Accommodation
There’s a real mixed bag of big hotels on the sea front and budget accommodation on the other side of the road from the sea. More and more budget hotels are springing up all of the time and in turn small shopping areas to squeeze that last dollar out of the tourists pockets and into their tills.
Sea Winds Resort
Address: 139 D Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Prices from: Rooms $7
Includes: En-suite, fan, TV, balcony
Tel: 062 384 7018 Email: Web:
Opposite Joes Cafe and the Shades resort, Sea Winds has a mixture of rooms that all clean and reasonably priced. If their trees are bearing fruit, then you may get a knock at the door in the morning from the owner bearing gifts.
Sun Resort
Address: 117c D Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Prices from: Double/Twin $6
Includes: En-suite, fan, TV
Tel: 062 374 3086 Email: Web:
Listed in most guides as "Mellow" this place as taken a step away from it's previous owners. Now run by a lovely local family, they have both fan and AC rooms that sit around the courtyard area. They have a small restaurant and bar offering fresh tastes though still aimed more at tourist than local fare.
Mui Ne Backpackers
Address: 88D Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Prices from: Dorm $10, Double/Twin $20-60
Includes: En-suite, AC. Wi-Fi, pool, TV
Tel: 062 384 7047 Email: Web: MuiNeBackpackers.com
This beachside "backpackers" hostel is more of a flashpacker destination than backpacker for us. The rooms are nice, the dorms are nice, the service is nice. But you can get more for your money by staying elsewhere. That said, if you're not on the tightest budget and you want to meet fellow travellers, this could be a good option.
Eating and Drinking
With large hotels on the sea front, the restaurants are mostly sited on the opposite side of the road with the budget accommodation. This is a tourist area, and the food at times reflects it. If you’re prepared though to venture just 1km north of the main tourist area, you’ll be greeted sea-front stalls serving fresh seafood from sun-set till late. The food is good and very well priced – expect to pay about 100,000d for a good sized snapper that is plenty enough to feed two.
There are no “bia hois” here but with tourism comes competition so you’ll find plenty of bars offering beer from only 9,000d but ensure you’ve told them you want cold beer.
Sites
Fairy Stream
A few dollars in a taxi or a short cycle ride along the main strip heading north and you’ll go over a small bridge traversing the fairy stream. Follow the stream back up water away from the road for about 1.5km and you’ll find a small but inviting waterfall. The walk there is nothing short of spectacular with several meters of red sand resting on top of white limestone. If you cycle there the local shop’s children will offer to “look after your bikes” for a small fee. The stream is not deep, even in the rainy season it doesn’t go much above your ankles.
White Sand Dunes
The White Sand Dunes just outside of Mui Ne are one of Vietnam's charming geological oddities. Although most people visit the White Dunes on a tour, getting there yourself is pretty straightforward. Going at your own pace affords you time to really appreciate the area, have a picnic, wipe out a few times sledding down the hot slopes, and make an interesting day away from the beach. Getting to the sand dunes…..
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Po Shanu Cham Towers
Dating from the 9th century this complex consists of the ruins of 3 towers. There’s a small pagoda as well as a gallery and a shop with sweeping views of the town and a cemetery filled with brightly coloured tomb stones.
You can cycle up the hill to reach it or jump off of the bus heading towards Phan Phiet.
Sites – Phan Phiet
Ho Chi Minh Museum
Admission: 10,000d
Considering that Ho Chi Minh is sell well revered in Vietnam, his museums are generally not that interesting. In fact, you’ll most likely come out having more questions to ask then you had answered. Mostly the museum consists of photographs with on a few words in English and a few trinkets that Ho Chi Minh may or may not have owned. Opposite the museum is a school that Uncle Ho worked at for two years. It’s slightly more interesting than the museum but if you’re heading here for answers… you’ll just end up with questions.
Victory Monument
Each reasonably sized town has one and this one doesn’t look bad. It’s opposite a large supermarket which is more worthy of a visit than anywhere else in the town.
Local Information
Laundry
Most guest houses offer a laundry service. Always better to look around if you’ve a lot, but expect to pay around 25,000d/ Kg.
Post Office
Available along the strip, though the main post office is in Phan Phiet.
ATM
All of the ATMs along the strip have a limited withdrawal and will charge you for the service. The only ATM we found that didn’t charge is in Mui Ne itself. Rule of thumb is that if it is a standalone machine, you’ll pay a service charge. If it is part of the banks building then you don’t. As you get into town, swing a left just before the market.
Internet information
Readily available at guesthouses and most bar/ restaurants in the area.
