2-day Explore Ninh Binh: Tam Coc - Thung Nham Bird Reserve - Mua Cave - Hoa Lu

Day 1: Hanoi – Tam Coc – Cycling – Thung Nham Bird Reserve

07.15 Tour guide pick up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter and departure to Ninh Binh. Have a short break at a stop-over

10:00 Arrive Tam Coc start your first visit on a sampan boat rowed by a local for about 1.5 hours. The boat trip is a nice journey along the river with the peaceful scenery of Limestone Mountains, rice paddy and the sight of some temples along the way. If traveling during harvest season, you may have chances to see the yellow rice carpet along the river banks

12:00 Enjoy delicious lunch served at the bungalow’s restaurant with Vietnamese cuisine

13:30 Check-In Bungalow/ Hotel

14:00 Visit a local family in Tam Coc. They are a traditional Vietnamese family with three generations living together. Here you will get the chance to see the house architecture and their daily life and their handicraft job of making traditional embroidery. After that enjoy a special dinner prepared by the home chef with the local cuisine featuring the yin-yang balance of the Asian culture

14:30 Leaving the family, you will take a bike and start riding to explore the rice fields and limestone mountains with a unique route

15:00 Explore Hang But (Buddhist Cave) The cave 500m in length, magical view of the stalactites and stalagmites, including a big Buddha-shaped stalactite sitting beside an underground river. Then get on a small sampan to visit Thung Nham bird park, discover the most features of this area with more than 50.000 birds of 40 species flying to inhabit every day. Your best chance to take nice photos

17:00 Cycling back to the host family for free time relax with afternoon tea break

19:00 Dinner served by the local family host. Overnight at bungalow/hotel

Day 2: Mua Cave – Hoa Lu Ancient Capital – Hanoi

07:15 Have breakfast

08:30 Take a bike to Mua Cave - one of the most alluring places to view in Ninh Binh, Hiking up to the peak of Ngoa Long Mountain to take your amazing views of the Tam Coc, Ninh Binh area.

11:30 Back to bungalow and Enjoy delicious lunch

12:30 Bungalow/ Hotel check out and relaxing, free and coffee at homestay garden

15:00 – 15:30 Departure to Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam in the 10th century, the Dinh dynasty – King Dinh Tien Hoang. Under the introduction of our local guide, you will get to know more about the Vietnamese history. 

16.30 Leave Ninh Binh and drive straight back to Hanoi.

18:30 Arrive in Hanoi, drop you back to your hotel.