Son Tra Peninsula is 10km from the center of Da Nang City to the North-east and is 693m high above sea level and can be seen from every place in the city. Son Tra looks like a mushroom of which cap is Son Tra Mountain and stalk is a beautiful sandy beach that affords an ideal area for bathing, playing sports, fishing and swimming. On Son Tra, there still remain more than 30km² of natural forests, nearly 300 types of plants and several hundred kinds of fauna, including rare animal. From the top of the mountain, you can see the overall view of Danang City, Marble Mountains, Ba Na – Mount Chua, so interesting! During the Vietnam war, Son Tra mountain was tagged “the Monkey Mountain” by Americans. Veterans said that they saw many monkeys in the area when they first came. Today, visitors can see the primates on the coast road leading to Lady Buddha, Linh Ung Pagoda or in the InterContinental Resort.
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