Itinerary

1. Option 1

   • 07:00 – 07:30 - Our guide will meet you at your hotel/homestay and start a 110 km modern-bus journey through the verdant landscape of the countryside. Short-brake en route.
   • 10:45 – Visiting Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.
   • 12:00 – Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.
   • 13:30 – Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an outstanding natural beauty of majestic limestone massif spread around 20 square kilometres that rises dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountains are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous freshwater ponds, and jungle.
   • Embarking on a traditional sampan which will be gently rowed down the exquisite river through numerous caves like Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave; and temples like the Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple, and so on.
   • 15:30 – Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain to watch the spectacular rice valley with a specious view of nature.
   • 17:15 – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi.
   • 19:30 – Drop-off at your hotel/stay. Trip ends.

2. Option 2

   • 07:30 - 08:00 - Our guide will meet you at your hotel/homestay and start 120 km comfortable bus journey through verdant landscape. Stop over for a rest on the way.
   • 10:30 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.
   • 12:00 – Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.
   • 14:00 – Take a sampan boat trip which is owned and rowed by locals, gently sail along the Ngo Dong river, capturing the wonderful scenery of Karst hills, rice fields, and peaceful villages, and passing “Hang Ca”, “Hang Hai” and “Hang Ba”.
   • 16:00 – Arrive at Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa long mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with precious view of the nature.
   • 17:30 – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi.
   • 20:30 – Drop-off at your hotel/stay. Trip end.