BAI DINH – TRANG AN – MUA CAVE 1 DAY

07:00 - 07:30 - Our guide will greet you at your hotel/stay and start 110km contemporary Countryside bus ride. Stop short.

10:00 - Arrive at the largest pagoda in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Bai Dinh. Set on the foothills of Dinh Mountain, it offers breathtaking views of the river valley below and limestone karsts.

This pagoda complex is the most impressive and refined Vietnamese architecture ever erected, taking a full day to tour. You'll see some national highlights: 500 stone "La Han" (Arhat) sculptures, 2 massive bronze bells (27 and 36 tons).Visit the Gautama Buddha and Quan Yin statues.

12:00 - Lunch at our restaurant with local food.

13:30 - Visit the Trang An Grottoes, a stunning 20-square-kilometer limestone massif rising steeply from rice paddy lands. Mystic valleys, freshwater ponds, and jungle exist deep in the linked chains of high mountains.

Take a traditional sampan down the beautiful river through Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave, Cao Sn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, and Vu Lam Temple.

15:30 - Visit Mua Cave and start a fantastic hike up to the top of Ngoa Long Mountain to see the stunning rice valley and wildlife.

17:15 - Board our bus and return to Hanoi.

19:30 -  Drop off to your hotel. Trip finishes.