Things to do at Mui Ne, Vietnam
When you go to Mui Ne one of the first things you’ll hear about are the Sanddunes!! There most offered trip is a combination of going to the Fairy Stream and the Sand Dunes. I allready read some stories about the Sand Dunes so I really wanted to go there. Mui Ne is a relaxed beach town that attracks lots of tourists that wants to go surfing. If I would visit again I would go take some lessons too, same as I did in Kartong, The Gambia!
As everywhere in Asia there are lots of tourists agencies. I was at the agency with the American woman called Babette who I met in the bus from Ho Chi Minh City to Mui Ne and we booked the trip to the Sand Dunes for the next afternoon.
Fairy Stream and Sand Dunes, Mui Ne
Things to do at Mui Ne
At the end of the path we suddenly were standing in front of the fairy stream!!
We took of ours shoes and started to walk upstream!
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Fairy Stream
Things to do at Mui Ne
I loved the feeling of soft sand between your toes at the fairy Stream in Mui Ne
Surroundings like in a Fairytale at the Fairy Stream
We made a couple of pictures there….I lost my sunglasses in the water.. but I was lucky to find it again searching the undeep floor with our feet at the waterfall!!
After walking back we got back into the jeep and went on to the Sand Dunes, first we would go to the White Sand Dunes.
On our way to the Sand Dunes – Mui Ne, Vietnam
Sand Dunes of Mui Ne
We decided to walk instead of renting a fourwheel drive. So we started walking and decided that our goals was to go as high as we could up a sanddune hill. It was real hot and we took lot of pictures of us and the scenery. At some point we decided to run of a steep hill.
We walked back on the rigde of a big sand dune.
It was a great scenery to watch!
These were the Yellow Sand Dunes and now we were headed to the Red Sand Dunes for a great sunset!
We got back into the Jeep and went to the Red Sand Dunes. There we would stay here for the rest of the afternoon and watch the sunset. We decided to rent a couple of sliding mats which you can use to slide of a sand dune. So much fun!!
There were ofcourse a couple of children and some women who were there to help us. First I tried without them but I almost went head over heels downwards. That didn’t work, they had a trick on how to start 🙂
They put us on the plastic thing and pushed us of the Sand Dune. It was real nice!!! It went real fast down the Dunes! We really had some fun sliding down the Sand Dunes!
When it was time to watch the sunset we gave the boys there rental-things back and we sat down and waited for a great sunset!
Things to do at Mui Ne -Vietnam
Babette from the USA and me
A couple of years later I met Babette again. This time it was in Colombia and we Climbed Cerro de Las Tres Cruces – Medellin
It took a bit longer than expected so in the mean time we had all kinds of ideas to make nice pictures with the sun. So now I have a serie of sunset pictures on the Sand Dunes!! #fun
I really loved my day there!
And that memory kept coming up because for days I found The Sand of the Dunes in my clothes and bag!!!
Sunset at the Red Sand Dunes
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- Other activities for Mui Ne
Cruising along the coast with a scooter
For a day activity just outside of Mui Ne I can recommend to rent a scooter and go cruise the coastline. Together with Babette we went for the market in Phan Thiet and we shot some nice pictures along the way. I really like the fact that you can stop where ever you are just to enjoy the scenery. In the end we drove for around some 100K that day and I loved it!
Do make sure that your insurance covers this. If you get into an accident or such.. And make sure to have the drivers license needed for this scooter. It is a motor scooter and you do need a special drivers license for it!
Surfing or Kiting at Mui Ne
Everywhere along the coast, on the beach, you see the surf and kite schools. It is the perfect spot to learn it or when you are a surfer already… This is the spot to be. The bay is in a perfect location to have enough wind on a daily bases to go surf your heart out!1
My first night in Mui Ne I stayed in a cabin on the beach, I forgot the name of the resort but it is where now the Sunrise Resort is located…
Visit the local Market / Harbour
Always a good idea is to visit the local market. But the harbour also gives you the best views! Mui Ne is along the coast so lots of fish and lots of other merchandize to be seen.
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Nee Marty, daar ben ik niet geweest maar als ik je hoir heb ik qua geur niets gemist 😉
De duinen was inderdaad erg gaaf om te doen alleen wel heel erg het aan de voeten. Zijn jullie ook naar een vispasta fabriekje geweest bij de kust? Stonk verschrikkelijk maar heel leuk om te zien.