Da Nang Half Day City Tour

Eric provided a great tour in an extremely limited amount of time! Due to the cruise ship schedule and the need to take a golf cart style buggy from the ship to the port gate ( and back, competing with other passengers), we were constrained to 3 .5 hours of touring time. Eric delivered an exceptional tour. We told him our focus was on Marble Mountain, roughly 30 minutes drive each way from the port. Eric designed a tour that hit all the highlights that one could reasonably expect to see for a first time visitor. He sent us a text the night before telling us that he would be at the port entrance with a sign 30 minutes before the planned meeting time. He was ready when we got to the entrance 5 minutes earlier. He provided a nice, clean, comfortable Toyota SUV with a driver as part of the tour price. The driver allowed Eric to focus on giving us the tour, dropping us off at the entrance to every site, without Eric having to worry about a parking place. The driver diverted traffic and opened the door every time I entered or exited that side of the vehicle, while Eric did the same for my wife on the passenger side. The tour was excellent. When we stopped at the dragon bridge, Eric let us take a few pictures up close then walked us further so he could take our picture with the entire bridge in the background. As we drove along the beachfront, Eric told us stories about the monkeys stealing the fruit offerings from the temples, requiring the temples to switch to plastic replicas of the fruit. At the 67 meter high female Buddha statue, Eric took us through the tranquil garden behind the statue first, a spot many people miss. He explained the meaning behind the number 7, showing us the lotus petals depicting the Buddha's first steps. He talked about how his family assisted at the temple 2x per month. He showed us the 7 windows in the statue's back, talked about the progression from the gray to brown to golden robes signifying the monk's rank. He explained the symbolism and benefits of walking through one of the three arches in the gate - intelligence, balance, long life. From there, we went to Marble Mountain. While we stood in the queue for the lift to the top, Eric brought lift tickets up (and then down). He talked about the 5 elements represented by the mountains (water, wood, fire, metal, earth). We were unable to go into the cave because electrical power for lighting was not working. He explained the concept of reincarnation . We ended the touring portion at the one of the marble carving houses where we bought two small souvenirs. Eric talked about the rift in his family that still exists today caused by his aunts working for the US during the war while his father fought against the US. We wish healing for his family from this tragic war. Eric invited us to celebrate that night with his family the anniversary of his grandfather's passing by eating chicken feet he was cooking. Unfortunately, we had to leave...

Huy N.United States

Eric is one of the best tour guides in the world! We’ve traveled to dozens of countries and hired may guides from tours by locals and Eric stands out. He’s professional, highly engaging, humorous, super knowledgeable, and truly cares scout the guest experience. His persona reflects someone who has decades of experience and my family and I always felt like we were getting more than we paid for. Definitely would recommend him!

Eric was a good tour guide. In the limited time we had available and with our port changing to further distance away, he organized a nice tour with the time available to include a number of interesting things. He was a good communicator pre tour and shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for Vietnam during our Tour. I recommend Eric as a tour guide Bob Quinn

It's hard to put into words that amazing experience we had with Eric (Ngo). He met us at the airport and from there we went on an adventure to all things local. We went and tried new food, saw some monkeys on Monkey mountain and then learned so much about the local history and how local people live. We had asked to stay away from overly touristy things and Eric did exactly that. We had a wonderful experience and can not wait to see Eric in Vietnam again!

Our entire group really loved this fully customizable tour! Eric was a fantastic guide. The full size bus gave us lots of room to spread out. Eric was a pleasure to work with as we created an itinerary that worked for the time we had available and allowed us to see everything we wanted to in and around Da Nang. You won't be disappointed if you book with Eric!

Eric is a fantastic guide, and we are very happy we selected him to show us the Danang/Hoi An area. He kept in close contact with us during the pick up at the cruise port. He took us to a number of local coffee shops and eateries (do NOT miss the banh mi!). We also visited a number of sites in Danang, a pottery village, a working farm, took a ride in a basket boat and toured Hoi An. He returned us to the cruise terminal to wrap up a day that we will always remember. We couldn't recommend Eric more highly.