ITINERARY:
Day 1: BAI DINH/HOA LU – TRANG AN – MUACAVE (Meal included: Lunch, Dinner)
07:30 – 08:00 – Our guide meets you at your hotel/stay and start 110km easy drive through verdant landscape of country side. Short-break on the way.
Option 1:
10:30 – Arrive Bai Dinh Complex, the largest pagoda, not only in Vietnam but also in Southeast of Asia. Scenically set on the foot hill of Dinh Mountain surrounded by amazing views of the exquisite river valley below and dotted and the limestone karsts dotted around which will take your breath away.
You will visit some of the highlights that owned the national:500 stone statues of “La Han” (Arhats), 2 huge bronze bells, one weighs 27 tons, other weighs 36 tones. Visit Quan Yin statue with thousands arms and eyes and Gautama Buddha statue.
Option 2:
10:30 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.
12:00 – Enjoy the lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisines.
13:00 – Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone mountains at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountain are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle.
Embark on a traditional sampan gently roweddown the exquisite river through numerous caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave,...and Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…
15:30 – Visit Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa long mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with specious view of the nature.
17:00 Check in Homestay/Bungalow and then you have your own time to relax, read books or swim before the dinner around 19:00, then enjoy the night time with pool view bar. (Tour guide is not available until next afternoon)
DAY 02: TAM COC BOATING- CYCLING – HANOI (Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch)
In the morning: Breakfast served at Bungalow. Free time for swimming and exploring the neighborhood 11:30 Lunch at Bungalow and check out.
In the afternoon: Our guide takes you to the boat trip on Ngo Dong river in Tam Coc– the most exciting boating trip with sampan boats through caves (Hang Ca – Hang Hai and Hang Ba) and visit stunning river surrounded by Limestone Karsts with rich fauna and flora.
16:00 You cycle through peaceful villages with rice fields to visit the peaceful villages and enjoy the panoramic view of dramatic limestone ridges and dotted hamlets and a particularly refreshing highlight a lovely day and get on bus to Hanoi.
17:30 Get on bus back to Ha Noi.
19:00, We drop you off at your hotel, trip ends.
