Tourists, and locals, now have helicopters as a means of transport
from Da Nang to world heritage sites in the central region via Vietnam
TravelMart Agency’s chartered tours.
The price is a
whapping 70 million VND (3,250 USD) for an hour trip from Nuoc Man
Airbase to Hoi An and My Son Sanctuary. For a shorter 12-minute flight
over the sea and mountains of Da Nang – Ngu Hanh Son Mountain, Ba Na
Hills, Son Tra peninsula and My Khe beach – the price is 3 million VND
(142 USD) each passenger.
Last week, six Russian
tourists were the first to hire the helicopter; they flew roundtrip from
Laguna Resort in the town of Lang Co, Thua Thien-Hue to Hoi An and My
Son.
The six-seat French-made EC132T2 helicopter
will explore expanding air travel to the Cham Islands, Ly Son Island and
En Cave in Quang Binh province.
TravelMart, however,
is not the first to offer helicopter tours. In 2011, the Vietnam
joint-stock tourism company, Vitours, operated chartered flights from Da
Nang to the Cham Islands in a 24-seat Russian-made MI-17, but the tour
shut down due to unknown reason.-VNA