Ninh Binh Day Tour: Explore Hoa Lu, Trang An, and Mua Cave with Boat Ride, Cycling and Buffet
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29 Ratings
Hoàn Kiếm
Embark on a luxury day tour from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, exploring Hoa Lu, Trang An, and Mua Cave. Enjoy a boat ride, cycling, buffet lunch, and panoramic views of Ninh Binh's karst formations. Perfect for active travelers who love nature and discovery.
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Hanoi Opera House - 07:30 - 08:00 Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay and start 120 km with comfortable limousine transfer through verdant landscape. Stop over for a rest on the way.
  • Hoa Lu temples of the Dinh & Le Dynasties - 10:30 Visit Hoa Lu ancient Citadel with King Dinh Temple dating back to the 10th Century. The old capital has a variety of historical places for visitors to pay a trip. The attractions are temples, where people worship the Emperors and royal people that ruled here more than 1000 years ago. And nowadays Hoa Lu still keeps the remaining of ancients fortress built by Dinh dynasty more than 1000 years ago. The Imperial place lays under the ground for 3m and now become a very interesting place to visit. Then continue the tour with 30-minute biking in a rural village to discover the life of local people. Please notes that this short biking trip is just an extra activity (free of charge) to help you experience the peaceful rural landscapes, not a professional biking trip. If don’t know how to bike then you can skip it (and instead you can walk around the area to take photos or just relax at the restaurant to wait for others while they are cycling).
  • Ninh Binh Mountain Side Homestay & Cafe - 12:30 Have buffet lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods goat meat, fried rice, rice crackers
  • Trang An Landscape Complex - After lunch, we take a boat trip to explore the cave system in Trang An Scenic Complex. Enjoy 2.5-hour boat ride in a peaceful area with clear water, fresh air and spectacular views of mountainous areas. Trang An complex is a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys, many of them partly submerged and surrounded by steep, almost vertical cliffs. This area was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Mua Caves - 16:00 Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing hiking up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with precious view of the nature. Down a sleepy road between rice paddies, this cave (the name means ‘Cave of Dance’) is not terribly impressive, but there are panoramic views from the peak above. A stone staircase beside the cave entrance zigzags through the karst (beware the goat droppings) and it’s almost 500 steps to a simple altar to Quan Am (the Goddess of Mercy). Look west for the Ngo Dong River winding through Tam Coc. The climb is paved but steep in sections, so bring water and allow an hour return. Then get back to the bus to return Hanoi
  • Hanoi Opera House - 19:30 Drop you off at your hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem lake area. Trip ends.
What's Included
  • Complimentary small water bottle on board
  • Transfers by limousine bus within Hanoi Old Quarter
  • Comfortable air-conditioned travel
  • Buffet lunch featuring Vietnamese cuisine
  • Guided tour with an English-speaking guide
  • All entrance fees included
  • A scenic boat trip
  • Bicycle adventure
What's Not Included
  • Drinks in lunch; Tips
  • Pick up from hotel/ stay outside Old Quarter of Hanoi
  • In case the boat rower asks you for a tip, you can give tip or ignore if you dont want to
  • Surcharge: Extra 10USD per person on the lunar New year festival: Feb 09,10,11,12,13 of 2024
Additional Information
  1. Experience an exquisite day tour to the scenic Mua Caves, the historic Hoa Lu, and Tam Coc, known for its karst terrains and caverns, on a small group trip from Hanoi.
  2. The lineup integrates a sampan (timber boat) trip along the river, bicycling in the vicinity of Tam Coc, and an exploratory visit to Hoa Lu, formerly the hub of Vietnam.
  3. Also, ascend close to 500 stone steps reaching the summit of the ‘Lying Dragon’ providing far-reaching views of Ninh Binh.
  4. This excursion is ideal for active adventurers who appreciate the natural and inquisitive travel experience.
  5. Traverse with ease in a fully air-conditioned vehicle.
  6. Relish a buffet lunch filled with local Ninh Binh dishes (inclusive) and enjoy a hassle-free hotel pick-up and drop-off service from and to the central are of Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
  • It takes 2hour drive each way Hanoi to Ninh Binh & Ninh Binh to Hanoi
  • 30 minute bike ride is a complimentary activity offered and Free of Charge. It is for fun, relaxing and it is NOT a professional biking tour.
