2-Day Ninh Bình Tour with Bai Dinh, Tràng An and Cúc Phương

• Between 8:00 and 8:30 am, your Vietnamese tour guide will pick you up from your hotel by bus and proceed towards Ninh Binh.

• There will be a short break where you can visit the Bai Dinh temple complex. This spiritual and cultural complex consists of Buddhist temples and is located in the Bai Dinh Mountains, where you can enjoy fantastic scenic views, especially of the river valley below. You can see both the new and the original Bai Đính temple. The original Bai Đính pagoda is located about 800 meters from the new temple, and the path ascends over 300 stone steps, passing through an ornamental gate before reaching the entrance.

• A buffet lunch with Vietnamese cuisine will follow at a local restaurant.

• Next, you will continue to Tràng An for an exciting boating trip on sampan boats through the caves.

• Enjoy river views and picturesque mountain scenery. The water here is clear enough to see aquatic plants living on the river bed.

• Continue to the Bungalow restaurant for an exciting cooking class on making a local cake.

• Relax, read books, or go for a swim before dinner at 19:00.

• If interested, you can also go to a local bar later on.

• Start your day at 6:30 with sunrise views and breakfast before your bus ride to Cúc Phương National Park, located in Ninh Bình Province in Vietnam's Red River Delta. This is Vietnam's first national park and also the largest nature reserve.

• See a variety of primates, mammals, Asiatic black bears, wild dogs, elephants, rhinos, tigers, and bird species. The three major conservation programs here are the Endangered Primate Rescue Center, the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program, and the Turtle Conservation Centre.

• Afterwards, you will enjoy a local lunch at a local restaurant based on the guide's recommendations.

• Next, take a trekking trip into the heart of the jungle. You will trek inside the jungle to visit the 1000-year-old tree and then the pre-historic man's cave if there is enough time.

• At 19:00, you will be dropped off at your hotel.

Trip ends.