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From Hanoi: Bai Dinh, Trang An, and Mua Cave Full-Day Tour

1. From Hanoi: Bai Dinh, Trang An, and Mua Cave Full-Day Tour

You will be picked up from your hotel in Hanoi between 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM and drive by bus to Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam. Explore this beautiful Buddhist place of worship, with 500 La Han statues and the largest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam, 10 meters tall. Enjoy some free time with your guide to visit the pagoda and learn more about Buddhism.   Enjoy a lunch of Vietnamese cuisine after you've seen the pagoda. Then hop back on the bus and continue to Trang An wharf. From here, take a boat trip to visit Trang An cave complex. After the boat trip, you'll take a bike to visit traditional villages around the Trang An area.   The tour continues to Mua Cave. Listen to interesting stories about this place from your guide. After climbing 500 stone steps, you'll be able to see all the way to Tam Coc. Enjoy the stunning panoramic view of the countryside and Ngo Dong river. At the end of the day you'll get back on the bus and drive back to Hanoi, where you'll be dropped off back at your hotel in the Old Quarter.

Hanoi: Hoa Lu, Trang An Caves, & Mua Cave Day Trip and Lunch

2. Hanoi: Hoa Lu, Trang An Caves, & Mua Cave Day Trip and Lunch

Travel in an air-conditioned van from Hanoi to Hoa Lu on this day trip to uncover the ancient temples of Dinh King and Le King. Savor local flavors with a buffet lunch and travel by boat on the Trang An river admire stunning natural scenery and visit the Trang An cave complex. Start your tour with hotel pickup in the early morning and depart for Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam. Visit the Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple from the 10th century, and hear about the heroic histories of these two Kings during the Chinese Wars. At around midday, sit down for a buffet lunch at a local restaurant, before you head to Trang An Wharf to take a boat trip along Trang An Stream. Visit Trang An cave complex, including Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou, and marvel at the scenery of mountains and rivers.  Then, head back to Trang An wharf to board the luxury limousine, and visit Mua Cave. Climb 500 stone steps to see all the way to Tam Coc, and enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the countryside and Ngo Dong river. Finally, hop back onto the bus to return to Hanoi, arriving back in the early evening.

Vietnam: Trang An and Mua Cave Tour with Sunset View

3. Vietnam: Trang An and Mua Cave Tour with Sunset View

Start your day with a boat trip around the Trang An cave complex, discovering the secrets of the area. Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese cuisine set menu lunch before hopping on a bicycle to explore the local villages around the Trang An area.  Relax after your bike ride with a Vietnamese tea break and then travel to Mua Cave and learn about the location’s many stories. Climb 500 stone steps to reach the top where you can see all the way to Tam Coc and enjoy stunning panoramic sunset views of the countryside and Ngo Dong River. Travel back to Ha Noi on your private bus, watching the countryside pass by on your way.

From Hanoi: Mua Cave - Tam Coc Full Day Tour

4. From Hanoi: Mua Cave - Tam Coc Full Day Tour

08:00 Our car and driver will pick you up at the hotel and head to Ninh Binh. The first stop of our trip is Mua Cave which is considered a miniature Great Wall of Vietnam with awesome scenery from the peak of Mua Cave Mountain. Enjoy the view of the city in the distance with Tam Coc behind you and the limestone mountain along the south of Vietnam. After that, we will head to Tam Coc by cycling along the country lane (from Tam Coc to Bich Dong Pagoda, estimated time of 40 minutes for 5km cycling both ways). Experience the beautiful scenery of paddy fields. 12:00 Have lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, board a sampan boat in Tam Coc dock to drift down the river among the villages, mountains, and lush rice fields. Pass through three caves Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba for a memorable experience. The boat returns to the dock for a relaxing and enjoys tea or coffee before the car drive back to Hanoi. 18:00 Arrive in Hanoi, drop off at your hotel. Tour ends.

From Hanoi: 1-Day Tour to Trang An, Mua Cave, and Ngoa Long

5. From Hanoi: 1-Day Tour to Trang An, Mua Cave, and Ngoa Long

Following a pickup from your hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, start your day tour by taking a boat trip to the Trang An Landscape Complex, a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Afterwards, enjoy a traditional Vietnamese lunch before taking a bicycle to explore the local villages around the Trang An area. Take time to relax after your bike ride with a Vietnamese tea break and then travel to Mua Cave to learn about the location’s many stories. Climb 500 stone steps to reach the top of Ngoa Long Mountain where you can see all the way to Tam Coc and enjoy stunning panoramic sunset views of the countryside and Ngo Dong River.   Travel back to Hanoi by private car, watching the countryside pass by on your way.

Hanoi to Ninh Binh by luxury car transfer

6. Hanoi to Ninh Binh by luxury car transfer

The three most attractive places in Vietnam's north are Hoa Lu, Tam Coc, and Ninh Binh. The incredibly spectacular and gorgeous natural sceneries of Ninh Binh attract tourists. For nature lovers, Trang An, Tam Coc, Phat Diem Cathedral, Bai Dinh Pagoda, Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, and Cuc Phuong National Park are the most appealing sites. There are a variety of ways to get from Ha Noi to Ninh Binh such as railway, open buses, or local buses from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, etc. Among them, the luxury car is the best choice to have a nice trip. Along the way, you'll be able to taste delicious specialties like pork-pie stuffed pancakes and Dai Hoang bananas (Banana for the Emperor only in the old days).

