FULL DAY ITINERARY:

07:30 - 8:00 Am: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel at the Old Quarter. It takes around 2 hours by Limousine bus through the expressway for time saving. 

10:00 Am: The first stop is at Chez Loan in restaurant in Tam Coc town to take the bikes for exploring the local area.

10:15 - 12:00 Pm: We start to bike nearly 1.5 hours around Tam Coc - Bich Dong, local village. You will have the opportunity to experience the beautiful sceneries as well as the culture, the life style of the locals, the rice fields...There will be 3 stopovers in the bike ride: 
+ Bich Dong Pagoda, an ancient pagoda located in the mountain cave - the second greatest grotto in Northern (after Huong Pagoda). 
+ Dam Khe local village, located in the middle of the village
+ An outdoor museum (Co Vien Lau). This is a complete complex of an ancient village of Vietnamese with real houses those were collected from all the countryside in the Gulf of Tonkin. 

If you do not want to biking, our van will take you to go to destinations (missed some local sites).

12:15: Returning to Chez Loan Restaurant for lunch, relax or play some billiard set. At the meal, guests will have chance enjoy a specialties of Ninh Binh that is goat meat, rolled with some herbs. 

13:00 - 14:45: Start cruising nearly 2 hours on Tam Coc  by hand-rowed boats. You can see the  rice fields, three water caves (Hang Ca, Hang Hai, Hang Ba). You have the opportunity to enjoy the peaceful ambience of countryside. 

15:00: Continue to move to the historical land - Hoa Lu, is the first place of original capital of Vietnam to learn the antiques, historical evidences of original Vietnam in 1000 years ago. 

15:20: Reaching Hoa Lu town where was the first capital of feudal nation Grande Viet located officially. Here you will visit two temples of the two kings (King Dinh and King Lee) who founded Vietnam 1000 years ago. On the way, you will pass by ancient Trang An town, is the place where the capital of Grande Viet originated. 

16:00: We will move to the Bamboo homestay that locates on a bank of river and rice paddies for a tea breaking. Here you will have a relaxing time, enjoy the drinks while watching the sun downs, feeling the quiet living space, breathtaking the smells the countryside and immerse into the natural scenery here.

17:00: Depart from Tam Coc and drive back to Hanoi

18:30 – 19:00: Arrive back in your hotel. Tour ends.

Price: 69 US$/ Person

What’s included?

• Pick-up/drop-off at your hotel in the Old Quarter 
• Professional English speaking guide.
• Entrance fees/sight-seeing fees.
• Lunch
• Cycling 
• Boat trip on river

What’s excluded?

• All other (alcoholic) beverages, 
• Tips and personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• All not indicated in our itinerary

What do I need to bring?

• Booking voucher from us
• Cash for personal expense
• A hat and sunscreen; Comfortable clothing

What do I need to know?

• Do not wear tight and short clothes when visiting the pagoda, temple.
• After boat trip on the river, the boat rower always expect the guest's tip about 1$ or 2$.

• On Friday, Saturday, or Sunday - due to the Night Market and walking street on the weekend in Hanoi Old Quarter Area because most of the street in the Hanoi Old Quarter area does not allow vehicles, we will drop you off at nearest street the bus can drive to.

• During the period March to November it will good to pack a wide-brimmed hat, sunscreen (at least SPF15), a reliable insect repellent a camera and lots of batteries. Warm clothing for the cooler months of November to March is advised. How much luggage can I take? Your vehicle has limited space so please keep your luggage to a maximum of 15kgs in a backpack or a small day pack to hand carry for easy access to camera, sunscreen, water etc. Inhibitions can be left in the luggage storage rooms at your hotel with your other unwanted baggage.

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