Full Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc (L)
8.00: Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi and head to Ninh Binh with a comfortable A/C car. Enjoy the fresh air in the middle of the giant rice fields.
10.30: Arrive in Tam Coc. Start our full-day excursion by a small boat rowing by a local for about 2 hours. The reason Tam Coc is called Halong Bay on land is that this area consists of many limestone mountains with many different shapes. Cruising through the Ngo Dong river, you will have the chance to take a lot of beautiful pictures with peaceful scenery of mountains, rice fields and temples all along the way. If you go on the harvest season, you will have the chance to see the golden rice carpet along the river banks.
12.00: After a wonderful adventure, you will head back to the mainland to have lunch. After lunch, you will have free time to relax.
14.00: Arrive at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital – The ancient capital city of Vietnam one thousand years ago. With the guide’s description, you will understand more about Vietnamese history which not popular in the world, but still very interesting and worth knowing.
16.00: Check-in your hotel. Have dinner and free time to explore Ninh Binh at night.
Day 2: Cuc Phuong National Park – Back to Hanoi (L)
7.30: Have breakfast at your hotel.
09.00: Our car and tour guide will pick you up and depart for Cuc Phuong National Park. Cuc Phuong National Park was Vietnam's first national park and is the country's largest nature reserve. The park is one of the most important sites for biodiversity in Vietnam.
Arrive at Cuc Phuong Park. Your visit begins at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center - One of the highlights of a visit to Cuc Phuong, where you can observe some of the rarest primate species in the world. The primate center houses specimens of langurs, loris, and gibbon species, include the critically endangered Delacour's Langur, Golden-headed Langur, Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur, and Black Crested Gibbon. Then, have lunch at house-on-stilts in the center of the park.
12.00: After a wonderful adventure, have lunch. After lunch, you will have free time to relax.
14.00: Visit The Cave of Prehistoric man – The site of one of the earliest discoveries of human habitation in Vietnam. Excavated in 1966, the cave revealed human graves, stone axes, pointed bone spears, oyster shell knives, and tools for grinding dating back 7,500 years ago.
16.30: Check out the hotel, back to Hanoi.
19.00: Arrive in Hanoi. Drop you off at your hotel. The tour ends.
Inclusion
– A/C car serve during the trip
– All entrance fees
– English speaking tour guide during the trip
– Rowing boat in Tam Coc
– Accommodation at the hotel
– English speaking tour guide
– Meals as mentioned above (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner)
Exclusion
– Drinks
– Tips for driver and tour guide
– Personal expenses and other things not clearly mentioned in the included list