"Ha Long Bay on land" or "Nam Thien De Nhi Dong" is a famous tourist area of Ninh Binh. The whole area includes a system of limestone caves and historical sites related to Vu Lam palace of the Tran dynasty located mainly in Ninh Hai commune, Hoa Lu. Trang An - Tam Coc landscape complex is classified as a special national relic and has been ranked as a world heritage by UNESCO.
DAY 1 | HANOI - HOA LU - Dancing cave - Tam Coc (Lunch, dinner)
07h00 - 07h30: Car and guide pick you up in the old quarter of Hanoi, depart for Ninh Binh.
On the way, the car will stop at 1 rest point for you to have breakfast, ... (own expense)
After about 2 hours by car, we will arrive at the first attraction that is Hoa Lu Ancient Capital - the first capital of the feudal centralized state of Vietnam.
You visit the ancient capital Hoa Lu - The capital of Dai Co Viet country more than 10 centuries ago, the ancient capital is more than 300 hectares wide spread over the territory of Chi Phong, Yen Thanh, Yen Thuong hamlets of Truong Yen commune, Hoa district. Lu. Coming to the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, you will admire the majestic scenery as well as the peaceful history of the nation under the kings of Dai Co Viet 10 centuries ago. After listening to the tour guide introduce about Hoa Lu ancient capital, you continue to visit two monuments: King Dinh temple and King Le temple built in the 17th century with the art of wood and stone sculpture. Then the car continues to move to Mua Cave.
11h15: You start the journey to climb Mua mountain to conquer Ngoa Long Peak - a masterpiece not to be missed for anyone when arriving in Ninh Binh. This is an opportunity for you to test your endurance when climbing to the top of the mountain, through 486 stone steps, two sides are solid mossy walls connecting from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, which is likened to the Great Wall. and is surrounded by a majestic rocky mountains behind.
13h00: After finishing the tour. Guests will get on the bus to the restaurant to rest, have lunch (buffet/set menu) with many specialties such as goat meat, burnt rice....vv.
14h30: Tourists board the boat to visit Tam Coc Cave. Tam Coc means three caves: Ca cave, Hai cave and Ba cave. Visitors to Tam Coc only have a single waterway in and out, which takes about two hours. The bamboo boats will take tourists to visit Ca cave, which is the largest and most beautiful cave, with a length of 127m, located under a large mountain crossing the Ngo Dong river.
Visitors will feel the fresh and cool air of the domestic wind, when going deep into the cave, stalactites from the ceiling of the small cave down to the iridescent protrusions like magical pearls... Continue the journey Through the water, visitors enter the Hai and Ba caves. Just like Ca cave is likened to a rainbow stretching along the banks of the Ngo Dong River, the other two caves are equally majestic...
17h00: Car takes you back to the hotel to eat and rest.
DAY 2 | NINH BINH - BINH DINH - TRANG AN (Breakfast, lunch)
06h30 - 07h00: Have breakfast at the hotel
After breakfast, you are free to walk around Ninh Binh
09h00: Car picks you up and moves to Bai Dinh pagoda
10:30: The car takes you to the foot of Bai Dinh pagoda, the guide guides you to the tram waiting area (for those who take the tram), and for those who walk, we begin to conquer the temple. Bai Dinh Pagoda
The first destination is the three-way gate, built on a massive scale with three floors of roofs covered with southern Bat Trang tiles, passing through the gate are the two entrances on the left and on the right with more than five hundred arhat statues. Made of green stone skillfully carved.
Next is the bell tower, which is the place where the largest bell in Southeast Asia is located, with many sophisticated patterns and two sutras carved in Chinese,
Behind the bell tower is the Yin Quan and Phap Tru Temple built entirely of wood. In the temple is a statue of Buddha with thousands of hands and thousands of eyes inlaid with gold and is also the largest statue of Buddha in Vietnam.
At the top is the three-way temple, with the largest and largest scale in the Bai Dinh pagoda complex, from here visitors can drop their eyes to see the whole scene of the pagoda, inside the palace are the three largest statues of the three worlds. represents the buddhas of the three generations to lead sentient beings to the buddha dharma. Nearby is the statue of Maitreya Buddha with an optimistic, cheerful meaning with a gentle smile brought to the world.
Coming to this place, visitors not only find a large spiritual cultural center but also be satisfied by this place full of elements of Buddhism, history, architecture...
12:30: You get on the bus to the restaurant to rest and have lunch (buffet/set menu) with many specialties in Ninh Binh such as mountain goats, burnt rice…etc.
PM: SITTING TO VISIT TRANG AN
14h30: The car takes you to visit Trang An on a boat down the Sao Khe river winding at the foot of limestone mountains, around primeval forests and reed forests, passing 9 main caves with very strange names such as Sang cave, Dark cave, Nau Ruou cave ... visitors will experience the thrill when the boat enters the deep cave, admire the strange shape of the stalactites in the cave and immerse in the natural scenery here. In particular, you visit three relic sites: Trinh Temple, Tran Temple, and Khong Palace
17h30: You get back on the bus to Hanoi.
19h30: The bus returns to the starting point, farewell to the group to end the interesting tour program.