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Daily Tour
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Mui Ne is famous for its enormous red and white sand dunes. The ‘red dunes’ (doi hong) are convenient to Hai Long, but the ‘white dunes’ (doi cat trang) 24km northeast is the more impressive – the near-constant oceanic winds sculpt the pale yellow sands into wonderful Saharaesque formations. But as this is Vietnam (not deepest Mali) there’s little chance of experiencing the silence of the desert.
Prepare yourself for the hard sell as children press you to hire a plastic sledge to ride the dunes. Unless you’re supermodel-light, it can be tricky to travel for more than a few metres this way.
DEPART: FROM YOUR HOTEL IN MUINE (4:30AM-8:00AM)
4:30AM Departing to go to sand dune
5:15AM Visiting White sand dunes. At the top of the sand dune, catching the first sunrise of the day. Other activities can be taken: riding quad-bikes over sand dunes and ostriches riding (at own expense), sliding down sand dunes’ slopes with surfboards…
6:00AM Visiting Red sand dunes, slopes are less steep than the White sand dunes, great opportunity for taking photo as red colour of the sand is great contrast to background scenery
6:45AM Visiting the fishing village, observing the daily lives of fishermen, morning catch is hauled to shore and women are busy sorting out the catch and fishing boats are lining up and waiting to depart
7:15AM Visiting Suoi Tien (fairy stream) where the small stream running through the middle of the red sand dunes. It is like a mini version of Red Canyon
8:00AM Returning back to your hotel
Depart: FROM YOUR HOTEL IN MUI NE (2.00PM - 6.00PM for sunset)
2:00PM Pick up at your hotel
2:30PM Visiting Suoi Tien (fairy stream) where the small stream running through the middle of the red sand dunes. It is like a mini version of Red Canyon
3:00PM Visiting the fishing village, observing the daily lives of fishermen, catch is hauled to shore and fishing boats are lining up
4:00PM Visiting White sand dunes. Activities can be taken: riding quad-bikes over sand dunes and ostriches riding (at own expense), sliding down sand dunes’ slopes with surfboards…
5:00PM Visiting Red sand dunes, slopes are less steep than the White sand dunes, great opportunity for taking photo as red colour of the sand is great contrast to background scenery and observing the spectacular sunset over the sand dunes
5:45PM Returning back to your hotel
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