Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at 08:00AM for departure, after 2 hours driving, we arrive Ninh Binh Province. Our first visit is the former capital of Vietnam – Hoa Lu, visit two temples dedicated to King Dinh and King Le, the two heroes who lived in 10th century and chose Hoa Lu to build the citadel of the capital city of Dai Viet.

We proceed to Tam Coc for lunch. After lunch, we visit Tam Coc which is known as "Halong Bay on land" boasting breathtaking scenery, “Tam Coc” means three caves. We get on small rowing boats, the boat trip to all three caves takes about two hours.

We continue visiting Bich Dong Grotto - OPTIONAL (emerald-like grotto), around 2km from Tam Coc by car, climb a little bit till you get to the top of the Upper pagoda and your eyes catch the overall panorama of the paddy fields between Truong Yen Mountain. The king conferred on Bich Dong the title “The Second Most Beautiful Grotto in Vietnam”. A scene of the popular French movie "Indochine" had been completed here in 1991.  We drive back to Hanoi. Tour ends at your hotel at around 17:30 – 18:00.