Hanoi Old Quarter (">Google Map)
7 Hours Before Start
07.15 – 07.45 Pick-up from your hotel or private address and departure to Ninh Binh.
09:30 – 10:00 Take a bike and start riding around the village to explore the gorgeous rice fields surrounded by limestone mountains with a unique route and visit a local family in the Tam Coc area. They are a traditional Vietnamese family with three generations living together. Here you will get the chance to see the house’s architecture and their daily lives.
11:00 – 11:30 Take a small boat rowed by local people to visit the natural beauty scenery of limestone mountains and walk along the dry cave to contemplate naturally pristine stalactites of different forms hanging down from the ceiling. Then, continue with water cave on the river (Ha). Riding a rowing boat gliding along the hidden river – the part of water cave giving you a great sense of this cave’s picturesque paradise with thousands of bats flying around. This water cave is endowed with endless layers & layers of sparkling stalactites in fanciful colors.
12:00 – 12:30 Come to restaurant, refresh and enjoy a special lunch with the local cuisine, featuring the yin-yang balance of the Asian culture.
14:00 Spend about 2 hours exploring Trang An, the core of a world natural heritage site, in a small boat rowed by local people. Visit many limestones, water caves, and temples along the Sao Khe River.
16:00 – 16:30 Leave Ninh Binh and drive straight back to Hanoi.
18:00 – 18:30 Arrive in Hanoi, and we will drop you off at your hotel or private address in the Hanoi Old Quarter. Trip ends.
