HANOI – HOA LU – TAM COC – BICH DONG – HANOI (1DAY)

Meals: Lunch at local restaurant

Transfer: Private vehicle and boat

Activities for today

Start at 8:00AM from your hotel by car and rive to  Ninhbinh  province, visit Hoa Lu - The Acient Capital of Vietnam in 10th century and the remainings of the two temples of Dinh King & Le King. Take a Bike or drive towards Tam Coc – the "Halong bay" onland to explore the daily life of Vietnamese. Visit Bich Dong Pagoda. Have lunch at a local restaurant, then relax and enjoy “Halong bay on land” on a rowing small boat through the rice fields and mountain ranges, visit Tamcoc - 3 beautiful caves. Back to Hanoi and end tour at 17:00.

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+ Hoa Lu was the capital of Vietnam in the 10th and 11th centuries. Hoa Lư was the native land of the first two imperial dynasties of Vietnam: the Đinh founded by Đinh Tiên Hoàng, and the Early Lê founded by Lê Đại Hành.

+ Tam Coc,"three caves", consists of three natural caves — Hang Cả, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba — on the Ngô Đồng River. Tourists are taken in small boats along the river from the village of Van Lam, through rice fields and limestone karsts, through the caves, and back. The area is nicknamed "the inland Ha Long Bay"

+ Bich Dong is a pagoda complex, built in 1428. It is situated on nearby Ngu Nhac Mountain, and consists of three separate pagodas: Hạ, Trung, and Thượng Pagodas, in ascending order.