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Helicopter tours central Vietnam

Tourists, and locals, now have helicopters as a means of transport from Da Nang to world heritage sites in the central region via Vietnam TravelMart Agency's chartered tours.
Tourists, and locals, now have helicopters as a means of transportfrom Da Nang to world heritage sites in the central region via VietnamTravelMart Agency's chartered tours.

The price is awhapping 70 million VND (3,250 USD) for an hour trip from Nuoc ManAirbase to Hoi An and My Son Sanctuary. For a shorter 12-minute flightover the sea and mountains of Da Nang - Ngu Hanh Son Mountain, Ba NaHills, Son Tra peninsula and My Khe beach – the price is 3 million VND(142 USD) each passenger.

Last week, six Russiantourists were the first to hire the helicopter; they flew roundtrip fromLaguna Resort in the town of Lang Co, Thua Thien-Hue to Hoi An and MySon.

The six-seat French-made EC132T2 helicopterwill explore expanding air travel to the Cham Islands, Ly Son Island andEn Cave in Quang Binh province.

TravelMart, however,is not the first to offer helicopter tours. In 2011, the Vietnamjoint-stock tourism company, Vitours, operated chartered flights from DaNang to the Cham Islands in a 24-seat Russian-made MI-17, but the tourshut down due to unknown reason.-VNA
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