  • The bike is not suitable for children under 2 years old. You can skip bike if you don’t know how to bike.
  • Customers need to contact us to confirm pick-up place by email: [email protected] or Whatsaap/ phone/ zalo: +84982804399
  • Surcharge: Extra 10 USD per person on Vietnamese Tet Festival (Chinese New year festival: Feb 09,10,11,12 of 2024). The customes will pay cash to the local tour operator tour guide.
Location
Hanoi Opera House
Tràng Tiền
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(29 Ratings)
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145nerissat
Apr 22, 2024
Best experience! - The trip was amazing. Our tour guide was fun friendly and tooj care of us. The places were very nice. We reached the top of Mua cave and it was amazing view up there.
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Tiina_b
Apr 6, 2024
Team BER go biking. - Kenny was truly great and funny guide. Bike tour could have been longer. It was a fun day!!!! Totally recommend to all.
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Michael_f
Jan 16, 2024
Great - Great time. Excellent guide, activities, and food. Don't miss out on this unique experience. Did I say it was great...yes, indeed, it is.
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Charles_r
Oct 14, 2023
Beautiful rainy day in Vietnam - It was a wonderful trip I was impressed with the entire day We were very well taken care of our guy made sure we didn't miss a thing even though it was in a monsoon rain he provided us ponchos and kept everything on track a wonderful guide Not any one thing was my favorite it was all awesome
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Jamesanna9
Sep 27, 2023
Amazing - So nice trip, amazing guide and driver. Well tailored tour, good food, wifi on board and they even provide us with raincoats.
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Larafv9820vc
Aug 12, 2023
Very well organized and not boring - The tour was very well organized. They picked me at the hotel at the agreed time, we went by bus from Hanoi, very comfortable ride. We visited all the spots and had a great time walking and riding bikes. The 2h boat trip was so nice and interesting, I did not expect to stay so long on the boat, it was not boring, you feel So quite and relax. highly recommended.
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Rttapovan
Jun 21, 2023
Trip to Trang An - My family had a wonderful day Trang An & Mua cave full day tour. The scenery was super, breathtaking. Transportation with a comfortable limousine van (not luxury but it was so very good to what we paid). The lunch was good with vegetarian options also, and everything was very well managed. The boat person would expect tips so you should prepare some cash. What we did not like was they asked us to buy their stuffs. The walk and climb to the top of the steps was heady and had wonderful views up there. I was so happy with service in general and recommended this trip from this company.
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Pranut
Jun 4, 2023
A nice experience - I had a lovely day doing this trip with tour guide Na. She was knowledgeable, helpful and she is so responsible with her job. Our experience was seamless from the start to the end. Tour was well organized and everything was perfect. She had many interesting activities packed in one day. I really recommended this trip and this travel company.
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Lisa_k
May 26, 2023
Worth more than 5 star review! - From the pick up at my hotel and all throughout the entire journey with our guide "BAO", we could not fhave had a greater experience of more fun, humour, education, exercise, awe and wonder with this tour. It felt like I had experienced an entire week of travel that filled me life in a single day! This tour is amazing...yet challenging if you choose to walk the many steps to reach the top of the mountain. It is spectacular! AC bus/WiFi/ and safe!
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Plutoinaustin
Jun 14, 2023
Get out of the City for a tour - The tour with our guide Koala (Cuong or Crazy K) was a great emersion into Vietnamese culture and history. We (David and Mimi) were staying in Hanoi and were ready to get out of the city. We had done Haling Bay cruise, so this was our countryside tour. Cuong/Koala was a great guide, friendly and honest, and knows much English, including little puns and jokes. I enjoyed having Koala as our guide and talked to him several times, just asking him about himself. The tour gave a wide variety of temple/dynasty history, caves, biking local town, local lunch, river Boston tour and hiking to top of mountains fir good exercise and beautiful views. It was hot and humid outside, which, to be honest, was a little tough to handle at times, but I did choose to travel to Vietnam in the summer in Vietnam. LOL. Also, they had a very nice luxury Air Conditioned 15-20 person bus ( not sure of size). It was always refreshing to get into the AC after the heat outside. This tour was a needed addition to our trip from America (Texas, USA) to Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
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