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A boat-access, all-villa retreat on a jungle peninsula in Ninh Van Bay near Nha Trang, with timber pool villas, a lotus-shaped restaurant and butler service.
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Need To Know
- 37 timber villas of one, two and three bedrooms, most with a private plunge or infinity pool, a veranda and an open-air bathroom with a wooden tub; each comes with a butler.
- On the Hon Heo Peninsula in Ninh Van Bay, reached only by boat, about a 15 to 20-minute speedboat ride from the mainland pier near Nha Trang.
- A lotus-shaped Sen Restaurant over the water, a beach bar, the Jungle Spa by a natural stream, a pool, yoga and water sports.
- Boat access only, with one complimentary daily shuttle to the mainland; a stay-put retreat that leans towards couples and honeymooners.
- Our Favourite Villas: a Treetop Pool Villa for the jungle-canopy views, or a Beachfront Pool Villa to be steps from the sand.
Check in - Check out
Check in from 14:00; check out before 12:00.
We Love
- The architecture. Built by an owner in the timber trade, the villas are all pale wood and natural materials, crowned by the lotus-shaped Sen Restaurant over the bay.
- The arrival. A speedboat across the bay to a private jetty, where your butler is waiting, cuts you off from the mainland and sets the tone at once.
- The Jungle Spa. Open treatment rooms set deep in the forest by a natural stream, with signature Vietnamese therapies including a Nha Trang mud wrap.
- The villas. Timber pool villas in the jungle, the treetop ones up in the canopy, each with a plunge pool, veranda and an open-air bathroom with a wooden tub.
- The dinners. A private table on the jetty under the stars, fresh seafood grilled to order, arranged by your butler, with the bay dark and quiet around you.
Key Features
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Location
Address
Hon Heo Peninsula, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Travel Info
An Lam is reached only by boat: most guests are driven about an hour from Cam Ranh airport to the mainland pier, then taken across by speedboat in 15 to 20 minutes. The bay is smoothest in the morning, choppier by afternoon.
Last Updated: 2026-06-30
Expert Review
Origins
An Lam Retreats Ninh Van Bay was built around one idea: a retreat in nature that you can only reach by water. It sits on the Hon Heo Peninsula, a jungle-clad headland on the far side of Ninh Van Bay from Nha Trang, a celebrated stretch of Vietnamese coast where steep forest meets golden sand and clear water, and it can be reached only by boat, which is the point. The short speedboat crossing leaves the mainland, and its distractions, behind.
The character of the place comes from its materials. The owner works in the timber trade, and the resort is built around natural wood, from the stilted treetop villas raised into the canopy to the wooden bathtubs and pale, pared-back interiors, dressed with hand-dyed textiles and local ceramics. The architectural signature is the Sen Restaurant, a lotus-shaped pavilion of pale timber that rises over the water like Vietnam's national flower, your first sight of the resort as the boat comes in. The 37 villas are spread out and well spaced along the shore and up the hillside, each with a butler, and the whole place is run on a genuine environmental ethos, its own glass-bottle water system in place of plastic, an organic garden and chicken farm supplying the kitchens, and a light footprint on the bay. It is, deliberately, a small and unhurried retreat rather than a resort with a crowd.
Top Secret
Tucked into the resort is a quiet freshwater pond known as the Love Pond, a sheltered spot the butler can set up for a private afternoon, sparkling wine and snacks laid out, with nothing around you but jungle and birdsong.
The Review
An Lam Retreats Ninh Van Bay is a wellness retreat that begins the moment you leave the mainland. It occupies a jungle headland on the Hon Heo Peninsula, across Ninh Van Bay from Nha Trang, and is reachable only by boat, a short speedboat crossing to a private jetty where your butler is waiting. The effect is immediate: real-world noise drops away, and you are left with forest, water and a slow pace.
The retreat is all villas, 37 of them, and the timber architecture is the heart of the appeal. Built by an owner from the wood trade, they are made of pale natural timber, the celebrated treetop villas raised into the jungle canopy, all with verandas, private plunge pools and open-air bathrooms with wooden tubs that blur indoors and out. Rising over the water is the lotus-shaped Sen Restaurant, the resort's signature, doing farm-to-table cooking from an on-site organic garden and chicken farm; a beach bar and jetty handle the rest, including private dinners under the stars.
Wellness and quiet adventure fill the days. The Jungle Spa sits deep in the forest by a natural stream, with signature Vietnamese treatments including a Nha Trang mud wrap, and there is sunrise yoga, meditation, kayaking, snorkelling and hiking to the resort's own stream and viewpoint, much of it arranged by the butler each villa is assigned. A sustainability ethos runs through it all, glass water bottles in place of plastic, local sourcing, a light touch on the bay.
A few honest notes. This is a boat-access, stay-put retreat with a single daily shuttle to the mainland, so it suits those happy to settle in, and it leans towards couples and honeymooners rather than busy family holidays; the beach is pretty but small and a little rocky, and the jungle means the odd mosquito. One practical tip: take the morning boat, as the bay can turn choppy in the afternoon. But for a private, design-led, genuinely restful escape in spectacular natural surroundings, An Lam is among the most appealing places to stay on Vietnam's coast.
