The ripe rice season in Tam Coc, Ninh Binh is one of the most beautiful times to visit, as the golden rice fields along the Ngo Dong River create a stunning landscape.

Best time to visit

Late May to Early June: This is the peak season when the rice fields turn bright yellow before harvesting.

Mid-May: You can still see a mix of green and yellow fields.

Mid-June: Harvesting starts, so the fields gradually lose their golden color.

Experience discovering Tam Coc’s golden season

1.Experience discovering Tam Coc’s golden season by boat

The ripe rice season is the time when Tam Coc – Bich Dong is most beautiful, known as the Nam Thien De Nhi Dong or Ha Long Bay on land. Everywhere is the golden color of ripe rice, so you can choose to row a boat in Tam Coc to admire the scenery in the most poetic and romantic way.

To get on the boat, visitors will go to Van Lam ferry to buy tickets. The ticket price is about 150,000VND for each trip, free for children under 3 years old. The boat will take you along the Ngo Dong River, enjoy the peaceful countryside atmosphere, and see the rice fields full of rice. In addition, the river also flows through peaceful villages, cool cocounut groves, promising to be a ideal check -in point for you to have super quality virtual life photos.

Visit 3 Tam Coc caves

The reason this place is called Tam Coc is because it consists of 3 caves: Hang Ca, Hang Hai, Hang ba. The most interesting thing is that they were created from the natural flow of the Ngo Dong River, because of time, the limestone cliffs were erodedto form natural caves.

Hang Ca is 127km long, an extremely large cave with many stalactites of all shapes and sizes. The air in the cave is super cool, even in the middle of hot summer, when entering here, the atmosphere completely changes, the temperature is pleasant and the humidity is high.

The road to Hang Hai is about 1km, along both sides of the river are people harvesting ripe rice. People also often use boats to transport rice home, the heavy boats, carrying the sweat and effort of farmers, are the inspiration for thousands of photosgraphers. Hang Hai is smaller than Hang Ca, but inside there are also magical, shimmering stalactites.

2. Discovering the golden season of Tam Coc by bicycle

2.1 Experience Thai Vi Temple – Thien Huong Cave

Another experience of discovering the golden season of Tam Coc is to visit Thai Vi Temple and Thien Huong Cave. To get here, visitors must take a boat about 2km from Tam Coc. Thai Vi Temple is temple buit to worship the kings of the Tran Dynasty, famous for its sacredness. Thien Huong Cave is a dry cave, not flooded like other caves here, located on the mountain so the structure is special. Inside the cave there is also a temple to worship Mrs.Tran Thi Dung – who taught people how to embroider, and was worshiped here by the people.

2.2 Experience the journey to Bich Dong – Linh Coc Pagoda

If the golden season of Tam Coc has come, why not travel to Bich Dong to explore the beautiful scenery here? Bich Dong area is located about 2km by boat from Tam Coc wharf, located halfway up the mountain, close to Bich Dong Pagoda. Nature has endowed the landscape here with an extremely airy and peaceful beauty. Right on front of Bich Dong is a branch of the Ngo Dong River surrounding the mountainside, looking from afar you will see the golden carpet. At the end of the famous Tam Coc – Bich Dong complex is the ancient Linh Coc Pagoda nestled on the mountain. Chua Moc was built during the Tran Dynasty. Linh Coc Pagoda is located in the mountain and bears the classical architectural features of Buddhism during the Tran Dynasty, having both artistic value and long – standing historical and cultural value.

Notes when traveling to Tam Coc in the golden season

The vast Tam Coc – Bich Dong complex is most beautiful when taken from above, especially the vast ripe rice fields. Therefore, if you want to have impressive photos, you should discuss with the boatman in advance to find the most beautiful and suitable photo location. Adsolutely do not stand precariously on the boat to take photos because the risk of capsizing the boat will be very high.

To fully explore the Tam Coc – Bich Dong complex, you need a fairly long time. Therefore, if possible, you should arrange 1 day, or longer, 2 days to stay here and travel on a small boat around the caves.

Finally, the ripe rice season in Tam Coc is in the summer months when the sun is the strongest. Therefore, you should fully equip yourself with clothes and cover yourself carefully to protect yourself from the sun. Also, don’t forget to bring food and drinks during your boat trip.

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