With a stay at Duyen Ha Resort Cam Ranh in Cam Lam, you'll be within a 15-minute walk of Nha Trang Beach and Bai Dai Beach. This 5-star resort is 10 mi (16.1 km) from Cam Ranh Bay and 19 mi (30.5 km) from Nha Trang Night Market.
Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. After dipping into one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools, you can spend some time at the private beach. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge). Guests can catch a ride on the shuttle (surcharge), which operates within 35 kilometers.
Enjoy Vietnamese cuisine at Xin Moi, one of the resort's 6 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.
Make yourself at home in one of the 609 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LED televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature bathtubs, designer toiletries, and hair dryers.
"My impressions are mixed.
We traveled independently for 2 weeks, without a tour operator.
We stayed in the main building with a full board (three meals a day) plan.
About 90% of the hotel guests were Russian-speaking tourists. During our stay, the hotel was fully booked.
The main advantage of this hotel is its large and very beautiful grounds: it's pleasant to walk around and enjoyable to ride the buggy. You can take a buggy to the beach and back (it departs from the reception), which is very convenient in the heat, as the distance from the main building to the sea is quite significant.
It's also one of the most (if not *the* most) budget-friendly hotels in Cam Ranh with its own beach.
The hotel beach is more or less clean, though small debris can be found. The sea is clean, clear, and has a gentle entry.
The hotel is located far from civilization, but there are a couple of mini-markets within walking distance that have essentials. There's also a small shop in the main building of the hotel itself, with corresponding prices.
Free transfers are available:
- To Nha Trang (to Nha Trang at 9:00 AM and 1:15 PM, returning at 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM), reservations must be made in advance (48 hours) at the reception.
- To the airport (possibly only available for long-term stays).
Another big plus is the hotel's own medical center. We visited it twice in 2 weeks and received the necessary assistance.
On Friday and Saturday evenings, Russian-speaking performers are invited to entertain guests.
The staff at the reception, medical center, luggage area, and transfer drivers are excellent! They are pleasant, friendly, competent, and always willing to help with any questions.
Now for the downsides.
The rooms in the main building are tired and show their age, and there were cockroaches.
Room cleaning is exceptionally poor. There's a horribly unsanitary carpet in the middle of the room that is never vacuumed or cleaned; the dirt and debris on it are impossible to unsee! Towels, amenities, and water are replaced (with mixed success; sometimes you have to go and ask for missing items). Trash wasn't always emptied from the bin under the desk either. In our presence, they would just wave a mop around the perimeter of the room. For the entire 2 weeks, cleaning started in the afternoon every other day, often closer to 4:00 PM, which was very inconvenient as that's the hottest time, and we usually rested in the room with the air conditioning after the sea. One time, they didn't come to clean at all, and we had to call reception around 5:00 PM just to get consumables. The bed linen wasn't changed once in 2 weeks! How did I know? By the holes in the duvet cover in a specific spot, which is a particular disgrace for a supposed five-star hotel!
Another drawback is the food.
We got no enjoyment from our full board. There seemed to be a lot of variety, including different types of meat and seafood, but everything was cooked as if you were chewing cardboard or was extremely spicy. Besides the fruits, nothing was truly delicious. The chefs get a failing grade. There's a critical lack of non-alcoholic beverages: strange juices (beetroot, soursop), Coca-Cola, tea, coffee (terrible), and water. We constantly had to drink water. Getting seats in the dining hall also required effort.
There was a catastrophic shortage of sun loungers by the pool and on the beach, leading to an unpleasant game: wake up early (preferably before 5:30 AM) to reserve a sun lounger, especially if you wanted to lie in the shade in a good spot. The administration's attempt to remedy the situation by providing bean bags didn't really help; there still aren't enough for everyone, and umbrellas are only over the sun loungers. The comfort level of lying on a sun lounger versus a bean bag is, of course, not comparable, considering that most guests are 50+. It's a mystery why, with the hotel constantly at full occupancy, they don't buy more sun loungers and umbrellas.
Beach towels are now provided in the rooms upon check-in, but no one bothered to change them without a specific request: we had to call reception every day because the cleaning staff simply didn't have them. This was the first time we encountered such an unorganized process!
In conclusion, the hotel is far from 5 stars, at most 3+, suitable for unpretentious tourists and short stays, so you don't get to 'enjoy' all the delights of their unpreparedness to host so many guests."