Yen Tu Mountain

Khu di tích danh thắng Yên Tử (chùa Đồng)

Cable cars up Vietnam's holy Buddhist peak

⚠ Spring festival crowds

Hours

Cable cars run during daylight hours (seasonal; check locally)

Tickets

Scenic entry free (2026–2028). Return cable car roughly 230,000–280,000 VND (sources differ); official booking at booking.yentutunglam.com.vn

Address

About an hour west of Ha Long by car, around 2.5 hours from Hanoi; often visited en route between the two

In the 13th century King Tran Nhan Tong gave up his throne, came to this mountain and founded the Truc Lam school of Vietnamese Zen; it's still one of the country's holiest Buddhist sites. Sectional cable cars carry you most of the way up the 1,000-plus-metre peak with a change in between, and you hop off to see temples and stupa gardens along the way. The final stretch is stone steps, so expect a real walk. At the small bronze Dong Pagoda on top, clouds often drift past below your feet. From Lunar New Year through the third lunar month the whole mountain is packed with pilgrims.