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Ninh Binh and Cuc Phuong 3 Days 2 Nights Private Tour from Hanoi

The karst valleys of Ninh Binh and the forest of Cuc Phuong National Park in three days. Your own car, driver and guide from... Ava Travel price: from $349.

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Ninh Binh and Cuc Phuong 3 Days 2 Nights Private Tour from Hanoi
Ninh Binh and Cuc Phuong 3 Days 2 Nights Private Tour from Hanoi onboard
Style
Private tour
Ninh Binh
Duration
3 days · 2 nights
Pickup support available

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Live prices for the date and group size you pick. Ava confirms your departure and pickup within 1 hour of booking.

Prices are the total for the travellers and the date you pick. Ava reconfirms the departure and the pickup point within 1 hour.
Tour optionWhat's includedPrice
Private departure
3 days 2 nightsYour group only
✓ Accommodation as listed✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Meals as listed
—total · 2 travellers
Secure checkout
  • We confirm your departure and pickup within 1 hour
  • Cancel more than 30 days ahead at no cost
  • No booking fee. The price shown is the price you pay
Full refund if you cancel more than 30 days before check-in
  • More than 30 days before check-inFree
  • 30 to 11 days before check-in15% of total
  • 10 to 7 days before check-in30% of total
  • Less than 7 days, or no-show100% of total

A change of travel date counts as a cancellation and a new booking, and the same scale applies.

If the operator cancels the cruise, or in case of severe weather or force majeure, we move your date free of charge, or refund you in full if we cannot reschedule.

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Price includes all taxes and service charges.

Ninh Binh tour overview

Why this trip

  • The karst valleys of Ninh Binh and the forest of Cuc Phuong National Park in three days.
  • Your own car, driver and guide from Hanoi and back.
  • Two nights near Tam Coc, so no single day is too long.
  • Boats, pagodas, a viewpoint and a day walking under the trees.

An honest note: Day three is the longest, with about three hours from Cuc Phuong back to Hanoi at the end.

At a glance

Duration3 days, 2 nights
TransportPrivate air-conditioned car with a local driver
GroupPrivate, up to 6 people
Start and finishYour hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter
Best monthsMarch to May is warm and green, with the rice at Tam Coc turning gold in late May and early June. September to November is dry and clear. December to February is cool and often grey. June to August is hot, with heavy showers.
GuideLocal English-speaking guide with you throughout

Price

$349 per person, based on two people sharing the car. The car is yours: nobody else joins, and you stop wherever you like.

For three or more people, or a single traveller, message us on WhatsApp or by email with your dates and group size. We reply with the exact total and a payment link, so you see the final figure before you pay anything.

Children. Tell us the ages when you enquire and we quote before you pay.

How it works

  1. Book and confirm. Pay at checkout or message us on WhatsApp first. We confirm your date, the meeting point and your guide within one hour, and tell you what to bring.
  2. The nights. You stay near Tam Coc in a private room with its own bathroom. Evenings in Tam Coc are quiet, with a few cafes and restaurants along the river.

What to bring

  • Comfortable walking shoes with grip
  • Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses. The boats have no shade
  • Water, especially for the steps at Hang Mua
  • Rain jacket or poncho from June to September
  • Clothes that cover shoulders and knees for the temples and pagodas
  • Cash in Vietnamese dong for drinks, small purchases and a tip for your rower
  • Insect repellent and long socks for the forest
  • An overnight bag. Leave large luggage at your hotel in Hanoi

Getting there

Your driver collects you from your hotel in Hanoi and brings you back at the end. Ninh Binh is about two hours south by expressway.

What's included

Private air-conditioned car with a local driverFuel, tolls and parkingPickup from and return to your hotel in HanoiLocal English-speaking guideAccommodation as listed in the itineraryMeals as listed in the itineraryBoat tickets for the boat rides in the itineraryEntrance fees for the sites in the itineraryDrinking waterPickup time confirmed by Ava within 1 hour of booking

Your itinerary

Day 1

Hanoi to Hoa Lu, Trang An and Hang Mua

  • Meals: lunch. Overnight: a hotel or homestay near Tam Coc.

    • Morning: your driver collects you from your hotel in Hanoi.
    • Hoa Lu, the capital of Vietnam in the 10th century: the temples of King Dinh Tien Hoang and King Le Dai Hanh, in a quiet valley between the hills.
    • Lunch at a local restaurant, with vegetarian dishes on request.
    • Trang An by rowing boat: about two to three hours on the river, under low caves cut through the limestone and past small temples built on the water. The local rower takes you, so you just sit.
    • Late afternoon: Hang Mua at sunset.
    • Evening: check in near Tam Coc.
Day 2

Tam Coc and Bich Dong

  • Meals: breakfast and lunch. Overnight: a hotel or homestay near Tam Coc.

    • Breakfast at your hotel.
    • Tam Coc by rowing boat: about two hours along the Ngo Dong river through three caves and between rice fields at the foot of the karst. The rowers often row with their feet.
    • Bich Dong pagoda, built on three levels into the side of a limestone hill, with a cave shrine in the middle.
    • Lunch at a local restaurant, with vegetarian dishes on request.
    • Afternoon: free time, or a bicycle through the villages around Tam Coc.
Day 3

Cuc Phuong National Park and back to Hanoi

  • Meals: breakfast and lunch.

    • Breakfast, then about an hour and a half to Cuc Phuong.
    • The Endangered Primate Rescue Center, where langurs and gibbons rescued from the wildlife trade are cared for before release. Some of these species live nowhere else in the world.
    • Lunch in the park.
    • A walk on the forest trail to the thousand year old tree, a giant Parashorea in the middle of the park. Around two hours return on a rooty, sometimes muddy path.
    • Drive back to Hanoi and drop off at your hotel in the evening.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers for planning this trip with Ava Travel.

Yes. Tell us when you enquire.
Yes, with care at Hang Mua. You can skip the climb and the long forest trail.
Yes. Prices on this page are per person in US dollars and include all taxes and service charges. We do not add a booking fee or a card surcharge, so the total you see at checkout is the total you pay.
Within one hour. We come back to you with the pickup time, the meeting point and your guide.
More than 30 days before departure costs nothing. From 30 to 11 days we keep 15 per cent, from 10 to 7 days 30 per cent, and inside 7 days or a no-show is charged in full. Changing your date counts as a cancellation and a new booking. If we cancel, or weather makes the boats unsafe, we move your date at no cost or refund you in full.

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“I booked way in advance, and had a hotel change a week before the cruise, but all I did was whats app them the new hotel, and all was good.”

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