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Cuc Phuong National Park Private Day Tour from Hanoi

Cuc Phuong National Park in a private car with your own driver and guide. The primate rescue center, the turtle center, the thousand year... Ava Travel price: from $99.

Questions before you book? Message us on WhatsApp or send an email. Phone +84 904 251 545. Ava Travel Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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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
1 dayYour group only
✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Meals as listed✓ Entrance tickets included
—total · 2 travellers
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  • 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

  • Cuc Phuong National Park in a private car with your own driver and guide.
  • The primate rescue center, the turtle center, the thousand year old tree and the Cave of Prehistoric Man.
  • Walk as far as you want and turn back when you want.
  • A good day for families with older children.

An honest note: Three hours each way in the car. Leave early to get the most time in the forest.

At a glance

Duration1 day
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

$99 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.

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

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 guideMeals as listed in the itineraryEntrance fees for the sites in the itineraryDrinking waterPickup time confirmed by Ava within 1 hour of booking

Your itinerary

Hanoi to Cuc Phuong Nati

Hanoi to Cuc Phuong National Park and back

  • Meals: lunch.

    • Morning: your driver collects you from your hotel in Hanoi and drives about three hours to the park.
    • 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.
    • The Turtle Conservation Center next door, working with the freshwater turtles of northern Vietnam.
    • 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.
    • The Cave of Prehistoric Man, reached by steps up the hillside, where tools and burials thousands of years old were found.
    • Drive back to Hanoi and drop off at your hotel.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers for planning this trip with Ava Travel.

Yes. The primate center is the highlight for most children. Skip the long trail if they are small.
Walking shoes, long trousers and repellent. It can be humid under the trees.
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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