Where the sun first touches mainland Vietnam — a trek you will remember for life
Touching the easternmost marker — a milestone for anyone who travels
The earliest sunrise over the sea in Vietnam
A fierce, beautiful route over dunes and rock ledges
Go with a tour that provides a porter to guide you — the trail is easy to lose; wear trekking shoes and carry two litres of water each. The good months are January to August; avoid the north-wind season at the end of the year, when the swell over the rocks is dangerous.
Mũi Đôi, on the Hòn Gốm peninsula, is the easternmost point of mainland Vietnam — the first place on the mainland the sunrise reaches. To lay a hand on the stainless-steel marker you have to trek more than ten kilometres across hot dunes, dry forest and rock ledges; trekkers count this route among the four extreme points of the country that have to be done.
Most people go on a two-day, one-night tour: set out in the afternoon, camp at Rạng beach with the surf beside you, then climb the rocks at four in the morning to reach the marker as the sun comes out of the sea — a moment that makes every drop of sweat from the ten kilometres worth it. This is the bucket-list piece for a longer trip and a pair of strong legs.
Come to Nha Trang without eating gỏi cá mai and the trip is not complete
One family, one recipe, nearly 50 years. Fish landed that morning, rolled in rice paper and dipped in a secret fish sauce — the same taste since 1977.
