100 kilometers away from Hanoi, Ninh Binh is emerging as one of the most exciting destinations during your Vietnam tour. For a long time, it is known as a choice of short getaway from Hanoi. If you’ve seen the most recent rendition of Kong – Skull Island – you’ll have glimpsed some of the epic landscapes around this area. In real life it is just as beautiful, minus any oversized angry creatures.
2. Enjoy the spectacular natural scenery by boat
There are two boat tours lead to different areas to take a boat trip. Tam Coc is often chosen by international tourists, but I highly recommend visiting Trang An Ecotourism Complex instead. One small tip is that you could avoid the crowd and enjoy the serenity visiting in the early morning or late afternoon.
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Known as the Ha Long Bay on land with towers of limestone just out above the waterways, but here in Trang An, the experience is just unique, somehow more personal.
Boarding a sampan, a small wooden rowboat, is also a more intimate way to experience your surroundings and yourself. With the water spreading just beneath you, cruise through darkened caves with low-hanging limestone ceilings. Watch the lesser whistling ducks patterned in black and white swimming in small flocks. Emerge from glimmers in the darkness to secret water valleys surrounded by lush rice fields and colorful flowers.
3. Live in peaceful rural space
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As soon as you get out of the “town”, you can see many tiny paths on the small dam between the ponds. Goats, buffalos, cows, as well as quacking ducks are literally everywhere. You can stop for a while and use your chances to take a deep breath and capture photos of the friendly locals and their cattle. Ninh Binh is truly a cycling paradise.
4. Enjoy the cuisine featuring different dishes
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It's the most famous dish in Ninh Binh, unlike the goats in other regions, Ninh Binh goats are grown on rocky mountains. Thus, the goat meat here is much more nutritious and delicious than goats raised on hills in other provinces. Moreover, Ninh Binh folks have their own secret recipe to cook goat meat into many special dishes.
5. Explore Cuc Phuong National Park in the butterfly season
If you would like to have unforgettable moments, Ninh Binh amazing tour is the best choice. In the travel Tam Coc or Trang An, Bai Dinh … visitors should not miss the unique and attractive products to make their trip is complete and meaningful.