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Da Nang

Hai Van Pass

Empty hairpins above the clouds, the coast on one side, jungle on the other.

17.9 km over the pass

What to ride

Three classes of machine actually rented in Da Nang. Each shows the model offered by the most rental shops - the one you are most likely to find free.

Yamaha Sirius 110
Yamaha Sirius 110
110 cc
from 100,000₫per day
9 shops offer it
Yamaha XMAX 300
Yamaha XMAX 300
292 cc
from 800,000₫per day
4 shops offer it
Honda CB500X
Honda CB500X
471 cc
from 1,570,000₫per day
2 shops offer it

The road covers 478 m between its lowest and highest points. Nothing extreme, but engine size does make itself felt on a road like this.

What the road is like

From Da Nang the road climbs for 7.2 km and gains 373 m to the 479 m high point. Then 10.8 km of descent and 477 m down, at an average 4.4%. There is no straightening it out: 17.9 km of road cover 10.4 km in a straight line, and 15 turns sharper than 60° come one after another.

17.9 km
length of the pass
479 m
highest point
478 m
total elevation range
15
turns sharper than 60°
Towards Lang Co
1234479 m
From Da Nang
Diagram: the road, the coast and the tunnel under the ridge. Not for navigation.
025050012340 km17.9 kmm
Elevation along the whole road, 478 m between lowest and highest. Numbers mark the stops listed below.
The road is asphalt, 2 lanes, 60 km/h limit. The dashed line is the tunnel under the ridge: shorter and flatter, and closed to motorbikes.

Measured 2026-09-05 from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and SRTM elevation data.

Where to stop

Places marked on OpenStreetMap by people who have been there. The numbers match the diagram and the elevation profile above.

  1. 1Numerous War Bunkers and Gun Placementsviewpoint · 2.9 km from the start of the pass99 m off the road
  2. 2Hai Van Passlandmark · 7.2 km from the start of the passright by the road
  3. 3Van Hoi Passviewpoint · 10.7 km from the start of the passright by the road
  4. 4Lang Co Lagoonviewpoint · 16.2 km from the start of the pass55 m off the road

Know before you go

Motorbikes are not allowed in the Hai Van tunnel. The pass is the only way across on two wheels - there is no shortcut in bad weather.

Tunnel traffic rules

There is no fuel station on the pass itself. The nearest ones sit at the foot on either side - fill up before you start the climb.

OpenStreetMap data, may be incomplete

When to ride

The pass runs along a ridge by the sea, so its weather is the coast’s weather. Here the dry and wet seasons differ not slightly, but by tens of times.

82
Jan
24
Feb
25
Mar
35
Apr
81
May
83
Jun
93
Jul
141
Aug
351
Sep
628
Oct
448
Nov
218
Dec

Monthly rainfall in mm. October gets 628 mm — 27 times more than February with its 24 mm.

Long-term monthly averages for Da Nang, Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology.

Where to get one in Da Nang

TUAN MOTORBIKES RENTALHonda CB500X1,570,000₫per dayTigit Motorbikes Da NangHonda CB500X1,580,000₫per day

More about the road

Riding the Hai Van Pass yourself: what to know before you goThe Hai Van Pass from Da Nang on your own bike - distance, timing, the tunnel question, the two dangerous sections and what the weather actually does up there.Where to ride in Da Nang: the pass, the peninsula, and the road to Hoi AnDa Nang rides three different ways: a mountain pass north of the city, a peninsula road right next to it, and a flat run of coast south towards Hoi An - all three measured, plus the live rental fleet, two real guided tours, and rainfall by month.Motorbike rental in Da Nang: prices, deposit, where to rent and where to rideMotorbike rental in Da Nang from the rentals’ own data: live prices by class, how the deposit works, which licence counts, where the rentals sit, a handover checklist and three measured routes.

Photos: after Steffen Schmitz (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.

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