Tam Coc and Cuc Phuong

7:30 a.m. Get picked up at your hotel in Hanoi and take 2,5 hour drive through the fertile land of the Red River Delta, you will arrive at Tam Coc boat operation place in Ninh Binh. On arrival, take 2-hour sampan boat ride on a small river and through 3 tunnel-like caves. (This area is considered as “Inland Halong Bay” featured with karst formations.) Get dropped off at Thanh station and take an easy walk to visit Thai Vi temple & continue on the walk through rice fields back to the center . 12:30 p.m. A Vietnamese lunch is served at a local restaurant. Afternoon 1.5-hour bicycle ride along the back roads through beautiful scenery of towering karsts on the ground of ponds, rice paddies and rural villages. (On the bike, we will have as many stops as you want to take photographs.) Visit Bich Dong Pagoda, an important religious place for the locals in the region. 4:00 p.m. Check in your hotel and relax for the remainder of the day.