Trip Inclusion
- Transportation in private air-conditioned vehicle with driver
- Boat trip in Trang An
- English speaking guide
- Lunch at local restaurant
- Entrance fee to indicated sights
- Duration Full Day
- Price from
- Trip code VN-DT03
Trip overview
Located within Ninh Binh Province of North Vietnam near the southern margin of the Red River Delta, the Trang An Landscape Complex (Trang An) is a mixed cultural and natural property contained mostly within three protected areas; the Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, the Trang An-Tam Coc-Bich Dong Scenic Landscape, and the Hoa Lu Special-Use Forest. The property covers 6,226 hectares within the Trang An limestone massif, and is surrounded by a buffer zone of 6,026 hectares, mostly rural land with rice paddy fields. There are about 14,000 residents, the majority of whom are families involved in subsistence agriculture, but much of the property is uninhabited and in a natural state.
Tour itinerary
Full day: Hanoi – Trang An World Heritage – Bai Dinh Pagoda (Lunch)
Your trip begins with a 2 hrs drive to Ninh Binh to visit the ancient capital of Vietnam from 968 AD to 1010 AD during the Dinh and early Le Dynasties. You’ll visit two small temples of the Kings, each of which is nearly a thousand years old. You continue to explore the World Heritage of Trang An by a traditional boat rowing among the limestone mountains and Light, Dark caves... you may need to prepare a hat, sun cream, and camera to shoot some memory pictures of the trip. After the boat trip, you will go for lunch and visit Bai Dinh Pagoda which has recorded the biggest gold inlaid Buddha statue in Asia, and the longest Mandarin stature in Asia…The first pagoda in Vietnam honor to receive the Buddha relics from India. After your free visit to Bai Dinh pagoda, you will return to our vehicle and back to Hanoi.