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NINH BINH
NINH BINH
Overview
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Travel Guide
About 90km southward from Hanoi, Ninh Binh ( Ha-Long-Bay-on-land ) is known widely by its popular attractions: Ngo Dong river, Tam Coc cave, Bich Dong pagoda, Cuc Phuong Park, Trang An Landscape Complex (a UNESCO site) or Van Long Nature Reserve, the city possess diversified topography with unusual landscape of long limestone mountain ranges.
Prominently, Ninh Binh offers a picturesque view of the rice paddy fields stretching along the poetic rivers where you can enjoy a slow pleasant boat trip, explore numerous historical and cultural points, traditional embroidery villages surroundings or experience numerous routes for biking and buffalo carts.
From the ruins of former palaces and ancient temples dated back to 11th-century to 19th- century to Catholic Church in the form of a Vietnam Communal house or a huge Buddhist Pagoda, in a nutshell, with its rich resources of cultural values and natural beauty, Ninh Binh deserves the praise as the second popular attraction in the Red River Delta.
Activities
Our pick: Spend 1 or 2 nights for full discovery; take a rowing bamboo boat through three grottoes-on-river of Tam Coc, biking in the rural area of Bich Dong pagoda and Hoa Lu ancient capital
Rural cycling and trying buffalo carts with locals. Boat trips on small rivers with a luck to see wild gibbons and langurs at Van Long Reserve.
Great connection between Ha Long bay and other Northern Vietnam attractions such as Pu Luong, Mai Chau and Son La.
2 hours driving from Hanoi to the rural resort and eco lode, or home stay at a typical Northern peasants’ house.
Excursion to the first Catholic church of Phat Diem and Bai Dinh with the biggest Buddist statue.
