Day tour to Ninh Binh, Bai Dinh, Trang An, and Mua Cave Trip – Dong Bac, Vietnam

EXPERIENCE

Morning – Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay and start a 110km modern bus journey through the verdant landscape of the countryside. Short brake en route.

* Arrive at Glimmering Bai Dinh pagoda complex, the largest pagoda, not only in Vietnam but also in Southeast 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.

This pagoda complex stunningly boats an array of the most massive and magnificent architecture of Vietnamese tradition refined ever built that it takes a full day to explore all. So 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 tons. Visit The Quan Yin statue with thousands of arms and eyes, Visit the Gautama Buddha statue.

* Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.

* Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an outstanding natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometers that rises dramatically from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountains are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous freshwater ponds, and jungle.
Embark on a traditional sampan gently rowed down the exquisite river through numerous caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave, Cao S?n Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…

* Visit Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain to watch the spectacular rice valley with a precious view of nature.

* Return to our bus and then come back to Hanoi

* Drop you off at your hotel/stay. Trip ends.

HIGHLIGHTS

Feast your eyes on the towering limestone karst formations at Trang An
Visit Bai Dinh Pagoda, the largest complex of Buddhist temples in the country
Savor a Vietnamese lunch with vegetarian options at a local restaurant
Sail upstream to the grottoes of Trang An aboard a traditional wooden boat
Observe golden fields and majestic mountain scenery from the Mua Cave viewpoint

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