Overview
Things to Know
What Makes Golden Bridge Special
The Golden Bridge opened in June 2018 and within weeks had become one of the most shared travel images in the world - a slender golden walkway emerging from dense mountain forest, apparently held aloft by two enormous stone hands weathered to look ancient. The bridge extends 150 metres from the mountainside at an elevation of approximately 1,400 metres, suspended above a steep forested slope, with views on clear days extending over the entire Đà Nẵng coastline and out to the South China Sea. The design is entirely fabricated - the hands are wire mesh and fibreglass, deliberately aged to suggest they have held the bridge for centuries - but the visual effect is genuinely striking and the engineering required to build a pedestrian bridge at this elevation and angle was substantial. It was designed by TA Landscape Architecture and has since won multiple international design awards.
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How to Get There
🚗 Getting There
The Golden Bridge is only accessible via the Bà Nà Hills complex - there is no independent route. From the upper cable car terminal at Bà Nà Hills, follow the path through the French Village approximately 15 minutes uphill to the bridge entrance. Signage within the complex is clear. The Bà Nà Hills complex is 25km west of Đà Nẵng city centre; most visitors arrive by taxi, Grab, or hotel shuttle to the base cable car station.
What to Expect
👀 On the Ground
The bridge deck is gold-painted steel with glass panel sections in the floor, giving views straight down to the forested slope below. The two hands emerge from the mountainside at either end of the bridge - each approximately 20 metres tall, sculpted to look like rough ancient stone. The walkway is wide enough for four people across and has a low railing on both sides. On clear days, the views from the far end of the bridge - coastline, city, islands, and the cloud layer several hundred metres below - are exceptional. On foggy days, the bridge sits in or above the cloud layer, which creates a completely different and equally photogenic atmosphere. The surrounding area has gardens and viewpoints.
Travel Tips
🧳 Tips
The Golden Bridge is the reason most international visitors go to Bà Nà Hills - the French Village, theme park, and other attractions are secondary for most travellers. The bridge itself takes 15–20 minutes to walk at a leisurely pace. The crowd management is the main challenge: tour groups from Đà Nẵng and Hội An arrive in waves between 9 AM and 2 PM, making a quiet experience difficult. The first cable car of the day (departing around 7:30 AM) gives the best chance of having the bridge with manageable crowds. The ticket price for Bà Nà Hills is the highest of any single attraction in central Vietnam - evaluate whether the Golden Bridge specifically is worth it, since it's accessible only as part of the full complex ticket.
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