Travel: Da Nang International Marathon & Ba Na Hills - Da Nang, Vietnam

Hey! Continue to talk about my Da Nang trip. The third day was a long day, we had a good run and also visited the Ba Na Hills before depart to Hoi An Ancient Town. That day, I woke up very early about 530am for Da Nang International Marathon 2014. Guess how many km I ran this time?

It was memorable way to celebrate 57^th Merdeka Day in Da Nang – we took a group picture with our Malaysia Flag before we start the run. Show the world, we are proud to Malaysian – Kami Malaysia.

I am a fun person so this round was fun run 5km. I better start training, hopefully next year I can come back for my half marathon. It is a great opportunity for the runners to experience the most beautiful and exotic beach city of Vietnam by running on a magnificent marathon course in South East Asia. The race includes 3 distances - Marathon 42.195 km; Half Marathon 21.097 km and 5 km Fun Run.

Overall, I enjoyed the fun run together with Ashman, Tennyson, Sue and Chu Chu. We ran, jogged, walked and chatted along the way, without realizing it we completed 5km. Plus we stopped to take pictures because the view was spectacular. 

It was like a mini carnival, there were many stalls / booths setup selling sports merchandise, consumer goods and also sampling. For more information about the upcoming Da Nang International Marathon 2015 please visit http://www.rundanang.com

After the race we went back to hotel, showered, changed and check out Minh Toan Galaxy Hotel. Then head to Ba Na Hills yuhuu! Ba Na Hills is located 25km to the Southwest of Da Nang at an altitude 1,487m. A path to fairy land.

Enjoy the cool climate all year round. This is one of the temperate hideout in the tropical forest. We love the cool weather, the blooms plus the European scenery up here. During the weekend and holidays this place is usually packed.

Wootz! I am afraid of height, one eye shut. Can you see all the mist and the slope aaa… By the way, Ba Na’s Cable Car System holds 4 Guinness World Records as the longest one line cable car in the world (5,771.61m); the highest different height between departure and destination (1,368.93m); the longest non-stop cable (11,585m) and the world heaviest cable rolls (141.24tonnes).

Ticket price for Ba Na Hills cable car

Adults: 300,000 VND per person round trip

Children (from 1m – 1.3m tall): 250,000 VND per person round trip

Free admission for children under 1m tall

Look! The architectures and building at Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort are based on novel named “Adventure to The Center of Earth” and “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea” of French writer Jules Verne.

If you wish to plan your trip to Ba Na Hills do check out more information about Ba Na Hill, please visit www.banahills.com.vn

We have almost come to the end of our Da Nang trip, one more day to go and safe the best for last. Yeah! Heading to Hoi An Ancient Town by coach and it’s about 40km from Da Nang City. The most authentic and memorable place in Vietnam blog post is coming up soon. Continue to read and visit my blog ok…