Thung Nham travel experience: Discovering the “kingdom of birds” in Ninh Binh
Thung Nham Bird Garden
Thung Nham Bird Garden is a large and beautiful eco-tourism area located in the complex of Trang An Ninh Binh. This place attracts a lot of domestic and foreign tourists to visit and explore. In addition to the poetic natural landscape, this is also famous for being home to many bird species, including the rarest species.
Business hours
Open
- Monday06:00 – 22:00
- Tuesday06:00 – 22:00
- Wednesday06:00 – 22:00
- Thursday06:00 – 22:00
- Friday06:00 – 22:00
- Saturday06:00 – 22:00
- Sunday06:00 – 22:00
Introducing Thung Nham Bird Garden
Thung Nham Ninh Binh (belonging to the core area of ​​Trang An World Cultural and Natural Heritage) is not only known as a tourist destination, an eco-tourism area – a complex with poetic landscapes, with tropical forests. , caves or immense rivers. This place is also famous for being the habitat of many birds. Including the rarest species. With the advantage of unspoiled and unique beauty, Thung Nham Ninh Binh bird garden is gradually becoming an attractive tourist destination for both domestic and foreign tourists.
Thung Nham bird garden (Thung Nham Bird Park) is located in Thon Hai Nham commune, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province. Thung Nham is about 15km from Trang An Ecological Park.
Thung Nham Bird Garden in Ninh Binh is also known by many people as Thung Chim. Thung Chim is famous for hundreds of different species of birds. This is the residence of many rare species such as: Starling, Fire Warbler, etc. Earth Phoenix, Hang Hac, …
This place is renovated in the style of integrated ecological architecture, including: fishing tourism, garden tourism, visiting wetlands, primeval forests, caves, wild bird gardens and climbing mountains.
When should you go to Thung Nham Ninh Binh?
You can travel to Thung Nham Ninh Binh at any time of the year. However, around autumn, when the weather begins to change seasons and get chilly. This will be a great opportunity for you to admire each flock of birds flying sideways, hovering in the sky looking for prey and returning to the nest early.
Especially coming to Thung Chim, visitors can also discover the wild life of nearly 40 species of birds with about 50,000 birds. Especially when every sunset comes, flocks of white storks fly, sheltering a whole wetland, visitors will feel the pristine and exotic beauty that can hardly be found anywhere else.
There are two timelines for you to see thousands of birds flying: in the early morning when they leave the nest to feed and in the late afternoon when the birds return to the nest.
How to get to Thung Nham?
If you go from Hanoi, you can travel by motorbike or passenger car, personal car. With a distance not too far, only about 112km, so moving is not too difficult. The road to Thung Nham is very convenient.
- If you take a bus or train station, you can take the bus to Ninh Binh in the direction of the highway. After arriving in Ninh Binh city, you can take a taxi or motorbike taxi to go to Thung Nham. The distance from Ninh Binh city center to Thung Nham is about 12km.
- As for those who love backpacking, you can ride a motorbike from Hanoi along National Highway 1A, to Ninh Binh city. You will encounter a fork with a large welcome gate, come here, turn right in the direction of Tam Coc Bich Dong and add 4km along the road 30/6 then turn to Vom bridge to reach Thung Nham.
How much is the ticket to Thung Nham?
To enter Thung Nham Ninh Binh, you can choose to buy a ferry ticket to go directly to Thung Nham. Or the ferry driver will take you through the ravines to enter the But cave. You can also drive into Thung Nham by road if you don’t want to take a ferry.
Sightseeing ticket price
+ Adult ticket: 100,000 VND
+ Child ticket: 50,000 VND, children under 0.8m are free
+ Boat ticket to visit the bird garden: 20,000 VND
+ But cave ticket: 20,000 VND
Food service in Thung Nham is cheap with delicious specialties in Ninh Binh, such as Thung Nham shrimp paste, goat meat, burnt rice… All food is provided by the resort. So you can rest assured about the quality of the food as well as the price.