DAY 3: HA LONG – NINH BINH 

When the cruise ends from Lan Ha Bay, you are picked up to get to Ninh Binh provice. Spend 1 night in a bungalow with breakfast included and wait for our pick-up in the next day.

DAY 4: NINH BINH

Sight-seeing the natural reserve at Hoa Lu ancient capital – Tam Coc or Trang An pagoda in Ninh Binh. Just make sure you will have unforgettable memories about Vietnam and enjoy scenes from Kong Skull island movie in your eyes. 

Details on day 4: 

Option 1: Trang An – Bich Dong pagoda – deluxe 1 day tour (group of 9 people)

10:00:  Spend about 2 hours exploring Trang An, the core of nature heritage in a small boat, rowed by local people. Visit many limestone water caves along Sao Khe river, King Kong film set and temple along the way 

12:30: Come to a local restaurant, refresh with a welcome drink then enjoy a special lunch with local cuisine featuring the yin-yang balance of the Asian culture.

14:30: Visit a local family in Van Lam village, Tam Coc area. Spend your time to interact and learn there tradition and lifestyle. Here you will see their house architecture, decoration as well as their daily life and handicraft job of making traditional embroidery. 

15:30: Leave the family, you will take a bike and start riding arround the village with peaceful surroundings. To see the gorgeous rice fields, to explore a unique route in Ninh Binh.

16:00: Visit Bich Dong pagoda under the introduction of our local guide, you will get to know more about the Viet Nam history and understand the origin of Buddhism.

16:30: Leave Ninh Binh.

18:30: Drop you off at your hotel in Hanoi.

Option 2: Hoa Lu- Tam Coc day tour (deluxe option)

10:00: Visit a local family in Tam Coc area. They are traditional Vietnamese family with three generations living together. Observe the house architecture and their daily life and their handicraft job of making traditional embroidery.

10:30: Leave the family, immerse yourself into the peaceful atmosphere of Ninh Binh village by riding with a bike.

12:00: Come back to the local family, enjoy a special lunch with local cuisine featuring the yin-yang balance of the Asian culture. After lunch, take a short break with a cup of tea will be served.

13:30: Experience Tam Coc boat tour from Van Lam wharf. It takes about 1.5 hours. The boat trip is a nice journey along the river with a peaceful scenery of limestone mountain. 

15:30: Visit Hoa Lu ancient capital of Viet Nam.

15:00: Back to Tam Coc Wharf to chill out.

16:30: Getting on luxury car  to go back to Hanoi.

18:30: You are dropped off at your hotel in Hanoi. Trip ends.

DAY 5: DEPART 

Our driver will pick you up from your hotel to get to Hanoi airport.