Ninh Binh Loop Road Trip and Wildlife at Cuc Phuong Park

7. Ninh Binh Loop Road Trip and Wildlife at Cuc Phuong Park

8.30am-9.am: Our tour guide will pick up travelers at their hotels, lodging accommodation in Tam Coc, Trang An and Ninh Binh city area then we depart for the Trip. ̣̣The Transportation will take passengers travelling the whole loop of Ninh Binh province from the South East to North West and coming back, the whole loop distance is about 120km , There are couple of stops that the 16 seat van will stop for travellers can witness the breathtaking beautiful sceneries of typical Northern Vietnamese countryside like: the sacred village's temple , the ancient banyan tree , the amazing rice field with water buffalos , cows and mountain goat ... 10.15am: Check-in at Cuc Phuong National Park - as the first National Park of Vietnam established in 1962. 10.30am: Visit the Endangered Primate Rescue Center and Wildlife 11.30am - Boarding the Van to go deep inside exploring the primary forest for hiking There are many options for hiking routes ( 2 hours and 1 hours with distances of 7km and 4km , all will lead to the big giant ancient tree named Tetrameles Nudiflora ) picnic lunch will be served during the hiking break. 15:00pm: boarding the Van again and visiting the Cave of Prehistoric man where remnants and vestiges of ancient people live there 7,500 years ago. 16:00pm - 17:000, departure for Tam Coc, Trang An and Ninh Binh city drop-off

Private Full Day Trang An, Bai Dinh Pagoda with Lunch

8. Private Full Day Trang An, Bai Dinh Pagoda with Lunch

A private car will pick you up at your hotel in Ha Noi Old quarter to depart for Bai Dinh Pagoda. You will have a short break half way for 30 minutes of relaxation. You arrive in the Buddha Prayer section in Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, including the biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam measuring 10 meters in height and 100 tons in weight. You will have some free time with your English-speaking tour guide to visit this pagoda and learn more about Buddhism. Then go to a restaurant to have lunch consisting of delicious Vietnamese cuisine. Afterward, depart to visit the Trang An tourist attractions and take a boat trip to visit the Trang An caves complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, and Ba Giot Cave.

Hanoi: Full-Day Discover Ancient Hoa Lu and Trang An Tour

9. Hanoi: Full-Day Discover Ancient Hoa Lu and Trang An Tour

Discover the Hoa Lu ancient capital and Trang An - Eco tourism complex We will pick you up at your hotel and drive two hours to Ninh Binh Province. There, we will stop to visit Hoa Lu, the Ancient Capital of Vietnam in the 10th and 11th century. The city stood as the capital for 41 years (968 - 1009), the first 12 years of which were under the Dinh Dynasty of King Dinh Tien Hoang. Later, the Le Dynasty under the reign of King Le Dai Hanh for 29 years. Both King Dinh and King Le had temples dedicated to them here. After lunch at a local restaurant, we will take an amazing boat trip to visit Trang An Grottoes, which are known as Vietnam’s “Inland Ha Long”. With a gathering of 31 valleys and 50 cross-water caves, Trang An is home to 600 different species of flora and over 200 types of fauna, many of them rare and endangered. Rowing through Trang An Grottoes is a nice experience. The quiet fresh air of the highlands is broken only by the sound of birds chirping and the oars stirring the clear water. Look closely as you float to see the wild white goats grazing on the forested mountains that rise up from the water. Trang An Grottoes is truly one of the most beautiful sights in Vietnam. After the boat trip, we will return to Ha Noi.

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4.0 / 5

based on 4 reviews

We loved this trip- it’s in our top three trips so far. Our tour guide, Thang, was very nice, informative and prepped us for each leg of the trip. I will say that it a rather active trip with a beautiful but long bike ride and a 500 stair climb at the end but I think for both you can always sit and grab a drink. Both the bike riding and the climb are totally worth it though. Thang is also a great photographer and will take many pictures of you on your camera and then large group photos as well. The boat ride through the caves is stunning and roughly an hour and 40 minutes. The only downfall was the heavy rain but we were provided a poncho and an umbrella on the boat ride. Buffet lunch was okay but Thang warned us of that and paid special detail to the vegetarians and ppl with allergies. Highly recommend!

Great tour. The guide was well informed and friendly, the tour wasn’t as long as indicated which was perfect for us. It’s an easy day trip and you can still see and do everything you want. Lunch was excellent.

You really need to see this! I was hesitant taking the tour because I have been visiting many places in the region but I think it was probably the best think I experienced in Vietnam.

Brilliant day, great tour guide and an added bonus was the use of cycles through the rice fields

An action packed day so full of fun! I loved every one of the 5 activies provided in this tour.