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Ninh Binh 2 Day Tour With Homestay

 Hanoi, Hoa Lu, Hang Mua, Tam Coc, Trang An, Hanoi
 Code: VNN21

Overview

In Ninh Binh, luxuriant beauty and architectural splendour are splashed across the province, turning it into one of the most fascinating to visit in Vietnam. On the Ninh Binh 2-day tour with homestay, you are invited on a trip to absorb some of the wonders of Ninh Binh at some of its most engaging attractions – Hoa Lu, Tam Coc and Hang Mua, with a local flavour provided by our tradition-soaked homestay.

The majesty of Ninh Binh projects itself across fantastic limestone mountains, which rise above rice paddies and overlook winding rivers. Through walking, cycling and a river cruise, the iconic features of Ninh Binh become easily accessible and more of the wide-spanning grandeur reveals itself to our guests.

You will enjoy the boat trip in Tam Coc and Trang An where Holywood chose for the new version of King Kong - Skull Island and visit the culural and hisory sites like Hoa Lu Ancient Capital and Bai Dinh Pagoda.

This 2-day tour to Ninh Binh with homestay included belongs to Ninh Binh Tours and it is run by Vietnam Escape Tours, a highly respected company and tour operator throughout Indochina. We strive for the best and judging by our excellent TripAdvisor reviews, we are certainly one of the tour companies amongst it.

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Note: If you do not wish to stay in homestay then there is option for hotel. 

Ninh Binh 2 Day Tour With Homestay Highlights

  •   Taking the scenic and comfortable private transfer from Hanoi through breath-taking scenery
  •   Strolling around the ancient capital of Hoa Lu to unravel its distinct history and architecture
  •   Cycling through a land of deep greens amid natural splendour stretching to the horizon
  •   Climbing the evocative stone steps of Hang Mua and revelling in the view presented at the top
  •   Spending time at our riverside homestay in a relaxing atmosphere and enjoying a cooking class
  •   Visiting a local morning market and getting an understanding of the daily Vietnamese way of life
  •   Riding on a languid sampan boat through the best of Ninh Binh’s jaw-dropping beauty in Tam Coc and Trang An
  •   Visit the largest pagoda in Southeas Asia with many records
  •   Enjoying free time, where you can explore Ninh Binh’s attractions at your own direction
  •   Eating delicious Vietnamese food during 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner and afternoon tea

Ninh Binh 2 Day Tour With Homestay Summary

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 Activities: Take the transfer from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, with a walk around Hoa Lu, Take the boa trip in Tam Coc, Cycling around, climb to a mountaintop of Hang Mua before relaxing at the homestay.

7:30 – 8:30: The driver will arrive at your hotel lobby in Hanoi’s Old Quarter before helping you to load your bags onto the bus. The Ninh Binh 2 day tour with homestay starts with the short drive to Ninh Binh via a highway through the ancient Red River Delta.

10:30 – 11:30: We make our first stop at Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam, from where two dynasties ruled the land for a combined 43 years. We can see the legacy of these dynasties, along with incredible architecture, in the two temples of King Dinh and King Le. On a walk around Hoa Lu, our guide will point out some of the interesting features of its existence and explain the history behind its rise to and fall from power.

12:00: Following this, we make our way to beautiful Tam Coc for a buffet lunch of many different options.

13:00: You will take the boat trip in Tam Coc for about 1.5 hours. Tam Coc is beautiful with a river run among thousands of limestone mountains and there are villages among those areas. You will enjoy the boat trip rowed by local people and sometimes you may see they are very talent rowing the boat by leg but not by hands. along the way, you may see the goat climbing the rocks. In the rice season it is more beautiful and the rice fiels are like the colorful pictures.

14:30: We get on our bicycles after lunch and cycle along village paths running between individual limestone spires dressed in trees. You may see and learn more about the local life, local market where they sell fruits, vegetable and meat also.

15:00: We will move to Hang Mua Peak. Mua Cave features a winding stone staircase up the mountain that is occupied, which we will climb in order to get a fantastic panoramic view of Ninh Binh's attractive blend of mountain, river and rice paddy scenery. 

After that, we will move to our homestay for check-in.

16:30 – 17:00: Relax in the homestay with a view of the fabulous and famous river after we have checked in. There will be a short cooking class later to show you how to create one of the many dishes eaten throughout Vietnam on a daily basis.

7:00: Dinner will be served at the homestay as the night sky emerges above the silent silhouettes of limestone towers across Ninh Binh.

 Meals:  Lunch, Dinner

 Accommodation: Homestay in Tam Coc

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 Activities: Visit Bai Dinh Pagoda and Take the boat trip to Trang An before the transfer back to Hanoi.

7:30: We take breakfast at the homestay, served by our wonderful hosts, then you will have free time to walk around the village for seeing life of local.

09:30: You will check out homestay or hotel before our driver pick you up for the tour today then go back to Hanoi. Please note check out before our driver pick you up.

10:00: Our driver will pick you up for the transfer to Bai Binh Pagoda. In Bai Dinh Pagoda you will visit the speical pagoda for buddhism with many big and beautiful buddhist statues. This pagoda is the largest pagoda complex in Southeast Asia. This padoda is with with many records set such as 500 Stone - Arhat Statues, 36 ton-bronze Bell, 100 ton-Budhha Statue.

