Last updated : 09:37 on 11/01/2025
As someone who has many years of experience as a consultant and tour guide for Nha Trang island tours, including tours to Hon Tam, the question I am often asked is "What is there in Hon Tam?" This is often a question for tourists traveling to Hon Tam on their own for the first time to Hon Tam Nha Trang. To give you a specific picture, I will help you answer this question.
Where is Hon Tam?
Hon Tam is an island located in the south of Nha Trang city, about 2km from the mainland. To get to Hon Tam, you will travel by speedboat or wooden boat from Hon Tam port or Nha Trang tourist wharf. The travel time is about 6 to 8 minutes if traveling by speedboat, about 25 minutes if traveling by wooden boat, depending on the means of transport you use.

Hon Tam on Google map. Photo: screenshot Looking at this photo, you can see the sea routes leading to Hon Tam as follows: Cau Da Port -> Hon Mieu -> Hon Tam. Cau Da Port -> Hon Mot -> Hon Tam Hon Tam Port -> Hon Tam. However, there is a note that this map uses old data from around May 2020, that is, before the Covid-19 epidemic broke out strongly in Vietnam. After this time, Cau Da Port no longer serves tourists but only serves the civilian boat route serving people on Hon Mieu Island (where Hon Soi tourist area and Tri Nguyen fish lake are located). Instead, there is Nha Trang tourist wharf in Vinh Truong. The remaining route is reserved for Hon Tam tours of Hon Tam tourist area, departing from Hon Tam Rieng Port, and is still operating normally. Hon Tam Port is a private port that only serves visitors to Hon Tam Island. That means when you go on a tour of 2 islands, Nha Trang 3 Island Tour or 4 island tour will not depart from this port.

Nha Trang tourist wharf on Google map. Photo: screenshot As you can see in the upper left corner, that is the departure point for Hon Tam from Nha Trang tourist wharf, replacing Cau Da port. From here, in addition to Hon Tam, you can go to some other places in Nha Trang island tours such as: Hon Mun, Hon Mot, San Ho Bay, Mini Beach, Tranh Beach, Hon Soi, San Ho Bay 2, Fishing Village.
What is Hon Tam?
Hon Tam has 2 different tourist areas: Hon Tam tourist area (MerPerle Hon Tam resort, owned by Hon Tam Bien Nha Trang JSC) and Dong Tam Yen Island tourist area (Sannest Travel Company). When mentioning Hon Tam, people are referring to Hon Tam tourist area owned by Hon Tam Bien Nha Trang Company. Therefore, in this article, I will accompany you to this famous tourist area, not Dong Tam Yen Island tourist area.
MerPerle Hon Tam Resort
This is a functional resort area of Hon Tam tourist area with Bungalows and Villas. In addition, Hon Tam resort also has a private beach for guests staying here. The first highlight that you feel is the beautiful wooden bridge jutting out into the sea.

Wooden bridge of Hon Tam tourist area. There are 2 wooden bridges that look exactly the same, leading to 2 different areas of Hon Tam. The price to stay here is from 2,800,000 VND/night.
Sparklingwaves Water Park
This is a place that serves daily visitors, different from the accommodation area next to the resort. This area also has a wooden bridge like the photo above that you see. The water park area has an infinity pool of nearly 3,000 square meters. In addition, the highlight here is the very long and gentle beach with many free and paid games. To enter this area, you can refer to the Basic Seaday tour package with the right to use the following facilities:
- Two-way transport
- Admission ticket
- Sea bathing
- Kayaking
- Floating Park (Large floating pontoon on the sea for many people)
- Infinity pool
- Private paid games: Parasailing, hoverboard, hoverboard, banana boat, jet ski, dolphin coaster and some new games coming soon
- Lunch Buffet or Set Menu at the restaurant.
Ticket price: 560,000 VND/adult and 400,000 VND/child (from 1 to 1.39 meters tall, measured at the port). Free for children under 1 meter tall when accompanied by an adult. So with this package, you can freely experience Hon Tam in 1 day. In addition, if you want to visit the mud bath at Hon Tam mud bath area, you can buy an additional package for 250,000 VND/adult and 175,000 VND/child. You will also get a free electric car to get to the mud bath area.
Hon Tam mud bath area

This is the first and only mud bath complex on an island in Vietnam up to this point. The total area is about 4,000 square meters with the main subdivisions being:
- Reception area
- Locker counter
- Hot mineral mud bath area serves about 500 guests/at the same time
- High pressure jet massage bath (Hot spring hydrotherapy)
- Infinity pool with depth from 0.6 to 1 meter
- Artificial mineral waterfall
- Jaccuzzi
- Lunch at Hon Viet restaurant
Ticket price: Basic Mudbath 350,000 VND/adult; 245,000 VND/child (This package does not include lunch). If you want to have lunch with the mud bath package, the price will be 550,000 VND/adult and 385,000 VND/child (Premium Mudbath) With this package, you will visit and experience the mud bath complex on the island. If you want to visit and swim in the sea, you can buy an additional package for 250,000 VND. (Package Premium Seaday) Some key notes before you travel to Hon Tam:
- You can depart from Nha Trang tourist wharf to go on an island tour with many destinations (such as Nha Trang 3 Island Tour)
- To depart from Hon Tam port, you need to know the ferry schedule (easy to change) with the current time frame as follows: Departure time (9am, 11am), return time (2:20pm and 4:20pm)
- The above tour packages are all inclusive tours.
- For the mud bath tour at Hon Tam, you can borrow towels and swimsuits for free.
- Lunch time from 10:30 to 13:30 (remember to bring your ticket to show at the entrance)
- Lunch is Set Menu or Buffet depending on the day.
- You should book tickets in advance to get the best advice and support. After you successfully book tickets, you will receive the ticket code via SMS or Zalo and be enthusiastically supported by the tour guide at the port.
How to book tickets to Hon Tam?
Method 1: Book tickets to Hon Tam Online Method 2: Book tickets by phone: call, SMS, Zalo message to phone number: 0374333444
Tour Booking Support
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