Locations in Khánh Hòa · 11 found
Ba Hồ Waterfall
Ba Hồ Waterfall is Nha Trang's best jungle adventure - three tiered pools fed by a 10km stream running off 660m Hòn Sơn peak, 25km north of the city. The trail between pools stays genuinely rugged and undeveloped even though basic facilities exist near the entrance, so this rewards visitors prepared for real rock scrambling rather than a casual walk.
Bai Dai Cam Ranh Beach
Bai Dai Cam Ranh Beach stretches over 10km along the coast between Cam Ranh and Nha Trang in Khánh Hòa, known for clear turquoise water, soft white sand, and a gentle slope that's popular with families - though experiences vary significantly along its length, from quiet, clean stretches to areas visitors report as littered or hemmed in by resort development.
Điệp Sơn Island
Điệp Sơn is a remote island cluster in Vân Phong Bay, northern Khánh Hòa, where a narrow tidal sandbar - close to a kilometre long - connects three islands at low tide, one of Vietnam's most photogenic natural phenomena, reached by a short boat ride from Vạn Giã fishing port.
Dốc Lết Beach
Dốc Lết Beach is Nha Trang's best day-trip beach - a long stretch of white sand on a sheltered bay 50km north of the city, with calmer and clearer water than Nha Trang's main beach, significantly fewer crowds, and a name that comes from the soft, sinking sand dunes visitors once had to shuffle across to reach the sea.
Hòn Chồng (Hòn Chồng Rock Formation)
Hòn Chồng is a coastal granite rock formation 3km north of Nha Trang centre - a stack of weathered boulders jutting into the sea with views back to the city skyline and across to the offshore islands, paired with a smaller companion formation nearby called Hòn Vợ.
Hòn Mun Island
Hòn Mun Island is the core zone of Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area, historically the best diving and snorkeling site in the bay - though its coral reefs have suffered serious, well-documented decline since 2020, and current conditions are a genuine mixed bag rather than the pristine reef of older travel guides.
Hòn Tằm Island
Hòn Tằm is Nha Trang Bay's most developed private island - a resort island a short speedboat ride offshore with white sand beaches, water sports, and Vietnam's largest island-based hot mineral mud bath complex, though at a real cost in crowding, gated resort access, and inflated food prices.
Long Sơn Pagoda
Long Sơn Pagoda is Nha Trang's most prominent religious site - an active Buddhist pagoda at the foot of a hill topped by a massive white seated Buddha (Vietnam's largest outdoor Buddha statue), visible from across the city, with a reclining Buddha and 193 steps to the summit viewpoint.
Nha Trang Beach (Tran Phu Beach)
Trần Phú Beach is Nha Trang's 6-7 km city-centre beach, a few minutes' walk from most hotels - golden fine sand, a flat, gently sloping seabed and sunrise swims with locals, but busy, with rip currents that lifeguards deal with every peak season.
Po Nagar Cham Towers
Po Nagar Cham Towers are one of the best-preserved Cham temple complexes in Vietnam - four brick towers built between the 7th and 13th centuries on a granite hill above the Cai River in Nha Trang, still used as an active place of Hindu and Buddhist worship.
Vinpearl Cable Car
The Vinpearl Cable Car is marketed as one of the world's longest over-sea cable cars - a 3,320-metre gondola crossing from the Nha Trang mainland to Hòn Tre Island, with aerial views over Nha Trang Bay, the city skyline, and the surrounding islands at around 50 metres above the water, reachable with an inexpensive cable-car-only ticket if the theme park beyond it doesn't interest you.
Local Food You Must Try
Bún cá sứa
Rice vermicelli with fresh jellyfish and fried fish cake in a light turmeric broth - jellyfish caught off Nha Trang's coast gives the dish a unique crunchy, slippery texture unlike any other noodle soup in Vietnam, eaten at dawn stalls near the fishing harbour
Nem nướng Ninh Hòa
Grilled pork sausage rolls from Ninh Hòa district - coarser and smokier than the Nha Trang version, eaten wrapped in rice paper with star fruit, green banana, and a thick hoisin-peanut dipping sauce at roadside stalls along Highway 1
Bún chả cá Nha Trang
Rice vermicelli with golden fried fish cake in a light tomato and pineapple broth - the fish cake is made from fresh mackerel pounded by hand and fried until springy, a Nha Trang breakfast staple eaten at dawn stalls near the fishing harbour since the early morning catch comes in
Gỏi cá mai
Raw silverside fish salad cured in lime juice - the tiny translucent fish turn opaque in the acid then are tossed with green mango, roasted peanuts, sesame, fresh herbs, and chilli, a coastal Khánh Hòa delicacy eaten at beachside restaurants overlooking the bay
Cơm gà Nha Trang
Poached chicken rice from Nha Trang - free-range chicken cooked in a fragrant broth then served over rice cooked in the same stock, topped with shredded chicken, fried shallots, fresh ginger sauce, and a clear broth on the side, a simpler and cleaner version than the Hội An style
Bún mực Vạn Ninh
Fresh squid noodle soup from Vạn Ninh fishing village - squid pulled from boats that morning is grilled then simmered in a light broth with tomato and lemongrass, the flesh still tender and sweet, eaten at open-air seafood stalls right on the Vạn Ninh harbour
Bánh ướt Diên Khánh
Fresh steamed rice sheets from Diên Khánh ancient town - thinner and silkier than the Hà Nội version, served with grilled pork, fried shallot oil, and a tart fish sauce, eaten at shophouse stalls inside the 18th-century Diên Khánh citadel walls
Nem chua Ninh Hòa
Fermented sour pork rolls from Ninh Hòa district - pork pounded with toasted rice powder and wrapped in fig leaves to ferment for three days, developing a tangy, garlicky flavour with a firm, slightly chewy texture, considered the finest nem chua in Vietnam
Bánh tráng xoài
Sun-dried rice paper layered with dried mango and chilli salt - a Khánh Hòa coastal snack combining the chewiness of rice paper with the sweet-sour punch of local mango, eaten grilled over charcoal or straight from the packet at beach stalls along Nha Trang