12:30:  We will enjoy lunch in a local restaurant with a lot of local foods such as goat meat, fish, chicken fried rice. Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch.

13:30- 14:00: We will start our boat trip in Trang An. Trang An is a beautiful area and it was regconized by UNESCO as A World Heritage Site in 2014. The boat trip is about more than 2 hours and you will see why Hollywood chose this place for the New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island

16:00-16:30: You will get back to our bus for the transfer back to Hanoi.

We will arrive in Hanoi at some point between 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm, where the drop-off at your hotel will bring the Ninh Binh 2-day tour with homestay to a close.

Vietnam Escape Tours would like to extend our thanks to you for joining this tour. We were happy to serve you and we hope to get the same honour again soon!

 Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch

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Full Itinerary

Day 1

Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc - Hang Mua Peak - Overnight in Bungalow (L, D)

 Activities: Take the transfer from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, with a walk around Hoa Lu, Take the boa trip in Tam Coc, Cycling around, climb to a mountaintop of Hang Mua before relaxing at the homestay.

7:30 – 8:30: The driver will arrive at your hotel lobby in Hanoi’s Old Quarter before helping you to load your bags onto the bus. The Ninh Binh 2 day tour with homestay starts with the short drive to Ninh Binh via a highway through the ancient Red River Delta.

10:30 – 11:30: We make our first stop at Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam, from where two dynasties ruled the land for a combined 43 years. We can see the legacy of these dynasties, along with incredible architecture, in the two temples of King Dinh and King Le. On a walk around Hoa Lu, our guide will point out some of the interesting features of its existence and explain the history behind its rise to and fall from power.

12:00: Following this, we make our way to beautiful Tam Coc for a buffet lunch of many different options.

13:00: You will take the boat trip in Tam Coc for about 1.5 hours. Tam Coc is beautiful with a river run among thousands of limestone mountains and there are villages among those areas. You will enjoy the boat trip rowed by local people and sometimes you may see they are very talent rowing the boat by leg but not by hands. along the way, you may see the goat climbing the rocks. In the rice season it is more beautiful and the rice fiels are like the colorful pictures.

14:30: We get on our bicycles after lunch and cycle along village paths running between individual limestone spires dressed in trees. You may see and learn more about the local life, local market where they sell fruits, vegetable and meat also.

15:00: We will move to Hang Mua Peak. Mua Cave features a winding stone staircase up the mountain that is occupied, which we will climb in order to get a fantastic panoramic view of Ninh Binh's attractive blend of mountain, river and rice paddy scenery. 

After that, we will move to our homestay for check-in.

16:30 – 17:00: Relax in the homestay with a view of the fabulous and famous river after we have checked in. There will be a short cooking class later to show you how to create one of the many dishes eaten throughout Vietnam on a daily basis.

7:00: Dinner will be served at the homestay as the night sky emerges above the silent silhouettes of limestone towers across Ninh Binh.

 Meals:  Lunch, Dinner

 Accommodation: Homestay in Tam Coc

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Day 2

Tam Coc - Bai Dinh - Trang An - Hanoi (B, L)

  Transfer from Ninh Binh to Hanoi

 Activities: Visit Bai Dinh Pagoda and Take the boat trip to Trang An before the transfer back to Hanoi.

7:30: We take breakfast at the homestay, served by our wonderful hosts, then you will have free time to walk around the village for seeing life of local.

09:30: You will check out homestay or hotel before our driver pick you up for the tour today then go back to Hanoi. Please note check out before our driver pick you up.

10:00: Our driver will pick you up for the transfer to Bai Binh Pagoda. In Bai Dinh Pagoda you will visit the speical pagoda for buddhism with many big and beautiful buddhist statues. This pagoda is the largest pagoda complex in Southeast Asia. This padoda is with with many records set such as 500 Stone - Arhat Statues, 36 ton-bronze Bell, 100 ton-Budhha Statue.

12:30:  We will enjoy lunch in a local restaurant with a lot of local foods such as goat meat, fish, chicken fried rice. Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch.

13:30- 14:00: We will start our boat trip in Trang An. Trang An is a beautiful area and it was regconized by UNESCO as A World Heritage Site in 2014. The boat trip is about more than 2 hours and you will see why Hollywood chose this place for the New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island

16:00-16:30: You will get back to our bus for the transfer back to Hanoi.

We will arrive in Hanoi at some point between 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm, where the drop-off at your hotel will bring the Ninh Binh 2-day tour with homestay to a close.

Vietnam Escape Tours would like to extend our thanks to you for joining this tour. We were happy to serve you and we hope to get the same honour again soon!

 Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch

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Trip Notes

Inclusions

  •   Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Hanoi (Old Quarter) transfer with private, air-conditioned vehicle
  •   Homestay accommodation (Twin sharing room)
  •   All entrance tickets to sites indicated in the itinerary
  •   Complimentary bottles of water while on the bus, in the homestay and while cycling to Mua Cave
  •   All meals as mentioned in the itinerary (2 lunches, 1 dinner, 1 breakfast)
  •   Afternoon tea at the homestay
  •   Bicycle equipment
  •   Sampan boat trip in Tam Coc
  •   Professional English-speaking tour guide

Exclusions

  •   Travel insurance 
  •   Personal expenses
  •   Tips for the guide and driver
  •   Meals or drinks not mentioned in the itinerary
  •   All other services not mentioned in the itinerary

Accommodation

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