apex. The exterior of the tower is covered by intricate rock carvings of dancers, people rowing boats, grinding rice or hunting with bows and arrows.
  
  The interior is airy and cool. An alter made of granite is placed at the base of the statue of Po Nagar. Po Nagar is a goddess with ten arms. She is also the goddess credited for her help with teaching people how to farm. Her statue was originally made out of hard incense wood. The statue was removed by the French in 1946. A new statue with more Vietnamese features is its replacement. The Po Nagar towers complex is an example of Cham's architecture and art at its height
  
  Nha Trang Tour infomation:
  Cam Ranh Airport:
  35 kilometers away from the Nhatrang
  Vietnam Airlines Office:
  91 Nguyen Thien Thuat street
  Train Station:
  17 Thai Nguyen street
  Bus Station:
  58 23 Thang 10 street

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