Just only two hours of driving from Hanoi city, Van Long Nature Reserve is a fantastic choice for private full-day excursions to a primitive and fully untouched wetland. Van Long, the largest waterlogged nature reserve of Northern Delta, is home to many different kinds of wildlife animals. Take a scenic rowboat to discover the wetland Van Long, you will put yourself in harmony with nature, enjoy the very picturesque and peaceful landscape, as well as explore stunning caves and stone islands.
Highlights
- Join in Van Long Nature Reserve full-day tour from Hanoi
- Board a rowing boat to go deep into serene nature of Van Long
- Have a chance to see wildlife animals, or rare and endangered species
- Relax during a scenic bike ride around the countryside of Van Long
| By Day | Transfer | Destinations | Activities | Meals |
| Day 1 | | Hanoi, Ninh Binh | Board a small boat to visit Van Long Nature Reserve, Cycling around... | L |
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Hanoi, Ninh Binh
Leave Hanoi for our day trip to Ninh Binh, we arrive at the Nature Reserve of Van Long after two hours drive (110km), we board a bamboo rowboat as soon as we arrive for 1 hour rowing along this beautiful wetland of Van Long, enjoying spectacular scenery surrounded by rice paddies and towering limestone mountain peaks.
After lunch served at a local riverside restaurant.
We start biking around the countryside of Van Long nature.
Transfer back to Hanoi
Inclusions
Transport
Car, Boating, Bikking
- Vietnam visa approval letter (Not applied for nationalities in the special nations list of Vietnam Immigration Department. Check on request for details.)
- Private pick-up and drop off at hotels in the Old Quarter of Hanoi
- Private transportation as mentioned
- Entrance tickets to sites indicated in the description
- Bottles of water on the car
- Lunch of Vietnamese cuisine
- Private English-speaking guide
Exclusions
- International in/out flights
- Travel insurance
- Vietnam Visa Stamp fee
- Early check-in and late check-out surcharges at accommodations
- Single supplement surcharges
- Peak season surcharges: From Dec. 20 to Jan. 15
- Christmas Eve surcharges: Dec. 24
- New Year Eve surcharges: Dec 31
- New Year surcharges: Jan 01
- Lunar New Year surcharges
- Public Holidays surcharges: Hung Kings Commemoration Day, International Labor Day, National Day, Reunification Day
- Weekend surcharges: Friday, Saturday (If required)
- Beverage
- Personal expenses, tips and gratuities for guides and drivers
- Other services not mentioned above
Day 1:Hanoi, Ninh Binh
Far about 82 km from Hanoi capital to the south, Van Long Nature Reserve is situated in the north of Gia Vien District, Ninh Binh province.As the transition region between the plain and the mountainous region, the reserve retains the diverse and varied terrain, including a tropical forest ecosystem in karst and the vast system of marshes. Heaving rock islands standing in immense waters has turn Van Long into a unique complex and charming landscapes, a great potential land in Ninh Binh tourism. You will have chance to admire the reserve will have the opportunity to view rich flora and fauna within the most bio-diversified wetland in Vietnam, according to research by national and international scientists.
